TAIPEI, May 11 (Reuters) – A Vatican official is making a rare trip to Taiwan this week for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Buddhist charity the Tzu Chi Foundation, at a time when the Holy See is working to improve ties with China. The Vatican is one of only 12 countries to …
Recess isn’t just a fun break for grade schoolers. It’s crucial to good health and good grades for kids of all ages. That’s the message from a leading pediatricians group, which just released the first new guidance in 13 years about this unstructured time at school and how it needs to be protected. The group …
For years, younger Americans have been more optimistic about the job market than older Americans, even through the depths of the Great Recession. But in an abrupt shift, a new poll released Monday finds young people’s confidence has plummeted over the past two years — while their elders remain more upbeat. The gap between young …
WELLINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) – New Zealand state-owned farming enterprise Pamu says it plans to convert 600 hectares (1,483 acres) of farmland into native forest to generate high-quality nature credits, following a government move on Monday to support a voluntary nature credits market. New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme favours fast-growing pine forestry over native forests, …
May 10 (Reuters) – British pop star Dua Lipa has filed a lawsuit against Samsung Electronics seeking at least $15 million in damages, accusing the South Korean tech giant of using her image without permission to market its television sets. The lawsuit alleges that Samsung featured a copyrighted image of the pop star on the …
TAIPEI, May 11 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s coast guard said on Monday that it had disrupted “illegal” operations by a Chinese research ship in waters close to the island and driven it away, part of what Taipei sees a provocative pattern of China’s stepped up maritime activities. The coast guard said that last Thursday it detected …
NEW YORK (AP) — It wasn’t until his junior year of college that civil rights attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons learned about a devastating massacre that took place in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. His African American studies professor lectured about what is known today as the Tulsa Race Massacre — the days in 1921 when white …
KATHMANDU, May 11 (Reuters) – A minor fire broke out on a Turkish Airlines flight that landed on Monday in Nepal’s capital of Kathmandu, authorities said, forcing the closure of the airport for an hour until it was brought under control. All 277 passengers and 11 crew on the Airbus 333 arriving from Istanbul were …
Abraham H. Foxman, who was a forceful advocate for American Jews as national director of the Anti-Defamation League for nearly three decades, has died, the ADL said Sunday. He was 86. The ADL said in a statement that it “deeply mourns the loss of our longtime national director,” without providing details about where and when …
May 10 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Sunday that one of the 17 Americans being repatriated from a hantavirus-struck luxury cruise ship has tested mildly positive for the Andes strain of the virus while a second has mild symptoms. All the U.S. citizens are being airlifted to the …