Li Na: Tennis great answers YOUR questions!
Li Na is Asia’s only grand slam singles champion and one of the most famous Chinese athletes of all time. The 2014 Australian Open winner announced her retirement last September…
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The worms that invade your brain
Once you consume them, they can move throughout your bodyyour eyes, your tissues and most commonly your brain. They leave doctors puzzled in their wake as they migrate and settle…
Catch a ride: Ghana’s bamboo bikes put sustainable change in the frame
It’s bespoke, beautifully formed, and changing the face of transport in Ghana. The bamboo bicycle is gaining traction in the country and one organization is riding this popularity wave to…
Islamic State Threatens To Kill Japanese Hostages Unless $200 Million Ransom Is Paid: Video
(Adds quotes, detail, background) DUBAI, Jan 20 (Reuters) – The Islamic State armed group which holds swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria issued a video online on Tuesday purporting…
The True Story Of How 4 Undocumented Teens From Phoenix Beat MIT In A Robotics Competition
It all came down to grit, determination and some tampons. Ten years ago, four undocumented Hispanic teenagers from a tough neighborhood in Phoenix built a robot named Stinky out of…
French Premier Manuel Valls Says Country’s ‘Apartheid’ Needs Addressing
France’s prime minister says the country needs to use the attacks carried out by three French Islamic extremists as a reason to look inward at “a territorial, social, and ethnic…
Kierkegaard On Boredom, Why Cat Listicles Fail To Answer The Soul’s Cry, And The Only True Cure For Existential Emptiness
it serves a vital creative purpose and protects us by helping us tolerate open-endedness; in childhood, it becomes the wellspring of imaginative play. And yet we live in a culture…
Davos Attendees To Wear Fitbits, Raise Money To Buy Bikes For Needy Kids
If you rode a big yellow bus to school, consider yourself lucky. In some regions of the world, the biggest barrier stopping students from maximizing their academic potential is simply…
German Police Raid Homes In Terror Investigation
Some 200 police officers raided 13 homes in Berlin and elsewhere in Germany Tuesday, in connection with the arrests last week of two suspected members of an Islamic terror cell….
France Arrests 5 Chechens Suspected Of Planning Attack
PARIS, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Police arrested five Chechens in southern France on suspicion of preparing an attack, a police source said on Tuesday. The source said four of them…
Tour A Century Of Sci-Fi Film In Just Four Minutes
I just watched over a hundred years of sci-fi crunched into four minutes. And beyond a fun trip down memory lane, I noticed a few things. The effects have radically…
Iran Vows To Retaliate After Israeli Strike Kills Iranian General
JERUSALEM, Jan 20 (Reuters) – An Iranian general killed in an Israeli air strike in Syria was not its intended target and Israel believed it was attacking only low-ranking guerrillas,…
Houthi Fighters Take Yemen’s Presidential Palace: Witnesses
SANAA, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Houthi fighters entered Yemen’s presidential palace after a brief clash with the compound’s security guards, witnesses and security sources told Reuters. Guards at the presidential…
9 Ways Daily Mindfulness Will Help You Succeed
Many of us are drawn to the peace and happiness promised by a life of mindfulness, but we often abandon it in our daily lives because practicing mindfulness can seem…
Who Are The Japanese Hostages Threatened By ISIS?
Two Japanese men have been threatened with death by the Islamic State group if their government doesn’t pay a huge ransom. A look at hostages and Japan, and its interests…
AirAsia Plane Climbed Too Fast, Indonesia Says
An AirAsia plane that crashed last month with 162 people on board was climbing at an abnormally high rate, then plunged and suddenly disappeared from radar, Indonesia’s transport minister said…
Dozens Killed In Airstrike On ISIS-Held Village In Syria: Activists
An airstrike on a crowded market in a Syrian village controlled by the Islamic State group killed dozens of people on Tuesday, activists said. Two activist-run monitoring groups, the Britain-based…
France’s Far-Right Party Seizes The Moment — And The Youth – BuzzFeed News
www.buzzfeed.com: Encouraging poll numbers, a changing, more youthful image, and a fearful political and economic climate: These are the ingredients the National Front needs for a breakout moment. And it…
British Jihadi Who Faked His Own Death In Syria Faces Jail For Terror Offenses
A British jihadi who faked his own death faces a prison term after pleading guilty to terrorism offenses. – His cousin has also pleaded guilty to a lesser offense. They…
Mexico: DNA Tests Unable To Match Missing Students To Remains
Mexican prosecutors said Tuesday that an Austrian forensics lab has been unable to find any more DNA that could be used by conventional means to identify charred remains that might…
Teen Starts Company To Make Low-Cost Printers To Help Blind People
In Silicon Valley, it’s never too early to become an entrepreneur. Just ask 13-year-old Shubham Banerjee. The California eighth-grader has launched a company to develop low-cost machines to print Braille,…
Shakira Unveils Gorgeous Pregnancy Pics To Raise Funds For Families In Need Worldwide
Shakira is celebrating motherhood by helping impoverished families across the globe. The pop star is using her second pregnancy to help fund much-needed aid to mothers and children in need…
Patriots Lineman Vince Wilfork Helps Rescue Woman In Car Wreck After Championship Victory
This football player is being lauded as a hero for his recent actions off the field. On Sunday, Vince Wilfork, a defensive lineman for the New England Patriots, and his…
Anthony Mendez, Formerly Homeless Teen, Went From Shelter To Michelle Obama’s SOTU Guest
Anthony Mendez knows a thing or two about defeating the odds. The 19-year-old’s best friend was shot and killed during a neighborhood feud in 2011, according to the New York…
101-Year-Old Vet Who Personally Wrote To Families Of Soldiers Killed In Pearl Harbor To Be Honored At SOTU
The 2015 State of the Union address will be attended by many prominent individuals, including this veteran with a heroic story. Retired Navy Lt. Jim Downing of Colorado Springs, Colorado,…
Nigeria’s Boko Haram Claims Baga Massacre And Threatens More Violence In New Video
ABUJA, Jan 20 (Reuters) – A man purporting to be Islamist Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau on Tuesday claimed an attack on the northeastern town of Baga in which scores…
Supporters Doubt Argentine Prosecutor Killed Self
The ex-wife of a prosecutor who accused Argentine President Cristina Fernandez of protecting the masterminds of a 1994 bombing does not believe an initial finding that he killed himself on…
4 Men In Paris Court Are 1st To Face Terror Attacks Charges
French anti-terror prosecutors sought Tuesday to charge four men in connection with the attacks in Paris that left 20 people dead, which would be the first suspects charged in the…
Indonesian Divers Recover 6 More Bodies From AirAsia Crash
Indonesian divers retrieved Thursday six more bodies from waters around the sunken fuselage of the AirAsia jetliner that crashed last month. Divers were struggling against strong current and poor visibility…
Ukrainian Forces Retreat From Donetsk Airport, Civilians Killed In Bus Shelling
(Adds background) By Natalia Zinets and Pavel Polityuk KIEV, Jan 22 (Reuters) – At least eight civilians were killed on Thursday when a shell or mortar hit a public transport…