CANNES, France (AP) — After a two-year hiatus, Pixar has made a sensational return to the Cannes Film Festival with “Inside Out,” the kind of fresh take on animation that the studio built itself on.
Any chance that Victoria Beckham is taking a cue from the Spice Girls’ hit “2 Become 1”? The star is combining her Victoria, Victoria Beckham and Victoria Beckham Denim…
The World Health Organization will dramatically reform its emergency response operations this year, its chief said Monday, after the UN agency faced blistering criticism for its slow Ebola response. WHO Director General Margaret Chan told the agency’s decision-making body in Geneva that she had decided to make some “fundamental changes” to help the organisation respond more quickly and efficiently in times of crisis. “I do not ever again want to
By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A 66-year-old Indian nurse, who was sexually assaulted and left in a vegetative state for more than 40 years, died on Monday, in a case that sparked national debate over the legalization of euthanasia. In November 1973, Aruna Shanbaug was attacked by a ward attendant at the King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital in Mumbai as the 26-year-old nurse was finishing her
GENEVA (Reuters) – World Health Organization director-general Margaret Chan announced on Monday that she was establishing a $100 million contingency fund to ensure that the U.N. agency has the resources to respond immediately to a major crisis. Admitting that the WHO had been “overwhelmed” by the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, Chan also told its annual meeting that she was creating a new programme for health emergencies linking its three
Since in many species, sperm is males’ only contribution to reproduction, biologists have long puzzled about why evolutionary selection, known for its ruthless efficiency, allows them to exist. Now British scientists have an explanation: Males are required for a process known as “sexual selection” which helps species to ward off disease and avoid extinction. A system where all offspring are produced without sex — as in all-female asexual populations —
By Andrew M. Seaman (Reuters Health) – Obesity rates among children entering kindergarten in the U.S. have increased since 1998 – except among those from the wealthiest families, according to new research. The findings, published in JAMA Pediatrics, add to evidence that suggests not all young people are benefiting from a leveling out of obesity rates as reported last year by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Did you know the S in Samsung’s Galaxy S series stands for “Super Smart”? Pretty cheesy isn’t it? But Samsung really does believe the brand supplies the best of the best in its Galaxy S series. The Samsung Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge released at the start of 2015 proved to be two of the most exciting handsets on the market right now and we gave them both
More than just resolution Do you lust after more pixels? It’s likely you upgraded your TV to a HD-ready version a decade ago and you’re now watching one with a Full HD resolution. Few would argue the extra pixels do anything other than give you a better, more realistic image. More pixels = better images. TVs, like cameras and processing power, are a classic numbers product where more is marketed
Best Android games introduction While the ‘free-to-play’ market has taken a bit of a beating of late due to gamers falling out of love with the use of in-app payments, the world of mobile gaming is still an exciting one. Whether you want games that will last the length of a commute, or want to be lost in a port of GTA where you spend hours mowing down pedestrians and