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A mystery disease that causes hearing loss, vision loss, loss of balance, and brain damage has been

A New Year’s resolution is a promise you make to yourself to improve for the coming year. Many peopl

Basketball in Mexico; American baseball in Japan; football in London: the American professional spor

Japanese entrepreneurs have started crying clubs, where men and women get together to watch sad movi

Huawei is one the world’s largest manufacturers of cell phones and the equipment that powers cell ph

The deal British Prime Minister Theresa May negotiated for her country’s exit from the European Unio

George Herbert Walker Bush, who served as a Navy pilot in World War II and later as a Congressman, C

A spontaneous protest movement has broken out in France, disrupting daily traffic and shaking the go

Chinese scientist Hu Jinakui says that he edited the genes of an embryo during in vitro fertilizatio

Cuba has ordered all 8,000 of its doctors working in Brazil to come home after a spat between Brazil

The Leaning Tower of Pisa is leaning a little less. Scientists recently confirmed that the famous to

Thousands of migrants from Central America have passed through Mexico and have arrived at Tijuana, t

For over a hundred years, the official definition of a kilogram was a metal cylinder held under thre

Negotiators for Britain and the EU have reached a draft deal on the UK’s exit. The deal has left few

Lady Gaga, the pop star better known for provocative lyrics and outlandish outfits, turned in a tran

In the first national elections since the controversial developer-turned-TV star took office, US vot

Some of Europe’s top football clubs, including Manchester United and Bayern Munich, are in talks to

After holding an unofficial vote before he took office, president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

Jeff and JR share some thoughts on how Plain English started, how we produce the program, and where

Brazil overwhelmingly elected former army captain and congressman Jair Bolsonaro president, giving h