| Ryan presses case for health care bill in the face of ‘frustration’ and ‘confusion’ Posted: 09 Mar 2017 04:13 PM PST  The rollout of a new health care law to replace Obamacare has produced "a lot of frustration" among conservatives and "a lot of confusion," House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., acknowledged Thursday. Ryan sent a clear message to conservative House members who want the bill to go even further: This is as good as it gets. "This is the closest we've been to repealing and replacing Obamacare.
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| Searching for Trump condemnation in Pope Francis’ words Posted: 09 Mar 2017 02:41 PM PST  Pope Francis warned against the rising tide of populism in an interview with German paper Die Zeit this week, reigniting an ongoing search for subliminal criticism of President Trump in the pope's words.
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| Toyota Will Eventually Have Three Sports Cars in its Lineup Posted: 09 Mar 2017 01:48 PM PST  Reverting to the "Three Brothers" philosophy, Toyota wants to become a serious contender in the sports car market again.
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| ICE frees Argentine woman facing deportation after protests Posted: 10 Mar 2017 11:17 AM PST ![ICE frees Argentine woman facing deportation after protests]( "ICE frees Argentine woman facing deportation after protests") JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An Argentine citizen who grew up in Mississippi and was detained after speaking out about President Donald Trump's policies was released from custody on Friday by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
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| Germany shuts down shopping mall over attack threat Posted: 11 Mar 2017 08:31 AM PST  The country is on high alert following scenes of carnage at a Christmas market carnage in Berlin in December, when an Islamic State jihadist rammed a truck into a crowd of pedestrians, killing 12 people. "The shopping centre will be closed all Saturday due to security concerns. The police have concrete information regarding a possible attack," local police said in a statement published on social media.
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| Silicon Valley Questions WikiLeaks Founder’s Russia Ties Posted: 10 Mar 2017 01:11 PM PST  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange offered to help tech companies on flaw detailed in hacked CIA documents, but Silicon Valley is more concerned about his ties to Russia.
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| Photos of the day - March 9, 2017 Posted: 09 Mar 2017 12:14 PM PST ![Photos of the day - March 9, 2017]( "Photos of the day - March 9, 2017") Buddhist monks push Thai soldiers at a gate of Dhammakaya temple in Pathum Thani province, Thailand; dogs and owners arrive for the first day of Crufts dog show at NEC Arena in Birmingham, England; an Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard near the site of a gun fight at Padgampora, Indian Kashmir. These are some of the photos of the day. (AP/EPA/Getty/Reuters)
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| With flair but scant success, Turkey aims to repair image Posted: 10 Mar 2017 04:44 PM PST  ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — On a mission to rehabilitate its image, Turkey is instead inching closer to being an outcast among Western nations that seem to understand their NATO ally less and less each day.
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| Swiss propose making foreigners sell homes when they leave Posted: 10 Mar 2017 07:09 AM PST ![Swiss propose making foreigners sell homes when they leave]( "Swiss propose making foreigners sell homes when they leave") The Swiss government proposed on Friday making non-EU foreigners sell their homes when they leave the country, prompting resistance from the real estate sector. More than three decades after Switzerland liberalized property purchases for foreigners, and amid concern that foreign demand helps drive up prices, the cabinet said it was time to update the law to close loopholes and improve enforcement. It suggested requiring citizens from countries outside the European Union plus Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway to get permission to buy main residences in Switzerland.
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| Why The Dutch Fear Election Meddling From … America Posted: 10 Mar 2017 08:46 AM PST  The Dutch are worried about wealthy American donors backing the far-right "Dutch Donald Trump."
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| Republican U.S. health plan clears first hurdles, fate uncertain Posted: 10 Mar 2017 07:29 AM PST ![Republican U.S. health plan clears first hurdles, fate uncertain]( "Republican U.S. health plan clears first hurdles, fate uncertain") By Susan Cornwell and Yasmeen Abutaleb WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican plan backed by President Donald Trump to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system cleared its first hurdles in Congress on Thursday, but its chances for passage looked uncertain and top Republicans scrambled to bring disgruntled conservatives aboard. In the face of opposition by Democrats, healthcare providers and many conservatives, two House of Representatives committees approved the legislation that would undo much of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, moving it closer to a vote before the full House.
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| Alexa May Soon Start Talking to You Out of Nowhere Posted: 10 Mar 2017 10:12 AM PST  Talking to Amazon's Alexa may soon seem a little less like a one-way conversation. Instead of you having to say "Alexa..." to start a dialogue, Amazon's voice assistant may initiate conversations itself. For example, Alexa could alert you when your laundry is done, or if your security camera spotted someone.
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| Parents question school's slave auction poster assignment Posted: 10 Mar 2017 01:09 PM PST ![Parents question school's slave auction poster assignment]( "Parents question school's slave auction poster assignment") SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (AP) — Posters by fifth-graders that advertised slave auctions have been removed from the wall of an elementary school hallway after some parents questioned the assignment.
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| 31 workers convicted over killing at Indian car plant Posted: 10 Mar 2017 05:18 AM PST  An Indian court convicted 31 workers Friday over an outburst of deadly violence at a car plant in 2012, including 13 for murder, during one of the country's worst episodes of labour unrest. The court cleared 117 accused who were also facing charges of murder, arson and rioting after hundreds of workers clashed with managers over wages and appointments at the Maruti Suzuki factory in Manesar. The hearing in Gurgaon, on the outskirts of New Delhi, found 13 workers guilty of murdering Awanish Kumar Dev, whose charred body was found in the remains of a building following the riots in July 2012.
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| This Curvy Muslim Woman Called Out Instagram for Her Disappearing Selfie Posted: 10 Mar 2017 01:41 PM PST  This curvy Muslim woman had her photo disappear from Instagram after people reported it as "inappropriate," although Instagram claimed the woman's photo met the photo-sharing platform's guidelines. Check out the video above for the rest of the details on the missing selfie.
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| China Dismisses Philippines' Concerns Over Chinese Ships Incident Posted: 10 Mar 2017 04:35 AM PST  The Philippines Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Chinese ships were found in recent months near the Philippines and a warship was spotted 70 miles off its western coast in the South China Sea.
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| Rescued Sea Otter Settles Into New Home, Plays with Toys and Still Needs a Name Posted: 10 Mar 2017 09:32 AM PST  The otter traveled from California to Louisiana.
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| Galaxy S8 may include a new facial recognition feature Posted: 09 Mar 2017 03:40 PM PST 
When Samsung rolled out the Galaxy Note 7 last year, it introduced a new iris scanning technology designed to bolster device security. As envisioned by Samsung, the feature was supposed to make it easier for users to unlock their devices, authenticate banking transactions, and even stow away and subsequently access sensitive data stowed away in a Secure Folder.
But as we all know, the Galaxy Note 7 launch quickly blew up in Samsung's face amid a barrage of reports involving Note 7 devices catching fire and exploding. Ultimately, Samsung was forced to recall the device, an embarrassing turn of events that may have cost the company billions. In turn, the Note 7 wasn't really around long enough for anyone to determine if its iris scanning feature was actually useful or nothing more than a gimmick. Not to worry, the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus will reportedly both include iris scanning functionality. As it turns out though, it appears that the feature doesn't work fast enough to make it something consumers might actually find practical to use. According to a report from phoneArena, Samsung is planning to add facial recognition technology to its S8 lineup to either complement the iris scanner or replace it altogether. Of course, with Apple said to be adding advanced facial recognition to the iPhone 8, Samsung's move here may be partially rooted in its unwavering desire to beat Apple to the punch. Of course, the last time Samsung tried to do that, it rushed out the Note 7 prematurely in order to take advantage of what it presumed would be a lackluster iPhone 7 refresh cycle -- and we all saw how that turned out. All that aside, the utility of an iris scanner remains up for debate. Even assuming that the technology is reliable and quick, holding up a device to your face every time you want to access it seems more like a chore than a feature. To this point, one of the earlier Note 7 reviews from AndroidPit touched on this very point. Every time you want to unlock the screen with the iris, you must 1) turn on the screen; 2) swipe your finger across the display; 3) place the device in front of the eyes. Thus, it takes three steps to begin using the device. If you consider that the number of times a user unlocks the screen per day, according to research conducted by app developer Locket, it's an average of 110 times. This process, then, is not ideal when the Note 7 also gives you the option to use fingerprint unlock. Using the fingerprint method, even when your screen isn't 'awake', you can simply press your finger upon the home button to unlock the device.
Either way, we thankfully won't have to wait too long to see exactly what type of features Samsung's S8 lineup will bring to the table. The company is expected to reveal all at its Unpacked 2017 event slated to take place on March 29 in New York City. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q62-0Eu1tZ0
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| Opponents of South Korea's ousted Park rally to call for her arrest Posted: 11 Mar 2017 01:14 AM PST ![Opponents of South Korea's ousted Park rally to call for her arrest]( "Opponents of South Korea's ousted Park rally to call for her arrest") By Jeongeun Lee SEOUL (Reuters) - Opponents of South Korea's ousted leader, Park Geun-hye rallied in the capital, Seoul, on Saturday to demand that she be arrested, a day after she was thrown out of office over a corruption scandal involving the country's conglomerates. The Constitutional Court ruling on Friday to uphold a parliamentary vote to impeach Park infuriated hundreds of her supporters, two of whom were killed as they tried to break through police lines outside the court. Park's critics were out in central Seoul on Saturday, where they have been gathering every weekend for months, while the former president's conservative supporters also took to the streets not far away, though fewer in number.
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| Niger puts 1,000 'Boko Haram fighters' on trial Posted: 10 Mar 2017 06:03 AM PST ![Niger puts 1,000 'Boko Haram fighters' on trial]( "Niger puts 1,000 'Boko Haram fighters' on trial") Niger has begun the trials behind closed doors of about 1,000 suspected fighters from the Boko Haram jihadist movement, officials said Friday. Chief prosecutor Chaibou Samna told AFP that the trials, on charges of terrorist links, had begun on March 2. Some of the suspects were "captured during combat" in southern Niger across the border from Boko Haram's stronghold in Nigeria, a security source said.
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| Here's Why Zac Posen Refuses To dress Melania and Ivanka Trump Posted: 10 Mar 2017 12:27 PM PST  "I'm very upset with the state of affairs right now," Posen told the Daily Beast.
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| Man jumps from car, saves elderly woman from oncoming train Posted: 09 Mar 2017 10:37 AM PST ![Man jumps from car, saves elderly woman from oncoming train]( "Man jumps from car, saves elderly woman from oncoming train") SADDLE BROOK, N.J. (AP) — An elderly woman trying to cross the tracks in front of an oncoming train was saved by a driver who sprinted from his car and pulled her out of the way, authorities said.
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| 911 audio: Decapitation suspect says his mother made him mad Posted: 09 Mar 2017 02:35 PM PST ![911 audio: Decapitation suspect says his mother made him mad]( "911 audio: Decapitation suspect says his mother made him mad") LOUISBURG, N.C. (AP) — An 18-year-old man accused of decapitating his mother promised an emergency dispatcher that he wouldn't kill two young siblings heard wailing in the background of his 911 call, according to a recording released Thursday.
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| Study reports that gluten-free diet increases risk of type 2 diabetes Posted: 10 Mar 2017 05:18 AM PST  In response to the trend for gluten-free products, on Thursday the American Heart Association (AHA) announced research, based on 30 years of surveys, that establishes a link between gluten-free diets and a higher risk of type 2 diabetes. To date, no scientific studies have demonstrated any health benefits that accrue from a gluten-free diet for the vast majority of people who do not suffer from Celiac disease (which affects one percent of the population in the US) or gluten intolerance.
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| Cruise ship crashes into one of the most biodiverse coral reefs in the world Posted: 10 Mar 2017 05:31 PM PST  The dreamy beauty of a coral reef in Southeast Asia has been partially damaged by a massive, 4,290-ton cruise ship called the Caledonian Sky. On Saturday, the ship crashed into a popular diving site called Crossover Reef, which holds some of the most biodiverse coral reefs in the world, located in West Papua province, environmental news outlet Mongabay reports. SEE ALSO: Royal Caribbean takes cruise passengers into rough seas forecast days before It reportedly managed to smash some 17,000 square feet of coral in an area previously pristine enough to be considered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and it's expected it'll take nearly 10 years for a full recovery from the incident. Now local officials want the British-owned cruise ship company to pay for the damage. The Caledonian Sky — operated by British tourism company Noble Caledonia — found itself caught in a low tide before plowing into the reefs located along the Indonesian island chain of Raja Ampat. Raja Ampat is filled with colorful coral reefs like this. Image: Michael Rubenstein via flickr From there, a boat was brought in to help refloat the cruise ship, which actually just made things worse, according to Ricardo Tapilatu, head of the Research Center for Pacific Marine Resources at the University of Papua. Tapilatu helped investigate the incident to estimate damages. "A tugboat from Sorong city was deployed to help refloat the cruise ship, which is something that shouldn't have happened because it damaged the reef even worse," Tapilatu told Mongabay. "They should've waited for high tide." Other locals were also critical of the ship's inability to avoid damaging the reefs. Tourism group Stay Raja Ampat wrote a post on Facebook asking if there was a 12-year-old at the wheel, saying, "How can this happen?" The environmental damage affected eight different coral groups in an area that's known to have some of the richest biodiversity in the world, with 10 times as many coral species as in the Caribbean. And coral reefs in general are often thought to be the most biodiverse of any ecosystems on earth. After local authorities sent in a team to investigate, it was estimated the total damage runs anywhere from $1.28 million to $1.92 million, according to Tapilatu. Despite wreaking havoc on those precious reefs, the 102-passenger ship saw very minimal damage and was able to sail away with all its passengers and 79 crew members safe. Noble Caledonia expressed regret over the incident, saying in a statement the whole thing was "unfortunate." "Noble Caledonia is firmly committed to protection of the environment, which is why it is imperative that the reasons for it are fully investigated, understood and any lessons learned incorporated in operating procedures," the company wrote. WATCH: 'Ancient Earth' series brings rare and wonderful dinosaurs back to life
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| Parents Stagger under Grief of Losing 2 Sons in Back-to-Back Deaths: 'I Don't Know What to Do from Here' Posted: 09 Mar 2017 05:03 PM PST  Tragedy strikes Indiana family not once, but twice, in less than two months.
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| Afghan applicants for special visas far exceed supply: U.S. State Dept. Posted: 10 Mar 2017 01:50 PM PST ![Afghan applicants for special visas far exceed supply: U.S. State Dept.]( "Afghan applicants for special visas far exceed supply: U.S. State Dept.") By Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Just over 1,400 visas are left in a special program for Afghans who worked for the U.S. government in Afghanistan, less than a tenth of what is needed for all the Afghans who have applied for such visas, a State Department official said on Friday. U.S. military forces have been engaged in Afghanistan for a decade and a half, and often rely on Afghans to serve as interpreters or provide other crucial support. The State Department said in an online bulletin on Thursday that it had halted interviews for Afghans applying for the visas because it anticipated exhausting the visas, whose numbers are allocated by Congress, by the middle of this year.
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| UN accuses Turkey of 'serious' abuses in Kurd majority region Posted: 10 Mar 2017 02:02 AM PST  The UN on Friday accused Turkish security forces of serious human rights violations during operations against Kurdish militants in the southeast since July 2015 when a regional ceasefire collapsed. "Government security operations" have impacted more than 30 towns and displaced between 335,000 to half a million mostly Kurdish people, the report further said. The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has waged an insurgency against Turkey since 1984, although violence was contained during the truce agreed in 2013.
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| Muhammad Ali Jr. Detained At Airport For Second Time Posted: 10 Mar 2017 12:51 PM PST  The son of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali was previously detained by customs officials in February.
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| Elon Musk has a crazily ambitious plan to fix Australia’s electricity Posted: 10 Mar 2017 08:26 AM PST 
For the last few months, South Australia has been hit by rolling blackouts due to electricity spikes from heatwaves. The supply in the nation is heavy on renewables, which means that balancing peak demand (especially when it's not windy!) can be difficult. It's a serious problem that the country is trying to work out how to tackle, and now there's one more option on the table. Elon Musk has said that Tesla can provide enough battery storage to solve the peak power problems, and the batteries can be deployed within 100 days. He's not messing around either, as the batteries come with a unique guarantee.
In a Twitter conversation with Australian billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes, Musk laid out his terms: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/840032197637685249 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/840096176678420481 At the pricing that Musk announced, the batteries to fix Australia's power problem would cost just $25 million. The final cost would be much higher thanks to paying for shipping, importing, and installation, but as a base price it seems manageable. Battery storage would help prevent further blackouts by increasing the peak amount of energy available to the grid. The problem wasn't so much total energy production; rather, it's the short period of time after everyone arrives home from work and kicks on the AC that has been causing blackouts. If the grid can over-produce during the day and charge Musk's batteries, that power can be drawn on later in the evening when the grid is being stressed the most. Tesla has already completed energy storage projects before, including an 80MWh battery project in California.
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| Guatemala fire death toll rises to 36 amid calls for change Posted: 10 Mar 2017 12:50 PM PST  GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's president called for a restructuring of his country's youth shelter system following a fire that killed at least 36 girls at an overcrowded government facility for children, sending a nation into shock and anger.
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| South Korean court throws president out of office, two die in protest Posted: 10 Mar 2017 09:26 AM PST ![South Korean court throws president out of office, two die in protest]( "South Korean court throws president out of office, two die in protest") South Korea's Constitutional Court removed President Park Geun-hye from office on Friday over a graft scandal involving the country's conglomerates at a time of rising tensions with North Korea and China. Park becomes South Korea's first democratically elected leader to be forced from office, capping months of paralysis and turmoil over the corruption scandal that also landed the head of the Samsung conglomerate in detention and on trial.
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| Buried treasure: huge statue of Egyptian king unearthed in Cairo neighborhood Posted: 10 Mar 2017 11:51 AM PST ![Buried treasure: huge statue of Egyptian king unearthed in Cairo neighborhood]( "Buried treasure: huge statue of Egyptian king unearthed in Cairo neighborhood") A team of Egyptian and German archaeologists has discovered a towering 26-foot statue in a Cairo slum, a presumed depiction of Pharaoh Ramses II, Reuters reports on Thursday. The colossus found submerged in mud in where the ancient city of Heliopolis once stood is "one of the most important discoveries ever," according to the Egyptian Antiquities Ministry. The massive quartzite figure is "most probably Ramses II," Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Anani told Reuters on Thursday at the site of the statue's unveiling, adding that the identity would have to be later confirmed once more of the statue is uncovered.
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| USOC delivers conclusion to USA Gymnastics president Posted: 09 Mar 2017 06:40 PM PST  U.S. Olympic Committee leaders have contacted leaders at USA Gymnastics about president Steve Penny's future at the federation and say they'll wait for the gymnastics board to respond before divulging what was said.
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| Dalmatians Help 8-Year-Old With Autism Read After He Previously Suffered Severe Meltdowns Posted: 10 Mar 2017 11:17 AM PST  His mom has called it a miracle.
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| Gambia to launch probe into ex-president Jammeh's personal finances Posted: 10 Mar 2017 10:24 AM PST ![Gambia to launch probe into ex-president Jammeh's personal finances]( "Gambia to launch probe into ex-president Jammeh's personal finances") By Edward McAllister DAKAR (Reuters) - Gambia's government will launch an investigation into the finances of former long-standing president Yahya Jammeh including the personal use of a charity bank account revealed by Reuters last month, the justice minister said on Friday. The government of President Adama Barrow, who beat Jammeh in a December election before Jammeh fled into exile, has accused the authoritarian former ruler of siphoning off tens of millions of dollars in public money into various bank accounts not in his name but from which he withdrew cash, including at the central bank. Reuters found that in 2012 and 2013 over $8 million from a bank account in the name of the Jammeh Foundation for Peace, a charity founded by Jammeh, flowed to Jammeh himself, not to foundation projects.
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| Trump invites Palestinian leader Abbas to White House 'soon' Posted: 10 Mar 2017 06:48 PM PST  Donald Trump on Friday invited Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas to visit the White House sometime soon, both sides said after the first phone call between the pair since the US president took office in January. Trump invited Abbas "to visit the White House soon to discuss ways to resume the (Palestinian-Israeli) political process," the official Palestinian news agency Wafa quoted Abbas's spokesman as saying.
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| Iran Test-Fires Ballistic Missile: Report Posted: 10 Mar 2017 12:31 AM PST ![Iran Test-Fires Ballistic Missile: Report]( "Iran Test-Fires Ballistic Missile: Report") The Hormuz-2 ballistic missile destroyed a floating target from a distance of over 150 miles in the test carried out by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) forces.
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| Americans drank more bottled water than soda in 2016 Posted: 09 Mar 2017 09:47 PM PST ![Americans drank more bottled water than soda in 2016]( "Americans drank more bottled water than soda in 2016") It's official: Americans are now drinking more bottled water than soda. After decades-long streak of strong growth, bottled water surpassed carbonated soft drinks to become the largest beverage category by volume in the United States in 2016, according to research and consulting firm Beverage Marketing Corp. The shift comes amid widespread concerns about the health effects of sugary beverages. Bottled-water consumption in the United States reached 39.3 gallons per capita last year, while carbonated soft drinks slipped to 38.5 gallons, Beverage Marketing Corp said.
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| Jury convicts 2 of conspiracy in Oregon ranching standoff Posted: 10 Mar 2017 03:39 PM PST  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury on Friday convicted two men of conspiracy to impede federal officers during last year's high-profile armed occupation of a wildlife refuge in Oregon in a protest over control of Western lands. They face possible sentences of years in federal prison.
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| Two Ukrainian soldiers killed, 16 wounded in fresh fighting Posted: 11 Mar 2017 05:47 AM PST  Ukraine's army reported Saturday two soldiers killed in clashes with Russian-backed rebels, in a new uptick in violence across eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko told reporters that two servicemen were killed and another 16 wounded in the past 24 hours, accusing insurgents of using heavy weapons against government troops. The latest casualties along eastern Ukraine's volatile frontline come despite the warring sides announcing a truce deal in February that has failed to stop the violence entirely.
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| In China, you can hire someone to persuade mistresses into ending affairs Posted: 10 Mar 2017 02:56 AM PST  People say that happiness is only real when shared. But what if your spouse wanted to share it with another person? Desperate spouses in China who are seeking an amicable end to their partners' transgressions are hiring "mistress hunters" — trained professionals that are sent undercover to "accidentally" meet and dissuade the third party in a marriage to put an end to an affair, The Paper reported (link in Chinese). SEE ALSO: Flame-throwing drones make for badass trash removers The "mistress hunters" — like those employed by Shanghai Weiqing Network Technology — can charge hourly rates from 800 to 1,000 yuan ($115.74 to $144.67), and they are private investigators and marriage counselors combined. The company's founder, 49-year-old former journalist Shu Xin, earns up to 3,000 yuan ($433.91) per hour. Cases that Shu Xin takes under his wing would typically cost upwards of 300,000 yuan ($43,391), while regular "solutions" will cost around 50,000 yuan ($7,231). Therapists evaluate the crises within the marriage and work out a way to maintain it, while "mistress hunters" — mostly women psychology, sociology or law graduates — use psychological methods to persuade third parties to end affairs. Shanghai Weiqing Network Technology has made it big in China, where it has filed to list its shares on China's over-the-counter stock market, the National Equities Exchange and Quotations (NEEQ). The company claims to have salvaged 350,000 marriages, and separated 168,500 third parties, with a total revenue of 17.7 million yuan (about $2.6 million) in the first ten months of last year. "Weiqing" — which means "defending love" in Chinese — has 59 offices across China. "Mistress hunting" takes up nearly 87 percent of the company's revenue, according to documents it submitted to the NEEQ, which The Paper — a state-run news outlet — picked up on last month. Shanghai Weiqing's top five clients have paid up to to 3.6 million yuan ($520,697) to salvage their marriages, according to company filings. In an interview with AFP, Shu Xin said that his goal was to prevent divorce. "Mistresses are global. But specifically in China, they are kept women: the husbands, often rich, pay for luxury apartments, cars and luxury products," he said. "If we fail, then we repay the entire amount." Shanghai Weiqing's rise comes as divorce rates in China rose for 12 consecutive years — as Chinese couples increasingly use chat apps like WeChat and dating apps like Momo to seek an extramarital affair. Over 3 million couples divorced in 2015, according to the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs. WATCH: This might be the world's quietest library
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| Yes, Your Washing Machine Is Using Enough Water Posted: 09 Mar 2017 03:06 PM PST  Today's more efficient washing machines use so much less water than older machines that some consumers wonder whether their washer will get their clothes clean. This is especially true for people...
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| Now I Get It: Daylight Saving Time explained Posted: 10 Mar 2017 07:08 AM PST  Twice a year we change our clocks as we start and end Daylight Saving Time. But what exactly is DST and why do we do it? Yahoo News and Finance anchor Bianna Golodryga explains.
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| Photos of the day - March 10, 2017 Posted: 09 Mar 2017 10:29 PM PST ![Photos of the day - March 10, 2017]( "Photos of the day - March 10, 2017") A displaced Iraqi girl cries before entering Hamam al-Alil camp, as Iraqi forces battle with Islamic State militants south of Mosul, Iraq; members of the Tibetan Youth Congress and supporters gather to mark the 58th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising while protesting against Chinese rule in Tibet on the eve of Tibetan Uprising Day, Bangalore, India; and the sun sets over the Maha-ThaKyarYanThi Buddhist Temple in Nyaypyitaw, Myanmar. These are some of the photos of the day. (AP/EPA/Getty/Reuters/Zuma)
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| Bereaved Palestinians, Israelis march against occupation Posted: 10 Mar 2017 09:48 AM PST  Beit Jala (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Hundreds of bereaved Palestinian and Israeli women marched through the West Bank on Friday against the Israeli occupation, in an International Women's Day event.
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| Bernie Sanders' Battle Against Trump Posted: 10 Mar 2017 06:15 AM PST  The liberal senator will stop at nothing to block Trump from the presidency in 2020.
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| Orlando nightclub gunman's widow ordered to remain jailed Posted: 10 Mar 2017 03:14 PM PST ![Orlando nightclub gunman's widow ordered to remain jailed]( "Orlando nightclub gunman's widow ordered to remain jailed") U.S. District Judge Paul Byron of Orlando overruled a federal magistrate in Northern California who found earlier in March that Noor Salman, 30, posed no danger to the community or serious flight risk. In his order canceling Salman's release, Byron said that her mother and uncle own an apartment in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, governed by the Palestinian National Authority, where Salman has previously stayed.
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