Extend Your Life

Healthy Lifestyle Adds 14 Years

Following a diet abundant in fruits and vegetables, shunning smoking and drinking and exercising regularly will add at least 14 years to a person's life, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Cambridge and the Medical Research Council.

Nuclear Hoax

Czech artists hacked a TV station and inserted a nuclear explosion into a live weather report. It was their creative way of warning about media manipulation

"100 Years In Iraq Is Fine With Me"

US Falling Into Recession?

Jump in U.S. Jobless Rate

The U.S. economy may be on the verge of -- or already in -- a recession, based on the increase in 2007's unemployment rate, economists said. The jobless rate rose to 5 percent in December, the highest in two years. The figure was 0.6 percentage point higher than March's 4.4 percent, which was the lowest reading of the expansion that began at the end of 2001. ``Since 1949 the unemployment rate has never risen by this magnitude without the economy being in recession,'' John Ryding, chief U.S. economist at Bear Stearns Cos. in New York, said in a note to clients. ``We now put ourselves on recession watch.''

Toyota No.2 In US Car Sales

Toyota Ousts Ford
The Ford Motor Company’s United States sales fell 12 percent in 2007, allowing Toyota Motor of Japan to replace it as the country’s second largest seller of vehicles.It was the first year that Ford was not No.2, behind General Motors, since 1931. Toyota, which was in a close — and still undecided — race with General Motors for the title of world’s largest automaker in 2007, said Thursday that its United States sales increased 2.7 percent last year.

2007 International Privacy Ranking

2007 International Privacy Ranking

Each year since 1997, the US-based Electronic Privacy Information Center and the UK-based Privacy International have undertaken what has now become the most comprehensive survey of global privacy ever published. The Privacy & Human Rights Report surveys developments in 70 countries, assessing the state of surveillance and privacy protection.

Oil Hits $100

Oil hits $100 US, Gold Also Sets Record

Oil hit $100 US a barrel for the first time and gold prices broke a 28-year-old record on Wednesday as the bull run in commodities got new wind.Data from the New York Mercantile Exchange indicated the price of the February contract for light, sweet crude oil hit $100 US shortly after noon ET. The price slipped to $99.62 US by the close of trading, up $3.64 US. That broke the previous record of $99.29 US a barrel that was set last November

Average Cdn CEO Makes $65,000 Per Day

Top 100 CEOs Will Make Nearly Double....

It's only the second day of the year, but Canada's top executives have already made more money than the average Canadian. A report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) has found that Canada's 100 best-paid CEOs made the national average wage of $38,998 by 10:33 a.m. on Jan. 2 and will continue to earn that amount ever nine hours and 33 minutes for the rest of the year. "Most Canadians are heading back into work with a mound of Christmas bills and financial worries but for Canada's best-paid 100 CEOs it's like Santa Claus delivers every nine hours," said the report's author, CCPA research associate Hugh Mackenzie, in a statement. By the end of today, the average of the top CEOs will have made more than $65,000, the report added.

Benazir Bhutto Assassinated

World Leaders Condemn Bhutto Assassination

Leaders from around the world have condemned the assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. VOA Senior Correspondent André de Nesnera has more in this report from Washington.

Worlds Largest Auto Manufacturer

Toyota Sees Bright Future

Japan's Toyota Motor Corp. on Tuesday predicted further robust growth in 2008 after racing past US rival General Motors this year to become the world's top producing automaker. Strong growth in emerging markets such as China, Russia and Brazil will help to lift vehicle sales by five percent next year, despite an expected sluggish performance in the United States due to a slowing economy, Toyota said.