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Japanese researchers invent floating ‘firefly’ light

TOKYO (Reuters)- Japanese engineering researchers say they have created a tiny electronic light the size of a firefly that rides waves of ultrasound and could eventually figure in applications ranging from moving displays to projection mapping. Named Luciola for its resemblance to the firefly,...

US maintains ‘maximum pressure’ on North Korea

The United States will continue its campaign of putting “maximum pressure” on North Korea, said the White House press secretary Saturday.  Accompanied by an American delegation at the Winter Olympics in South Korea, Sarah Sanders, the press secretary, was speaking to reporters....

Belgium court allows students to wear headscarf

A local court in Belgium ruled on Friday that a headscarf ban at local schools was against religious freedom.  Parents of 11 students took action against a ban on the headscarf at Flemish schools in the Maasmechelen region.  The court said that it took into account...

More than 1 in 10 French women raped: poll

More than one in ten French women have been raped at least once, according to a study on sexual violence published Friday as the global abuse scandal widens. Twelve percent of the 2,167 women polled by the Fondation Jean Jaures think tank said they had suffered "sexual penetration with...