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ALPHABET'S X SELLS NEW WIRELESS INTERNET TECH TO INDIAN STATE
X plans to have a small team based in Andhra Pradesh next year to help roll out the technology... READ MORE›
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CALGARY THE 5TH-MOST LIVEABLE CITY IN THE WORLD (AGAIN)
That put Calgary just behind Toronto, just ahead of Perth, Australia, and tied with Adelaide, Australia... READ MORE›
'STAGGERING' LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED FROM U.S.-LED AIR RAIDS ON ISIS-HELD RAQQA
Commission of Inquiry on Syria, said Wednesday that coalition airstrikes had now deepened suffering in a city already under the yoke of extremist fighters... READ MORE›
WHERE IS THE WORLD'S DENSEST CITY?
The UN's Habitat data, collected from national census offices, gives the number one spot to Dhaka, with a density of 44,500 people per sq km... READ MORE›
DEADLY EARTHQUAKE HITS CHINA'S TAXKORGAN COUNTY
At least eight people were killed and more than 20 injured after a 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck Taxkorgan county in western China, the region's earthquake administration said... READ MORE›
CHINA EARTHQUAKE LEAVES 13 DEAD, 175 INJURED NEAR SICHUAN AND GANSU
China's deadliest earthquake this century, a magnitude-7.9 temblor, struck Sichuan province in May 2008, killing nearly 90,000 people... READ MORE›
GREEK WW2 BOMB FORCES HUGE THESSALONIKI EVACUATION
At least 70,000 people in the Greek city of Thessaloniki are being evacuated so that a 500lb World War Two bomb can be defused, officials say... READ MORE›
WORLD WAR II BOMB REMOVAL IN GREECE EVACUATES 72000
World War II Bomb Removal in Greece Forces 72,000 From Homes... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES PRESS AHEAD IN OLD CITY PUSH
Mosul Iraqi forces press ahead in Old City push... READ MORE›
CHINA TO RELOCATE ALMOST 1,000 CHEMICAL PLANTS IN WAKE OF TIANJIN BLASTS
China's industry minister Miao Wei said local governments were finally moving ahead to implement plans to relocate and upgrade chemical plants... READ MORE›
RESIDENT SAYS DUBAI FIRE BROKE OUT AN HOUR BEFORE THE ALARM WAS RAISED
Civil defence officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said there were no reports of deaths or injuries... READ MORE›
'YOU CANNOT STOP EBOLA' US EXPERTS WARNED BRITISH TROOPS
Though the number of new cases has now fallen to around 50 each week, Brig McMahon said the outbreak had been neither defeated, nor eradicated... READ MORE›
FAA APPROVES FOUR COMPANIES FOR COMMERCIAL DRONE FLIGHTS
Amazon has petitioned the FAA to test drones that could deliver packages... READ MORE›
INDIA BRIDGE COLLAPSE: KOLKATA RESCUE EFFORTS UNDER WAY
Emergency workers in eastern city of Kolkata searched through the night for survivors underneath a collapsed flyover... READ MORE›
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO LIVE IN THE MOST VILIFIED JIHADIST HOTBED IN EUROPE?
On Thursday, Belgian authorities launched six raids in the Brussels area, including Molenbeek, in connection to suspected Paris attacker Bilal Hadfi... READ MORE›
'HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN MOSUL IS INCREDIBLY DESPERATE' - UNHCR
READ MORE US-backed Iraqi forces advance on ISIS-held areas of Mosul, as 750,000 civilians remain trapped This comes as the Pentagon's Baghdad-based spokesperson, Col... READ MORE›
FALLUJAH RESIDENTS FIND MORE SUFFERING DESPITE TRIUMPH OVER ISIS
After months of fierce clashes on the city's southern edge, Iraqi forces punched into central Fallujah last week as ISIS defenses crumbled... READ MORE›
WORLD BANK SAYS NATURAL DISASTERS COST $679 BILLION A YEAR
The design of disaster risk management should, then, not rely only on asset losses, the World Bank said... READ MORE›
CREWS BATTLE WILDFIRES IN SOUTH-WEST STATES AS HEAT WAVE POSES MORE DANGER
Forecasters issue warnings and brace gusty winds and record-breaking temperatures in California, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona... READ MORE›
JAPAN BEGINS OFFSHORE CONSTRUCTION WORK ON MOVING US BASE IN OKINAWA
The Futenma base relocation began in October 2015, but was suspended due to resistance from the Okinawa authorities and population... READ MORE›
HONG KONG ACTIVISTS, POLICE CLASH OVER FOOD STALLS DURING LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION
The unrest started when authorities tried to prevent unlicensed street food sellers from operating on Monday night in Mong Kok, a working-class district of the city... READ MORE›
12 PEOPLE DEAD AFTER CENTRAL CHINA LANDSLIDE
The official Xinhua News Agency said 3,000 cubic meters 105,000 cubic feet of debris tumbled down a slope behind the three-story hotel in Nanzhang county... READ MORE›
CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE EXPECTED TO WORSEN AS HEAT WAVE LOOMS
More than 1,200 firefighters attacked the California fire, which has engulfed nearly 12 square miles of mountain and agricultural lands... READ MORE›
WHY ARE THERE SO MANY LANGUAGES AROUND THE WORLD?
For example, the 250,000 people who live on Vanuatu's 80 islands speak 110 different languages, but in Bangladesh, a population 600 times greater speaks only 41 languages... READ MORE›
BALDIVIS: FASTEST GROWING SUBURB IN AUSTRALIA
Advertisement ABS spokesman Phil Browning said Perth's achievement was significant, given just 30 years ago its population lagged still behind Adelaide... READ MORE›
BALDIVIS: FASTEST GROWING SUBURB IN AUSTRALIA
Advertisement ABS spokesman Phil Browning said Perth's achievement was significant, given just 30 years ago its population lagged still behind Adelaide... READ MORE›
'SUNDOWNER' WINDS LOOM AS CREWS TRY TO CONTAIN HOME-THREATENING WESTERN WILDFIRES
They made progress by containing 45 percent of a four-day-old fire in California coastal canyons after 40-mph sundowner winds failed to materialize... READ MORE›
THE VIRUS HUNTERS IN SEARCH OF THE NEXT OUTBREAK
The CDC oversees 10 global disease detection centers around the world, including in South Africa, where constant monitoring is taking place... READ MORE›
'STARK CHOICES' FOR 450,000 CIVILIANS TRAPPED AMID FIGHTING IN MOSUL'S OLD TOWN
As many as 450,000 civilians are trapped in Mosul's Old City, caught up in house-to-house fighting between Islamic State and Iraqi government forces and cu... READ MORE›
FIRE STRIKES AT ANOTHER DUBAI TOWER
The Dubai government's media office said the fire started on the third floor of the hotel... READ MORE›
STRONG QUAKE STRIKES SOUTHWEST CHINA, KILLING AT LEAST 5
China's deadliest earthquake this century, a magnitude 7.9 temblor with a depth of 19 kilometers 12 miles, struck Sichuan province in May 2008, killing nearly 90,000 people... READ MORE›