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Greenhouse gases surge to new highs worldwide in 2017: US report 01 Aug 2018 - 08:46 pm

Tampa: Planet-warming greenhouse gases surged to new highs as abnormally hot temperatures swept the globe and ice melted at record levels in the...

Facebook unveils tools to tell users when to stop scrolling 01 Aug 2018 - 06:22 pm

Facebook Inc., during all its years of expansion, has been focused on one thing above all else: getting people to spend more time...

Muslim survivors of Nellie massacre of 1983 now shaken by Indian citizenship test 31 Jul 2018 - 08:33 pm

NELLIE, India: Thirty-six years after losing his parents, sister and a four-year-old daughter in one of India's worst sectarian massacres, Abdul Suban says...

Facebook has identified ongoing political influence campaign: NYT 31 Jul 2018 - 07:50 pm

Facebook has identified a coordinated political influence campaign through dozens of inauthentic accounts on its platform ahead of November's U.S. midterm election, the...

30 years on, 'new age militancy' stokes Kashmir conflict 31 Jul 2018 - 07:34 am

Srinagar, India: A home-made bomb set off the insurgency against Indian rule in Kashmir 30 years ago, but "new age" fighters using social...

French lawmakers ban smartphones in schools 30 Jul 2018 - 11:27 pm

Paris: French schoolchildren will have to leave their smartphones switched off or at home as the new academic year begins in September, after...

UK's top envoy makes 'Japanese wife' gaffe in China 30 Jul 2018 - 05:47 pm

Beijing: Britain's new foreign minister made an awkward debut in China on Monday when he sought to curry favour with his hosts by...

50 years on, McDonald's and fast-food evolve around Big Mac 30 Jul 2018 - 05:25 pm

NEW YORK: McDonald's is fighting to hold onto customers as the Big Mac turns 50, but it isn't changing the makings of its...

French luxury giants dive into Silicon Valley 30 Jul 2018 - 03:13 am

Paris: Steve Jobs may have been a tech genius, but he clearly didn’t care much for fashion. Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has followed...

Swatch Group quits annual Baselworld trade fair 30 Jul 2018 - 03:13 am

GENEVA: Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group is quitting the annual Baselworld watch and jewellery trade fair, the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper reported yesterday, calling...

Tech firms should be made liable for ‘fake news’ on sites: UK lawmakers 30 Jul 2018 - 02:43 am

LONDON: Tech firms like Facebook should be made liable for “harmful and misleading” material on their websites and pay a levy so they...

2 New Yorker artists bring colors, smiles to Rohingya camps 29 Jul 2018 - 09:06 pm

KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh: With his blond dreads tied in a ponytail and baggy jeans caked with paint smudges, Max Frieder first arrived at the...

Valuable painting returns to town after 11 years in storage 29 Jul 2018 - 07:00 pm

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH: A valuable painting that hung unnoticed in a Massachusetts school for decades is returning to town after 11 years in storage...

Armenian digs basement to store potatoes for wife; now 'Heaven-guided' maze proves tourist draw 29 Jul 2018 - 06:42 pm

Arinj, Armenia: When Tosya Gharibyan asked her husband to dig a basement under their house to store potatoes, she had little idea the...

Ballet to cure the Mexico City traffic blues 29 Jul 2018 - 06:42 pm

MEXICO CITY: Remedios Rosas was walking down a Mexico City street Saturday when she saw seven tutu-clad dancers tiptoe to the sidewalk, their...

Vandalism for conservation? New Zealand strikes off-note by stripping ivory off 123-yr-old British piano 29 Jul 2018 - 05:50 pm

Wellington: New Zealand authorities have been accused of "vandalism" after they stripped the ivory key tops from an antique piano shipped into the...

The surprisingly simple, savvy side you'll want to make this summer 29 Jul 2018 - 05:25 pm

A little salt and sugar, a pair of vegetables whose sweetness is easily coaxed, and butter: That's all you need to roast the...

Airport uses massive maple syrup jugs to pitch food website 28 Jul 2018 - 10:59 pm

BURLINTON, Vt.: A Vermont airport is displaying 7-foot-tall (2.1-meter-tall) maple syrup jugs to remind travelers they can buy the state staple online instead...