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Facebook in crosshairs as fake news battle heats up 22 Nov 2016 - 03:58 pm
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg said nonetheless that Facebook would step up efforts to weed out fake news with
Soon, charge your phone in seconds 22 Nov 2016 - 01:40 pm
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Buckingham Palace gets funds for urgent overhaul 22 Nov 2016 - 01:15 pm
A general view of Buckingham Palace in central London, Britain, 18 November, 2016. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Walking improves your heart health 22 Nov 2016 - 12:53 pm
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Add this fee to the cost of flying: hailing an airport taxi 22 Nov 2016 - 08:46 am
An undated file photo of a Transportation Safety Administration screening passengers at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California. Reuters
Huge interest as Anne Frank poem goes up for auction 21 Nov 2016 - 06:48 pm
This photo taken on November 21, 2016 at the Bubb Kuyper auction house in Haarlem shows a rare handwritten poem by Anne Frank, penned shortly before she went into hiding from the Nazis, addressed to
Tommy Hilfiger says you can be too popular 21 Nov 2016 - 01:47 pm
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Australian scientists closer to creating HIV vaccine 21 Nov 2016 - 01:09 pm
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How WhatsApp is giving wings of freedom to Indian housewives 21 Nov 2016 - 12:32 pm
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After long days on Trump and trade, APEC crowds hungry for ceviche 21 Nov 2016 - 11:37 am
Astrid Y Gaston, located inside the 300-year-old colonial house, has been updated with chic, offbeat decor -- playful paintings, a glassed-in kitchen and potted plants hanging upside-down from the ceiling.
Climate-threatened nations aim for 100 pct renewable energy 20 Nov 2016 - 06:54 pm
High-Level Delegates at the first Climate Vulnerable Forum at Male Maldives, November 2009. Photo courtesy:  Maldives Presidency
Interview: Pacific island poet marshals youth against climate threats 20 Nov 2016 - 06:44 pm
Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner (Reuters file photo)
Nigeria fights myths, fear in polio vaccine drive 20 Nov 2016 - 06:34 pm
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Conservationists cry foul over India’s landmark forest rights law 20 Nov 2016 - 06:16 pm
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Farm impasse at climate talks threatens goal to end hunger: FAO chief 20 Nov 2016 - 06:02 pm
José Graziano da Silva (Agência Brasil)
Finding a toilet in cities around the world is no easy task 20 Nov 2016 - 05:54 pm
Indian skilled workers build toilets at a factory in Morbi, some 230km from Ahmedabad, on November 18, 2016, on the eve of World Toilet Day. World Toilet Day (WTD), held on November 19 each year, is a campaign held around the world to mobilize people over
Madagascan farmers need urgent help to stop hunger levels spiralling: UN 20 Nov 2016 - 05:37 pm
A farmer harvests rice at a rice paddy at Ambohimanambola near Antananarivo in this 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
Escaped Chibok girls overcome doubts and jealousy to attend university 20 Nov 2016 - 05:29 pm
File photo of Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari meeting with the rescued girl Amina Ali Nkeki and her mother Binta Ali Nkeki with Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State at the Presidential villa in Abuja, May 2016.  (EPA)