French to avoid food wastage with Doggy bags!
Long snubbed as the risible trademark of boorish Anglo-Saxon diners, the doggy bag is set… Read More
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Zayn Malik quits boy band One Direction
LONDON: Zayn Malik has left boy band One Direction but the group will continue without… Read More
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Facebook bets on Messenger app, opens it to developers
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook is turning its Messenger application into a platform for e-commerce, video and… Read More
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IS terror threat squeezing Afghanistan: Ghani
WASHINGTON: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani warned Wednesday that Islamist extremists will soon "come knocking on our… Read More
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Australia to join Asia infrastructure bank if conditions met
SYDNEY: Australia will join a China-backed infrastructure bank if conditions such as multilateral and transparent… Read More
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World's first anti-organ trafficking treaty opens
STRASBOURG: Starting Wednesday nations will be able to sign what backers say is the first ever… Read More
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India's capital orders Uber off its roads
NEW DELHI: New Delhi authorities have ordered US-based Uber and its Indian rival Ola Cabs… Read More
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Japan military eyes recruits with cutesy smartphone game
TOKYO: Japan's military has released a smartphone game featuring cutesy characters who dodge household objects,… Read More
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Time to control online sales of breastmilk, say experts
Health watchdogs should regulate online sales of breast milk, so prone to contamination that babies… Read More
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Metallica producer settles bass controversy 27 years later
Metallica's "... And Justice for All" was one of heavy metal's most influential albums, but… Read More
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Beijing behind Internet security violation: group
BEIJING: China's cyberspace administration is "complicit" in attacks on major Internet companies including Google, an… Read More
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'X-Files' returns after 13-year 'commercial break'
LOS ANGELES: Cult sci-fi TV show "The X-Files" is returning for six new episodes, 13… Read More
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Saudi murderer and Pakistani smuggler beheaded
RIYADH: Saudi authorities on Tuesday beheaded a national for murder and a Pakistani for drug… Read More
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Bangladesh orders Nobel laureate Yunus to pay $1.5 million in taxes
DHAKA: Bangladesh officials have summoned Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus over $1.51 million in allegedly unpaid… Read More
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Plane with 148 on board crashes in French Alps
MARSEILLE: A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on Tuesday… Read More
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Angelina Jolie has ovaries removed over cancer fears
WASHINGTON: Hollywood megastar Angelina Jolie announced Tuesday that she has had her ovaries and fallopian… Read More
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India's top court strikes down ban on 'offensive' online comment
NEW DELHI: India's top court on Tuesday struck down a controversial law that made posting… Read More
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ADB steps up Islamic finance efforts, eyes infrastructure
DUBAI: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is stepping up efforts to assist member countries to… Read More
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Woman who spent 23 years on US death row cleared
WASHINGTON: A woman who spent 23 years on death row in the United States over… Read More
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Roll over Ebola: measles is the deadly new threat
The people of Monrovia's Peace Island ghetto, refugees of civil war who found themselves suddenly… Read More
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