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As lungs pay cost of dirty fuels, UN urges action on climate health risks 03 Dec 2019 - 06:10 pm

MADRID: Human health is paying the price of the world's failure to curb global warming, the World Health Organization warned on Tuesday, urging...

Battle of the biscuits as Ferrero aims to take a bite out of Barilla 03 Dec 2019 - 10:52 am

MILAN: In the red corner is Italy's reigning cookie champion, Barilla's Gocciola. Across the ring in the blue corner is the challenger, Ferrero's...

NASA finds Indian Moon lander with help of amateur space enthusiast 03 Dec 2019 - 09:01 am

Washington: India's Vikram lunar lander, which crashed on its final approach to the Moon's surface in September, has been found thanks in part...

'One Team', '#KuToo' buzzwords for 2019 in Japan 02 Dec 2019 - 10:03 pm

Tokyo: Japan rugby team's slogan "One Team", the "#KuToo" campaign against a de-facto requirement to wear heels at work, and the new imperial...

End of an error: full stop for UK apostrophe society 02 Dec 2019 - 10:03 pm

London: Britain's Apostrophe Protection Society is closing down, its founder has announced, saying it had sadly lost the fight against "ignorance and laziness"....

Could life insurance go up in smoke for some vapers? 02 Dec 2019 - 10:03 pm

LONDON/NEW YORK: Global reinsurers are stepping up their warnings to life insurer clients about the potential risks of vaping, putting pressure on underwriters...

Dictionary.com chooses 'existential’ as word of the year 02 Dec 2019 - 04:08 pm

New York: Climate change, gun violence, the very nature of democracy and an angsty little movie star called Forky helped propel "existential” to...

English club set to bamboo-zle the opposition 02 Dec 2019 - 01:27 pm

London: High-flying English fourth tier side Forest Green Rovers are to wear bamboo shin pads, furthering their claims to be the world's greenest...

Brushing teeth 3 times a day can lower heart failure risk 02 Dec 2019 - 11:03 am

Seoul, Brushing teeth frequently is linked with lower risks of atrial fibrillation and heart failure, according to a new study. Tooth brushing three...

Weather man gets contradicted by Siri during broadcast 02 Dec 2019 - 11:02 am

San Francisco - During a broadcast on BBC, meteorologist Tomasz Schafernaker was sharing a weather forecast for snowfall in Minneapolis and Denver in...

When you're short on time, a comforting bowl of ginger turmeric chickpeas is the answer 02 Dec 2019 - 10:55 am

This week, when Thanksgiving planning might be giving you culinary tunnel vision, it can be easy to lose track of all the other...

Here's a saucy, sheet-pan shrimp bruschetta that works as dinner or a starter 02 Dec 2019 - 10:42 am

With holiday events pulling my family in multiple directions, and friends more likely to pop in spontaneously to raise a glass, my home...

Apple may bundle AirPods with its 2020 iPhones 02 Dec 2019 - 09:58 am

San Francisco - Apple is looking to bundle its truly-wireless (TWS) earbuds with the iPhone 12 next year. TWS refers to wireless earbuds...

Stellar view? Space hotels race to offer tourists a room in the sky 02 Dec 2019 - 09:52 am

TBILISI: Tired of your ordinary earthly vacations? Some day soon you might be able to board a rocket and get a room with...

Sugar field burning plagues poor Florida towns with soot 01 Dec 2019 - 05:31 pm

PAHOKEE, Fla.: For residents of the Glades, a string of poor, predominantly African American rural towns dotting the southern shore of Florida’s Lake...