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Black Friday, Thanksgiving online sales climb to record high
Chicago (USA), November 26, 2017: Black Friday and Thanksgiving online sales in the United States surged to record highs as shoppers bagged deep discounts...
Bolivia’s ‘Death Road’, Where People Are Participating In The Most Dangerous...
August 8, 2017: Bolivia has emerged as a destination for thrill seekers in the recent times. And the country's North Yungus Road in the...
This 8-year-old Syrian girl is among Time magazine’s influential people on...
Helped by her mother Fatemah, who manages the @AlabedBana Twitter account, Bana Alabed uploaded pictures and videos of life amidst the Syrian war, gaining...
Samsung Galaxy S8 launch: Samsung reveals its long-awaited iPhone killer
New York, March 30, 2017: Samsung unveiled its Galaxy S8 flagship smartphone as it battles to regain the market leadership it lost to Apple after the...
Nokia goes back to the future with 49 euro phone
Spain, February 27, 2017:Â Nokia's (NOKIA.HE) newly revitalized phone business went back to the future on Sunday, re-introducing a brightly colored version of the classic...
Nepali women row against tide of discrimination on tourist lake
Pokhara, February 16, 2017: Batuli Bhujel weaves deftly through the colorful wooden boats and paddles into the shore of Phewa Lake in west Nepal,...
Silicon Valley fights for its life on immigration
New York, February 8, 2017:Â Silicon Valley is fighting for its life on immigration. Over 100 tech firms, including Google, Facebook and Apple, have joined...
Miss France wins Miss Universe crown
January 30, 2017: A 24-year-old woman from Paris won the Miss Universe crown on Monday, in a three-hour show in the Philippine capital that...
Microsoft’s market value tops $500 billion again after 17 years
January 29, 2017: Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) market capitalization topped $500 billion for the first time since 2000 on Friday, after the technology giant's stock...
Warren Buffett, Bill Gates have hope for America after Donald Trump...
New York, January 29, 2017:Â Bill Gates and Warren Buffett on Friday expressed optimism that the United States will move ahead as a nation, even...
Williams sisters add another chapter to great sibling rivalry
Melbourne, January 27, 2017:Â An Australian Open electrified by the revivals of seasoned champions will bathe in the warm glow of nostalgia on Saturday when...
Stuttering Real Madrid under scrutiny after Cup exit
Barcelona, January 26, 2017: Real Madrid have come crashing back down to earth in recent weeks after a euphoric 2016 and must now cope...
UK scientists give cancer risk warning on overdone chips, toast
London, January 24, 2017: Potatoes and bread cooked at high temperatures for a long time could increase the risk of cancer in people who...
Madame Tussauds unveils Amitabh Bachchan waxwork for Delhi opening
New Delhi, January 16, 2017: Madame Tussauds unveiled a waxwork of Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan on Thursday ahead of the museum's opening later this...
Smoking costs $1 trillion, soon to kill 8 million a year:...
Geneva, January 11, 2017:Â Smoking costs the global economy more than $1 trillion a year, and will kill one third more people by 2030 than...
Forceful and tearful, Obama says goodbye in emotional speech
Chicago, January 11, 2017: Conceding disappointments during his presidency yet offering vigorous encouragement for the nation’s future, Barack Obama issued an emotional defense Tuesday...
‘La La Land’ big winner at Golden Globes
Beverly Hills, January 9, 2017: "La La Land" danced off with seven Golden Globes on Sunday in a ceremony marked by surprises and a...
After a perilous journey to Europe, a young migrant learns his...
Sweden, January 2, 2017: For more than a year, Girmay Mehari dreaded his 18th birthday next February.
The teenager escaped from an Eritrean jail two years ago...
Singer George Michael of Wham! fame dies at 53
London, December 26, 2016: British singer George Michael, who became one of the pop idols of the 1980s with Wham! and then forged a...
Many people don’t know what makes smoking dangerous
December 14, 2016:Â Most Americans don't grasp that the chemicals produced by burning a cigarette are more harmful than the manufacturer's additives that cigarette also...
Ronaldo’s golden year rewarded with fourth Ballon d’Or
December 13, 2016: Cristiano Ronaldo capped a remarkable year by claiming a fourth Ballon d'Or award on Monday after leading Portugal to an emotional...
Mkhitaryan sparkles as United reach Europa last 32
London, December 9, 2016: Manchester United are warming to the task in the Europa League as they booked a spot in the last 32...
John Glenn, first American to orbit Earth, dies at 95
Washington, December 9, 2016: John Glenn, who became one of the 20th century's greatest explorers as the first American to orbit Earth and later...
Women start driving cabs in conservative Pakistan
Karachi/Lahore (Pakistan), December 7, 2016:Â Taxi-hailing service Careem introduced women drivers in Pakistan on Wednesday, a rare initiative in a deeply conservative Muslim country where...
