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Mongolia's new 'cleaner' fuel linked to deaths, illness 19 Nov 2019 - 09:16 pm

Ulaanbaatar: One cold night in October, Gerel Ganbaatar decided to stay with her parents in one of Mongolia's traditional ger communities on the...

Arctic in hot water: Sea ice minimal in Chukchi, Bering seas 19 Nov 2019 - 06:23 pm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska: The U.S. research vessel Sikuliaq can break through ice as thick as 2.5 feet (0.76 meters). In the Chukchi Sea northwest...

'Possibility of life': scientists map Saturn's exotic moon Titan 19 Nov 2019 - 04:02 pm

WASHINGTON: Scientists on Monday unveiled the first global geological map of Saturn's moon Titan including vast plains and dunes of frozen organic material...

Snapchat checks for deception in political ads 19 Nov 2019 - 12:35 pm

San Francisco - Snap on Monday confirmed that it checks political ads at Snapchat to make sure they are not deceptive or misleading...

This search engine is planting trees every time you browse 19 Nov 2019 - 11:08 am

When fires raged across Brazil this summer and deforestation rates reached startling highs, users began downloading a small German search engine in a...

California sues e-cigarette firm Juul for targeting minors 19 Nov 2019 - 10:09 am

Los Angeles - California announced Monday it is suing Juul, the United States' largest electronic cigarette manufacturer, for illegally targeting minors with its...

Fate of bigeye tuna in the balance in quota meet 18 Nov 2019 - 06:44 pm

Paris: The fate of big-eye tuna, over-fished and in decline, could be decided this week when fishing nations meet to set quotas after...

Brazil Amazon deforestation soars to 11-year high in 2019 18 Nov 2019 - 06:44 pm

SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil: Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest rose to its highest in over a decade this year, government data on...

HP rejects takeover offer from Xerox 18 Nov 2019 - 01:09 pm

HP Inc. says its board has rejected a roughly $33.5 billion takeover offer from Xerox. The Palo Alto, California-based company said Sunday that...

40% parents struggle to see depression signs in kids 18 Nov 2019 - 12:24 pm

New York, Telling the difference between a teen's normal ups and downs or something bigger is among the top challenges parents face while...

Bill Gates tops Jeff Bezos as world’s richest person with Amazon slide 18 Nov 2019 - 10:58 am

This time it’s official. Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates overtook Amazon.com Inc.’s Jeff Bezos as the world’s richest person on Friday, reclaiming the...

New Spotify feature creates customized road trip playlists 18 Nov 2019 - 10:20 am

San Francisco - The online music streaming service Spotify has introduced a new feature called "Soundtrack Your Ride" that will generate a road...

Personal? Private? No such thing in data-hungry world 17 Nov 2019 - 09:39 pm

LONDON: Personal data reveals a slew of secrets about friends and family so regulators should stop fixating on individual privacy and safeguard society...

Should people be paid for sharing their personal data online? 17 Nov 2019 - 09:39 pm

LONDON: From tagging photos on Facebook to driving with Google Maps, people should join forces in "data unions" to demand payment for letting...

High-tech mapping, apps fight deadly dengue outbreak in Honduras 17 Nov 2019 - 08:15 pm

BOGOTA: High-tech mapping and mobile phone apps are being used to combat dengue fever in Honduras as the Central American nation struggles to...

Disputed Western Sahara becomes kitesurfing hotspot 17 Nov 2019 - 06:32 pm

Dakhla, Western Sahara: In the heart of disputed Western Sahara, a former garrison town has become an unlikely tourist magnet after kitesurfers discovered...

South Korea's model daughter in law 17 Nov 2019 - 06:32 pm

Hoengseong, South Korea: In a mountain village thousands of kilometres from her native Philippines, Emma Sumampong nurses her elderly mother-in-law, while also caring...