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Network to confront tech challenges

[2019-11-15 07:36]

Academics in China and the United Kingdom have formed a new network that will help inform government policy on emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence and gene editing.

Clashes rock Bolivia as interim leader aims to end power vacuum

[2019-11-15 07:36]

LA PAZ, Bolivia - Renewed clashes rocked Bolivia's capital on Wednesday as the woman who claimed the presidency, a secondtier lawmaker thrust into the post because of a power vacuum, faced challenges to her leadership from supporters of the ousted Evo Morales.

Tenuous calm in Gaza as Islamic Jihad says truce reached with Israel

[2019-11-15 07:36]

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israel and the militant Islamic Jihad group in Gaza appeared to have reached a cease-fire on Thursday to end two days of heavy fighting that killed at least 34 Palestinians and paralyzed parts of Israel.

DPRK warns US against new drills

[2019-11-15 07:36]

As Pyongyang issued a fresh warning against military drills by Washington and Seoul, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Wednesday said his country is open to altering military activity with its allies if it helps diplomatic efforts to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.

Fake horn aims to ruin illegal market

[2019-11-14 07:07]

Chinese research scientists have teamed up with zoologists at Oxford University to create a technique for making fake rhino horn, which they hope will disrupt the market for illegal poached items.

Cannabis-based drugs gain health cover in UK

[2019-11-14 07:07]

Two cannabis-based medicines for patients with severe epilepsy or multiple sclerosis have been approved for use by the National Health Service, or NHS, in England.

S. Africa pledges to create more jobs

[2019-11-14 07:07]

A total of $24.2 billion in investments pledged at a Johannesburg conference last week is expected to create 412,000 jobs in South Africa, according to President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Venice underwater as exceptional tide sweeps through canal city

[2019-11-14 07:07]

VENICE, Italy - Venice was hit by the highest tide in more than 50 years on Tuesday, with tourists wading through flooded streets to seek shelter as a fierce wind whipped up waves in St Mark's Square.

Juul to cut staff, slash spending by $1b

[2019-11-14 07:07]

Juul Labs, the biggest marketer of e-cigarettes, said on Tuesday that it will eliminate about 650 jobs, or about 16 percent of its global workforce, and slash spending by about $1 billion, as the US government prepares regulations to curb the use of e-cigarettes.

Debates on climate intensified

[2019-11-13 07:21]

What part has climate change played in the deadly wildfires that have ravaged California and the Amazon, and the bushfires now burning along Australia's eastern coast? It is a question taking on greater significance as the intensity and frequency of fires increase.

Poultry king Poland hatches 2 billion chicks a year

[2019-11-13 07:21]

KONDRAJEC PANSKI, Poland - In what looks like a Niagara Falls of yellow feathers, thousands of chicks cascade down a conveyor belt in central Poland.

Fires reshape market for home insurance

[2019-11-13 07:21]

Vida Hamadani felt the impact of the wildfires in California when she had to flee her Brentwood home two weeks ago.

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