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TOKYO - Japan is stepping up efforts to draw attention to Chinese activities around the disputed Senkaku Isl...

It's August and climate change deniers/trolls are clearly out and about, as a grim exchange between physicist Professor Brian Cox and climate change denier Malcom Roberts shows.  SEE ALSO: Physicist explaining climate change to a skeptic on TV is grim viewing Another astrophysicist had to face off trolls after she shared on Twitter her worries over the consequences of climate change:  Dr. Katherine J. Mack is based at the University of Melbourne and currently holds a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) on the topic... Читать дальше...

Nigerians are definitely stepping up and gaining recognition worldwide. They are doing remarkable things that go beyond the country.  Many people in Nigeria are starting to invest in themselves and it is beautiful seeing them excel in the things they do. Perseverance is the watchword for most of the people in the society who are […]

Home Depot posted second-quarter sales and profit growth as the growing housing market continued to bolster results.

This adults-only boutique spa hotel set in an unspoilt corner of Tenerife is a world away from the island's tourist-heavy areas. Built in a colonial style and overlooking an 18-hole golf course, where luxury, tranquillity and natural beauty dominate. An ideal place to de-stress.

Hillary Clinton is overwhelmingly the preferred candidate among DC insiders according to a new poll of Washington insiders. Kristen Soltis Anderson and Tim Carney discuss.

Scrolling through her Facebook timeline, Kentucky homemaker Lisa Lumpkins stumbled across a photograph that took her breath away.

Following the budget padding scandal currently rocking the House of Representatives, the man in the eye of the storm, Yakubu Dogara, who presides over the house as speaker has been in the news lately. But not many Nigerians know a lot about the legislator beyond being the leader of Nigeria’s lower legislative chamber. We bring you […]

Investors need to think ahead about how to generate returns independently in case the rally in equities and bonds loses steam, an analyst told CNBC.

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NEW YORK, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- WWE 2K17 cover star Brock Lesnar has called out retired Superstar and former rival Goldberg in a new promotional clip.

Copper output in Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa's top producer, falls 14 percent in the first half of 2016 to 466 250 tonnes.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Family, friends and colleagues have said goodbye to former Minnesota Gov. Wendell Anderson.

Scientists from an Australian university say they have for the first time captured on video the coral bleaching process caused by rising sea temperatures. Photo: Brett Lewis/Queensland University of Technology

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Consumers think smartphone makers are releasing too many new models each year, a survey showed Tuesday.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Consumers think smartphone makers are releasing too many new models each year, a survey showed Tuesday.

The survey conducted in six countries, commissioned by the environmental group Greenpeace, showed that more than half of those who responded would prefer to change their phones less frequently. The top cellphone companies, Samsung and Apple, launch new flagship phone models at least once every year, showing off the latest display and mobile processor technologies. [...] most users actually want their phones to be more easily dismantled, repaired and recycled. "If they give a discount to consumers who return their companies' phones... Читать дальше...

The survey conducted in six countries, commissioned by the environmental group Greenpeace, showed that more than half of those who responded would prefer to change their phones less frequently. The top cellphone companies, Samsung and Apple, launch new flagship phone models at least once every year, showing off the latest display and mobile processor technologies. [...] most users actually want their phones to be more easily dismantled, repaired and recycled. "If they give a discount to consumers who return their companies' phones... Читать дальше...

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — It was an evening of firsts on the West Pier of the State Port of Gulfport.

GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — It was an evening of firsts on the West Pier of the State Port of Gulfport.

Their usual stop to refuel in a Karoo town took an unusual turn for a Johannesburg mother-of-two recently‚ resulting in a video of a singing petrol attendant going viral.

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German magazine Der Spiegel reported about a recent breakthrough discovery made by astronomers.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When a BBC announcer suggested that a Brazilian broadcaster needed to shut up at the start of a swimming race at the Rio Olympics, he was voicing the feelings of many in the host country.