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Warming seas could lead to 70% increase in hurricane-related financial loss
16 Oct 2017
If oceans warm at a rate predicted by a UN-sponsored group that assesses climate change research, expected financial losses caused by hurricanes could increase to $12 billion by 2100
Trump inks executive order to bypass Congress, undercut Obamacare
13 Oct 2017
Trump’s order cuts off subsidies to health insurance companies for low-income patients and instead lets small businesses band together to buy cheaper, less regulated health plans for their employees, which, however, may not be available until 2019
Scientists find gold in Swiss sewage system
13 Oct 2017
World's 'better' countries have higher rates of cancer
12 Oct 2017
The world's "better" countries, with greater access to healthcare, experience much higher rates of cancer incidence than the world's "worse off" countries, according to new research
World's 'better' countries have higher rates of cancer
12 Oct 2017
The world's "better" countries, with greater access to healthcare, experience much higher rates of cancer incidence than the world's "worse off" countries, according to new research
UK Farm incomes could halve after Brexit: Report
12 Oct 2017
Global economic recovery gaining pace: IMF
11 Oct 2017
Proof of Russian meddling in US poll grows; Google, Microsoft to probe
11 Oct 2017
The revelations add to the evidence that the Russian disinformation campaign had not only multiple targets among US technology companies but also multiple centres of operations
WTO: India to push food security issue
09 Oct 2017
India, particularly, will insist that a permanent solution on public stock holding be one of the deliverables in Buenos Aires as was promised at the Ministerial meets in Nairobi and Bali
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to anti-Nuke campaign group ICAN
06 Oct 2017
The Nobel Committee cited a rising risk of nuclear war and the spread of weapons in the light of the North Korean threat to bestow the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize on the campaign group seeking a global ban on nuclear arms
Russia in $3-bn missile defence deal with Saudi Arabia
06 Oct 2017
Saudi Aramco and Russian oil companies also signed several agreements on oil technology amidst new developments on the energy front that tend to put a squeeze on oil demand
Equifax mass ID theft leads US to rethink on Social Security number
05 Oct 2017
White House cybersecurity coordinator Rob Joyce says the US should end Social Security numbers as an identification method and move on to something more modern – though experts say India’s Aadhaar is not secure enough to be the answer
Rohingya crisis: number of refugees now tops half million
30 Sep 2017
Five weeks after the mass exodus of Rohingyas from Myanmar began on 25 August, the UN says the total number of arrivals in Bangladesh has now topped 501,000
New Cuban crisis: US pulls staff from Havana after mystery sonic attacks
30 Sep 2017
More than half the American staff has been pulled out from its embassy in Havana following mysterious sonic attacks that have caused several health problems to over 21 diplomats
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