The Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Health insurer Aetna Inc. has made a deal to buy competitor Humana Inc. in a $37 billion deal the companies say...
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Friday, 03 July 2015
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The Guardian The Runit Dome in the Marshall Islands is a hulking legacy of years of US nuclear testing. Now locals and scientists are warning that rising sea levels caused by climate change could cause 111,000 cubic yards of debris to spill into the ocean ...
Dawn LAUSANNE: A former top FIFA official who left after criticising its president Sepp Blatter has warned that big sponsors will start leaving world football's governing body unless major reforms are...
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- Reuters: France refuses asylum request by Wikileaks founder Assange
- The Hindu: Syrian army bombards rebels trying to seize Aleppo
- BBC News: Why does Japan have such a high suicide rate?
- The Hindu: French mother gets 9 years jail for killing 8 newborns
- Yahoo Daily News: Magnitude 6.1 earthquake hits China's western Xinjiang - USGS
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Sale of Boston Store buildings indicates their value
The Business Journals The Solar Impulse 2 solar-powered aircraft began its flight over the Hawaiian Islands Thursday as pilot passed 100 hours in the air, breaking all distance and duration world records for solar aviation as well as the record for the longest solo flight...
BBC News 3 July 2015 From the section Science & Environment The oceans are at parlous risk from a combination of threats Scientists have warned that marine life will be irreversibly changed unless CO2 emissions are drastically cut. Writing in Science,...
The Australian Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed nearly 150 people in north-eastern Nigerian villages, mowing down men and children while they prayed in mosques and shooting women preparing food at home, witnesses have said. Dozens of militants stormed...
Press TV A group of heavily-armed militants has ambushed a United Nations convoy in northern Mali, killing at least five UN peacekeepers and injuring several others. The UN Mission in Mali, known as MINUSMA, said in a statement on Thursday that the...
Public Technologies (Source: EIB - European Investment Bank) First financial transaction under Investment Plan for Europe in Denmark: EIB backs innovative renewable energy infrastructure fund The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing equity-type financing of up to...
The Independent The BBC is to cut more than 1,000 jobs while trying to reduce spending by £1.5 billion a year by 2017. The national broadcaster has blamed the need for “savings” on the seven-year freeze on licence fee costs, which came as more viewers shift to free...
The Guardian Three of the men convicted for their part in beating woman to death in Kabul are instead given 20-year sentences, with a fourth jailed for 10 years ...
Reuters MONROVIA Liberia confirmed a third new case of the deadly Ebola virus on Thursday, as the disease re-emerges nearly two months after the outbreak was declared over in the West African nation, a senior health official said. Liberia, where 4,800 people...
The Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- The latest news on Greece's financial woes (all times local): --- 12:04 p.m. Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis has said he will resign if there is a "Yes" vote in Sunday's referendum over recent creditor proposals. Asked...
Yahoo Daily News BEIJING (Reuters) - A probe into military spending over the past 18 months has found "long-standing abuses", including illegally held bank accounts, embezzlement, tax fraud and padded expenses, state media said on Thursday, in an ongoing...
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