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Verizon launches cheaper unlimited plan to compete with rivals
By Anjali Athavaley NEW YORK, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc said on Tuesday that it was introducing a cheaper unlimited mobile data plan with some limits as it tries to lure customers away from rival wireless carriers. The plan, to be introduced on Wednesday, is priced at $75 a month...
Android 8.0 gets an official name, Oreo
NEW DELHI: Google, exactly five months after unveiling the first beta build for the Android O mobile operating system, has given it an official name - Oreo. The 8.0 Android version was unveiled at the time of the solar eclipse event. The search giant few days already confirmed that it will be...
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BHP to quit U.S. shale business as annual profit surges
By James Regan SYDNEY (Reuters) - Global mining giant BHP Billiton committed to quitting its underperforming U.S. shale oil and gas business on Tuesday, as it posted a surge in annual underlying profit to $6.7 billion. The world's biggest mining house, which was buoyed by a recovery in industrial...
Study Investigating Mountaintop Coal Mining Health Halted By Trump Administration
Federal mining regulators told the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to halt all their studies of the health risks for people living near Appalachian surface coal mines, according to CBS News. The Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,...
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Scientists begin patient trials for multi-drug resistant malaria in Africa
by David Musyoka NAIROBI, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Medical scientists have launched a patient trial for KAF156, a next-generation antimalarial compound with the potential to treat drug-resistant strains of the malaria parasite in Africa. Global healthcare firms, Novatis and Medicines for Malaria Ventre...
In health push, Singapore gets soda makers to cut sugar content
SINGAPORE, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Singapore's prime minister has urged people to drink water, eat wholemeal bread and choose brown rice over white in a health push that began with an agreement from soda makers to reduce the sugar content in drinks sold in the country. The campaign is aimed at curbing...
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Now, weekly evaluation must in government schools
HYDERABAD: Weekly tests, which till now are mostly limited to private or corporate schools, will now be seen in government schools. Students will be evaluated based on these baseline examination. To facilitate it, the district education officer (DEO) of Hyderabad recently released a circular asking...
An alternative school in rural Kerala is teaching tribal children life lessons
When the government provides amenities to SC/ST students, it is with the hope of helping them cope with their...
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Tennis-American teen Tiafoe upsets Zverev in Cincinnati
Aug 16 (Reuters) - Unseeded American teenager Frances Tiafoe upset red-hot Alexander Zverev 4-6 6-3 6-4 to reach the third round of the Cincinnati Open on Wednesday. World number seven Zverev, who stunned Roger Federer in the Montreal final last week after claiming the title in Washington D.C., was...
Tennis: Indian squad for Davis Cup tie against Canada announced
(MENAFN - NewsBytes) Tennis: Indian squad for Davis Cup tie against Canada announced 15 Aug 2017 The Indian team for the upcoming Davis Cup World Group play-off against Cana... ......
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Rooney becomes second to score 200 Premier League goals
Everton striker Wayne Rooney has become just the second player to net 200 goals in the Premier League with his strike against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Monday. The former...
Neymar slams Barcelona bosses after scoring brace in PSG home debut
Paris Saint-Germain’s world record signing Neymar launched a scathing attack on his former club’s directors, saying “Barca deserve much better”. The people in charge at the Catalan giants “are not the people who should be there, for the direction of Barca,” Neymar...
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South Korea Refuses To Discuss Free Trade Agreement Renegotiation With US: Minister
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South Korea Refuses To Discuss Free Trade Agreement Renegotiation With US: Minister
South Korea Refuses To Discuss Free Trade Agreement Renegotiation With US: Minister
The latest U.S. dispute is not with North Korea and it’s rogue leader Kim Jong-un, but rather with U.S. ally South Korea and it’s not a dispute over nuclear weapons, but a long-simmering dispute over a free trade...
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Last Of Three Brothers Buried Under Ischia Earthquake Rubble Freed Tuesday
Last Of Three Brothers Buried Under Ischia Earthquake Rubble Freed Tuesday
Three brothers trapped under rubble after a deadly earthquake struck the Italian holiday island of Ischia were rescued Tuesday, BBC News reported. The last of the brothers, 11-year-old Ciro, was rescued at 2:12 p.m....
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North Korea warns ‘US will live in fear’
North Korea warns ‘US will live in fear’
North Korea has warned Donald Trump that all it has to do is “put its hand on a button and press it when the right time comes” in a video released ahead of the U.S.’ military drill with South Korea. The propaganda video,...
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Former BHS owner Dominic Chappell to be prosecuted by pensions regulator
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Dominic Chappell, the former BHS owner, is to be prosecuted by The Pensions Regulator for failing to provide information to an investigation into the sale of the collapsed retailer. Mr Chappell headed up Retail...
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US Navy collision: Divers join search for missing sailors
US Navy collision: Divers join search for missing sailors
It is not yet known. Ships, equipment and aircraft from the American, Indonesian, Malaysian and Singapore navies have been scouring the seas east of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore where the collision occurred. US...
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Trump commits U.S. to open-ended Afghanistan war; Taliban vow 'graveyard'
Trump commits U.S. to open-ended Afghanistan war; Taliban vow 'graveyard'
By Steve Holland and Hamid Shalizi WASHINGTON/KABUL, Aug 22 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump committed U.S. troops to an open-ended war in Afghanistan, a decision the Afghan government welcomed on Tuesday but which...
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China backs Pakistan after Trump’s warning on terror safe havens
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China on Tuesday jumped to the defence of its all-weather ally Pakistan in the wake of United States President Donald Trump’s stern warning to it over providing safe...
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Hong Kong Braces For Impact From Tropical Storm Hato
Hong Kong Braces For Impact From Tropical Storm Hato
The approach of tropical storm Hato toward Hong Kong has the country’s weather observatory considering issuing its third-highest typhoon warning Tuesday night...
Political Rivals Urge Philippine President To End Killings
Political Rivals Urge Philippine President To End Killings
Political rivals of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte implored him to halt a culture of impunity and end a series of drug-related killings after the death of...
4 surviving Barcelona attack suspects appear in court
4 surviving Barcelona attack suspects appear in court
MADRID (AP) — Four alleged members of a terror cell accused of killing 15 people in attacks in Barcelona and a Spanish resort appeared in court Tuesday, a day...
If we enter India, it will be chaos: China
If we enter India, it will be chaos: China
Beijing—China on Tuesday said there will be "utter chaos" if its troops entered India on the pretext that Indian border infrastructure posed a threat to...
Japan Mulls Release of Fukushima Tritium-Contaminated Water Into Ocean
Japan Mulls Release of Fukushima Tritium-Contaminated Water Into Ocean
Authorities in Japan are trying to decide what to do with the hundreds of thousands of metric tons of contaminated water being stored at the crippled Fukushima...
Gunman Ambushes, Wounds Ohio Judge Who Pulls Out Gun And Shoots Him
Gunman Ambushes, Wounds Ohio Judge Who Pulls Out Gun And Shoots Him
A gunman waiting outside a Steubenville, Ohio courthouse Monday injured a judge when he “ambushed” him as he walked to work before the judge pulled out a weapon...
Headless, Limbless Torso Found Hours After Danish Inventor Admits Journalist Died On Craft
Headless, Limbless Torso Found Hours After Danish Inventor Admits Journalist Died On Craft
Hours after a Danish inventor was charged with killing a journalist in his homemade submarine after he admitted in court she died on board the craft, a headless...
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Headlines for August 22, 2017
Headlines for August 22, 2017
Trump to Continue U.S. War in Afghanistan, Likely Deploy 4,000 More TroopsSyria: U.S.-Led Bombing...
American Prospect Editor Robert Kuttner on His Extraordinary Interview with Steve Bannon
American Prospect Editor Robert Kuttner on His Extraordinary Interview with Steve Bannon
White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon has left the White House and rejoined the far-right-wing...
State Dept. Official Who Quit in 2009 over U.S. War in Afghanistan Speaks Out on ...
State Dept. Official Who Quit in 2009 over U.S. War in Afghanistan Speaks Out on ...
President Trump has announced plans to escalate the U.S. war in Afghanistan—already the longest war...
With No Timetable for Withdrawal, Trump Expands War in Afghanistan While Threatening Pakistan
With No Timetable for Withdrawal, Trump Expands War in Afghanistan While Threatening Pakistan
On Monday night, President Trump announced that the U.S. would continue the ongoing war in...
Billionaire Carl Icahn Resigns as Trump Adviser After Reaping Millions From His Time in White House
Billionaire Carl Icahn Resigns as Trump Adviser After Reaping Millions From His Time in White House
On Friday billionaire investor Carl Icahn left his role as regulatory adviser to Donald Trump, just...
Keep Confederate statues in Congress: They let us know some states are proud of racism
Keep Confederate statues in Congress: They let us know some states are proud of racism
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Steve Mnuchin's Wife Lashes Out at Critics of Her Tasteless, Tone-Deaf Instagram Post
Steve Mnuchin's Wife Lashes Out at Critics of Her Tasteless, Tone-Deaf Instagram Post
Louise Linton scolded one woman for not appreciating how much she and her husband pay in taxes....
