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Twitter shares plunge on report bidders are scarce
October 7, 2016
Twitter shares plunge on report bidders are scarce
TWITTER Inc shares plunged on Thursday as fears mounted that a much-anticipated auction of the social media company will draw…
Successful escape, landing for Blue Origin’s rocket
October 7, 2016
Successful escape, landing for Blue Origin’s rocket
Blue Origin, the aerospace company headed by Amazon.com chief Jeff Bezos, ran a successful test Wednesday of an emergency escape…
Done deal: Paris climate pact to enter into force
October 7, 2016
Done deal: Paris climate pact to enter into force
A hard-fought climate rescue pact concluded last December in the French capital will enter into legal force next month, earlier…
Egypt to be free of hepatitis-C by 2020: health minister
October 6, 2016
Egypt to be free of hepatitis-C by 2020: health minister
Egypt's health minister announced on Tuesday that more than 800,000 people have been treated for hepatitis C since January 2016,…
Yahoo secretly scanned customer emails for US intelligence: sources
October 5, 2016
Yahoo secretly scanned customer emails for US intelligence: sources
Yahoo Inc last year secretly built a custom software program to search all of its customers' incoming emails for specific…
Trio wins Nobel chemistry prize for ‘world’s smallest machines’
October 5, 2016
Trio wins Nobel chemistry prize for ‘world’s smallest machines’
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World’s first child born to three parents
October 4, 2016
World’s first child born to three parents
The first child with DNA from three parents was born in New York last spring. The birth was the result…
Japan’s Ohsumi wins Nobel for studies of cell ‘self-eating’ process
October 3, 2016
Japan’s Ohsumi wins Nobel for studies of cell ‘self-eating’ process
Japanese scientist Yoshinori Ohsumi was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries related to the degrading…
Egypt retrieves 4 Pharaonic artifacts from the US
October 2, 2016
Egypt retrieves 4 Pharaonic artifacts from the US
Egypt's ambassador to the United States Yasser Reda said on Saturday that Egypt and the US authorities have agreed on…
End of an era: BlackBerry will stop making its own phones
October 2, 2016
End of an era: BlackBerry will stop making its own phones
BlackBerry said on Wednesday that it will rely on partners to manufacture the phones, which will still have BlackBerry's look…