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UN: Food waste costing global economy $750bn a year
One third of the food produced worldwide is wasted, costing the global economy around $750 billion (570 billion euros) a year, a ...North and South Korea agree to reopen joint Kaesong industrial park
North and South Korea agreed Wednesday to reopen their Kaesong joint industrial park next week, five months after it was shut during ...Iraq officials say blasts at Shiite mosque kill 39
A suicide bombing against a Shiite mosque as worshippers streamed out was the bloodiest of attacks across Iraq that left at least ...AIDS vaccine candidate appears to completely clear virus from the body in monkeys
Researchers in the US have reported significant progress in their development of a vaccine against HIV.Thousands clash with police in Turkey after protester dies
Turkish police fired tear gas and plastic bullets at thousands of people who gathered in Istanbul Tuesday to protest the death of ...Apple unveils new iPhones at cheaper price
Apple has unveiled two new iPhones, including a cheaper plastic version in bright colours and an updated high-end device with a fingerprint ...Pakistan to release Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Baradar
Pakistan to release top Afghan Taliban prisoner Baradar. The Pakistani government has said it will release the former second-in-command of the Taliban ...200,000 from 140 countries apply for one-way ticket to Mars
More than 200,000 people from 140 countries have applied to go to Mars and never return, the group behind an ambitious venture ...Four found guilty in Indian gang-rape case
An Indian court found four men guilty of the fatal gang rape of a student on a moving bus in New Delhi ...At least 43 dead in Guatemala bus crash
At least 43 people have been killed and 40 others injured after a bus carrying scores of passengers plunged down a steep ...




