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Odd partnership: Ties warm between India and North Korea
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not the most obvious international friendship. On one side is the
world's largest democracy, with its riotous collection of battling
political parties and a freewheeling media with thousands of newspapers,
TV stations and websites. On the other is a deeply isolated nation, a
country with no political opposition and a media that does not question
the long-ruling family. Access to the Internet, except for a handful of
government-approved websites, is restricted to a tiny elite.
Saudi Arabia accused of neglect over deadly disaster at hajj
Saudi Arabia faced new accusations of neglect Friday in the hajj
disaster that killed over 700 people, the second tragedy at this year's
pilgrimage overseen by the kingdom's rulers who base their legitimacy in
part on protecting Islam's holiest sites.
Leading the criticism was regional Shiite powerhouse Iran, which always seeks an opportunity to undermine its Sunni adversary.
Rare visit by Indian prime minister enthralls Silicon Valley
For a change, Silicon Valley is buzzing about something besides a sleek
new device, mind-bending breakthrough or precocious billionaire.
A rare visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi this weekend has captivated his extensive fan club in the area and commanded the attention of major U.S. technology companies eager to extend their reach into a promising overseas market.
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Five highlights from the Frankfurt auto show
Car sales are growing in Europe and the U.S. and automakers are
responding with something for every driver class at the Frankfurt auto
show.
After years of more conservative launches, automakers here are letting the R&D horses out of the stable with everything from mass-market cars with once-premium features to speedy supercar convertibles.
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Study: Air pollution kills 3.3 million worldwide, may double
Air pollution is killing 3.3 million people a year worldwide, according
to a new study that includes this surprise: Farming plays a large role
in smog and soot deaths in industrial nations.
Scientists in Germany, Cyprus, Saudi Arabia and Harvard University calculated the most detailed estimates yet of the toll of air pollution, looking at what caused it. The study also projects that if trends don't change, the yearly death total will double to about 6.6 million a year by 2050.
16 September 2015
Airline grounds over 100 flight attendants for being ‘overweight'
Air India has permanently grounded about 130 flight attendants, most of them women, for exceeding body-mass index standards.
Critics condemned the move as “shockingly sexist.”
Critics condemned the move as “shockingly sexist.”
BMI is a measure of body fat versus height and weight. Earlier this year, Air India gave about 600 cabin crew members six months to get their weight under control or risk reassignment to jobs on the ground. All were placed on a program to alter diet and exercise and were monitored by airline staff.
Indian hospitals warned not to turn away dengue patients
As India's capital struggles with its worst outbreak of dengue fever in
five years, officials threatened Wednesday to cancel private hospitals'
licenses if they turn away patients.
More than 11 people have died from the mosquito-borne disease in New Delhi this year and about 1,900 cases have been recorded at city hospitals.
Indian composer: Music for Prophet film done in good faith
Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman has said that he did not intend to
offend anyone when he composed the music for an Iranian film on the
Prophet Muhammad.
Rahman, who is hugely popular in India, was responding to a religious edict, or 'fatwa,' by a Muslim organization against him and the Iranian director of the film, Majid Majidi.
13 September 2015
Mayweather decisions Berto in last fight to remain unbeaten
His career winding down to its final seconds, Floyd Mayweather Jr.
took a victory lap around the ring, his fist raised in triumph.
After 19 years of perfection in the ring, he deserved one final bow.
After 19 years of perfection in the ring, he deserved one final bow.
Mayweather capped a remarkable career with a typical Mayweather fight Saturday night, using his defensive wizardry to frustrate Andre Berto on his way to a decision so lopsided one judge gave him every round.
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Graffiti comes of age as elderly Portuguese try urban art
Some are hard of hearing or don't see well, others complain about stiff
joints, one is 101 years old. All have become graffiti artists under a
project to energize Portugal's elderly.
Learning how to paint graffiti — a form of urban art often associated with unruly adolescents — is bringing cheer and a can-do attitude to pensioners in this rural Portuguese city. Until late last century, Covilha was a thriving textile center but it now has an aged population as the industry declined and the young left to find work.
Image of dead child on beach haunts and frustrates the world
The photo of the dead 3-year-old Syrian boy on a Turkish beach is haunting.
It captures everything we don't want to see when we tap our phones or open our newspapers: a vicious civil war, a surge of refugees, the death of an innocent.
It captures everything we don't want to see when we tap our phones or open our newspapers: a vicious civil war, a surge of refugees, the death of an innocent.
The image of little Aylan Kurdi is hammering home the Syrian migrant crisis to the world, largely through social media. Aylan died along with his 5-year-old brother and their mother when their small rubber boat capsized as it headed for Greece. The Associated Press distributed the photos to its subscribers. The photos were from the Turkish news agency DHA.
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3 September 2015
China shows off rising power in marking WWII defeat of Japan
With fighter jets roaring overhead, China's leader presided Thursday
over a massive parade of tanks, missiles and troops that displayed
growing military might, but also pledged to reduce the army by 300,000
troops in a bid to show that his country poses no expansionist threat.
The spectacle through the heart of Beijing commemorated Japan's World War II defeat seven decades ago, with helicopters zooming across the sky in an array forming the number 70, but the event also underlined President Xi Jinping's determination to make China the pre-eminent Asian power.