While many schools and colleges across in Tamil Nadu remained closed on Tuesday as a mark of respect for former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, some students at a college in Madurai wanted to make use of the day.
By now, we're used to technology moving at rapid speeds, but it hasn't always been that way, according to data analysis from Boston Consulting Group.
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Jia Jia, who lives at a Hong Kong amusement park, became the oldest panda ever living in captivity and the oldest panda currently living in captivity. In human terms, Jia Jia would be more than 100.
CHICAGO (AP) — Farm Aid will have a 30th-anniversary concert featuring Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews in Chicago.
CHICAGO - Farm Aid will have a 30th-anniversary concert featuring Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews in Chicago.
CHICAGO (AP) — Farm Aid will have a 30th-anniversary concert featuring Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews in Chicago.
Americans get most of their daily sodium from processed food and restaurant food.
Defence company struggles to clinch contracts for jets and ships with Saudi Arabia and Australia
The long wait for 'I Am Cait' ended Sunday night with the premiere of E!’s latest reality series — and while Caitlyn Jenner’s first solo reality vehicle definitely popped, initial ratings might not be as high as many would have guessed.
Chair of Greek securities regulator says market will reopen Wednesday or Thursday after one-month shutdown
The Cowboys won’t be bringing running back Ryan Williams with them to training camp. Williams was waived on Tuesday, ending a run with the Cowboys that began last year but never saw Williams take a regular season snap for the team. Injuries have been an issue for Williams ever since the Cardinals made him a…
The growing scandal over hiring practices at the Federal Aviation Administration now includes a law suit which seeks to force the FAA to produce racial and demographic data regarding recently hired air traffic control candidates.
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WASHINGTON, July 28 (UPI) -- A NASA astronaut showed off the International Space Station's new ultra-HDTV camera with a video of an effervescent being added to a floating water bubble.
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LOS ANGELES, July 28 (UPI) -- "Vacation" movie stars got together for the premiere of the film's reboot on Monday at the Regency Village Theatre in the Westwood section of Los Angeles.
London's FTSE 100 just closed up 0.80%, or 52.01 points higher at 6557.14. It's a good day but there are some huge contrasting fortunes when you look closer.
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Labour leadership candidates Jeremy Corbyn and Liz Kendall reveal a little more about their personal lives
Greece's prime minister needs to embrace much-needed reforms and bring in some competent ministers to implement them
The command is compiling paperwork to submit to Air Staff for what’s called a group “remission of indebtedness” for all airmen affected, said Andy Coggins, chief of financial operations division for Headquarters USAFE-AFAFRICA.
Jeremy Wilson finds Harry Redknapp missing management but former boss says there are no plans to return to Bournemouth
Exclusive interview: Jeremy Wilson finds Harry Redknapp missing management but former Spurs boss says there are no plans to get involved at Bournemouth
Carlyle’s $5 billion hedge-fund firm, Claren Road Asset Management, faces the prospect of withdrawals after a consultant advised clients to pull their money following poor performance from bad bets on Greece and mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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SEOUL, July 28 (UPI) -- North Korean women are no longer confined to wearing state-sanctioned clothing and are being seen in four-inch heels and knockoff designer handbags.
Shawn Booth’s workout playlist must have had Beyoncé on it—and he must have heeded her advice—because on Monday night’s finale of The Bachelorette’s 11th season, the personal trainer decided he liked it so much, he put a ring on it. “Shawn was very self-assured and there was no doubt in his mind about what he was about to do,” celebrity jeweler Neil Lane, who helped both contestants choose rings, told People. “He was not nervous at all and was like, ‘That’s the ring, that’s the girl and we are moving on together.’” And while Bristowe... Читать дальше...
NEW YORK (AP) — Global stock markets steadied Tuesday as a rout in Chinese shares slowed and U.S. indexes turned higher. European shares also gained. Investors were encouraged by strong result…