JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia's top security minister said Friday that authorities have started efforts to fight forest and peatland fires that often pollute Southeast Asia's air as the dry season begins this month.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's top security minister said Friday that authorities have started efforts to fight forest and peatland fires that often pollute Southeast Asia's air as the dry season begins this month. Luhut Pandjaitan, the coordinating minister for politics, legal and security affairs, said the government wants to avoid mistakes made last year when lack of prevention resulted in fires burning out of control. Scientists have predicted that low rainfall due to the El Nino effect... Читать дальше...
Polaris doesn't change the web to make it faster, it just makes the web more efficient. The post MIT's Clever Trick to Make Web Pages Load 34 Percent Faster appeared first on WIRED.
Danish chef Kamilla Seidler is carefully preparing steak tartare at Gustu, an upscale restaurant in the Bolivian capital La Paz.
– The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) postpones the trial of the Senate president – Saraki’s lawyers submitted an application to CCT challenging the jurisdiction of the tribunal to try the Senate president for failing to declare his assets – Justice Umar adjourned the case to Friday, March 18, for possible hearing of the matter The trial […]
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JERUSALEM - Israeli forces raided a TV station run by the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad in the West Bank as part of a crackdown to curb months of violence that Israel says has been fueled by incitement in the Palestinian media, police said on Friday.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces raided a TV station run by the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad in the West Bank as part of a crackdown to curb months of violence that Israel says has been fueled by incitement in the Palestinian media, police said on Friday. The raid came as Israel struggles to contain near-daily Palestinian assaults on civilians and security forces that have killed 28 Israelis and two Americans since September.
Russian media had reported that Lesin suffered a heart attack, citing relatives.
During the recent week, Saudi Arabia has waged a real economic war on Lebanon. Riyadh annulled a $4 billion aid package, including $3 billion to rearm the Lebanese Army and $1 billion to support the Lebanese economy, and suspended bank transactions.
NEW DELHI - A massive cultural festival is opening on the banks of the Yamuna River in the Indian capital Friday despite concerns that the sprawling construction of roads, ramps and pontoon bridges would irreparably damage the floodplains of the river.
NEW DELHI (AP) — A massive cultural festival is opening on the banks of the Yamuna River in the Indian capital Friday despite concerns that the sprawling construction of roads, ramps and pontoon bridges would irreparably damage the floodplains of the river. The country's top environmental watchdog had fined the organizers 50 million rupees ($740,000) for building on the riverbanks, but the tribunal said it was too late to call off the event, organized by a group headed by a Hindu spiritual leader... Читать дальше...
TOKYO - Japanese health ministry officials attend a press conference in Tokyo on March 11, 2016. The ministr...
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Four suspects appeared in the Muizenberg Magistrate’s court following a drug bust which netted R1.2 million in drugs.
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U.K. stocks are bouncing off a two-week low as investors assess the impact of the European Central Bank’s plans to ramp up stimulus for the U.K.’s largest trading partner, the eurozone.
U.K. stocks are bouncing off a two-week low as investors assess the impact of the European Central Bank’s plans to ramp up stimulus for the U.K.’s largest trading partner, the eurozone.
U.K. stocks are bouncing off a two-week low as investors assess the impact of the European Central Bank’s plans to ramp up stimulus for the U.K.’s largest trading partner, the eurozone.
U.K. stocks are bouncing off a two-week low as investors assess the impact of the European Central Bank’s plans to ramp up stimulus for the U.K.’s largest trading partner, the eurozone.
Preserving Syria's territorial integrity is a critically important issue for the majority of states taking part in the process to settle the country's crisis, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday.
Government resolves to plug gaps in barrier around Jerusalem
Police find 2 missing teens, charge woman with kidnapping Investigators eventually tracked the girls down and arrested 29-year-old Amanda Hellman on kidnapping charges.
The mystery man who saved a newborn baby dropped by his mother out of a burning apartment window has been found, as dramatic footage sheds new light on the terrifying ordeal.
The Department of Defence and South African National Defence Force (SANDF) on Friday noted with regret the passing of a former chief director of counter-intelligence.