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NASA to open International Space Station to tourists from 2020

  NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- NASA said Friday it will open up the International Space Station to business…

Bloomberg pledges $500m to clean energy in ‘fight of our time’

  NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- US billionaire Michael Bloomberg said Thursday he will spend half a billion dollars…

US schools reckon with social stress: ‘I’m on my phone so much’

  By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — High school biology teacher Kelly Chavis knew smartphones were a…

Days are numbered for Norway’s fur farms

BRUMUNDDAL, Norway (AFP) - Baby minks, their skin still smooth and furless, snuggle up against one another under a pile…

More than 23 million people fall ill yearly in Europe due to contaminated food — WHO

(Eagle News) – More than 23 million people per year fall sick from eating contaminated food, with 4,700 losing their…

YouTube to ban ‘hateful,’ ‘supremacist’ videos

  by Rob Lever Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- YouTube announced Wednesday it would ban videos promoting…

EBC Films’ “Guerrero” scores another knockout in Denmark

by Emily Manuel and MJ Racadio (Eagle News) – EBC Films’ award-winning movie “Guerrero” opened to a red-carpet premiere at…

Apple iTunes to play last song

  by Glenn CHAPMAN Agence France Presse SAN JOSE, United States (AFP) -- Apple on Monday announced the demise of…

Despite culls, import bans, swine fever to hit pork market for years

  by Jenny VAUGHAN Agence France Presse HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) -- Millions of pigs have been culled as African Swine…

India heatwave takes temperatures near record highs

CHURU, India (AFP) -- Temperatures in an Indian desert city hit 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) for the second time…

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