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Innovations speed up, thanks to advancements in how clothing is designed and tested — all as manufacturers get creative to adhere to strict Olympic rules
NOAA report points not only to global warming but also to record heat energy absorbed by oceans, lowest groundwater storage levels
On Tuesday, bank stocks across Europe - even those given clean bill of health - fell sharply for second day, weighed heavily on wider market indexes
Incessant downpours have damaged swaths of land, uprooted trees and snapped telephone cables in dozens of districts in states of Bihar, Assam and Himachal Pradesh
Miss Universe officials point to apology Karlie Hay posted on Twitter and Instagram, in which she admitted using language that she wasn't proud of
Researchers examined evidence of environmental change and found that mammoths' demise coincided with declining freshwater resources caused by rising sea levels, drier climate
Bangladeshi father having trouble believing that his smart, well-behaved son was among the nine suspected Islamist militants killed in July police raid
Court in metropolitan Manila cleared Scott McMahon, of Seattle, after finding no clear evidence that he committed rape, as a Filipino woman alleged
President held Cabinet meeting Monday to discuss pursuing talks with communist insurgents and two groups of Muslim rebels, while excluding Abu Sayyaf extremist group
Khamenei, who has final say on all state matters, said the U.S. has continued to thwart Iran's economic relations with other countries despite the landmark accord. He said Tehran will refuse to engage in any further talks with Washington due to what he described as U.S. violations of the deal
Pan-African Union for Social Democracy and Amnesty International have issued similar request for unconditional release of political prisoners and easing of arbitrary arrests
Qusai Abtini's life and death underscores the suffering of Aleppans, whose city was once the commercial center of Syria with a thriving, unique culture but has now been torn to pieces by fighting
Deal must still be approved by government and shareholders at both companies; tie-up would create one-stop shop for cleaner energy
The army said Monday it has banned its forces from playing the game on Israeli military bases due to security concerns
Conservative icon and billionaire industrialist Charles Koch also dismisses as 'a blood libel' any suggestion he might support Democrat Hillary Clinton
The Pontiff says: "I believe that in every religion there is always a little fundamentalist group"
Norway wants to get rid of gasoline-fueled cars, plans to become carbon neutral by 2030, meanwhile, it's pushing ever farther into Arctic Ocean in search of more oil and gas
announcement Monday marks the latest surrender by a foreign technology brand in the face of intense competition in China
Review of aquatic Olympic and Paralympic venues reveals consistent, dangerously high levels of illness-causing viruses from human sewage pollution
Supporters included the wife of Gou Hongguo, one of the activists who was indicted with subversion and thought to be standing trial
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