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ABBA reunite with two new songs after 35 years   ABBA members come together 35 years after their last single by saying, "It was like time had stood still and that we only had been away...

Australia's Great Barrier Reef valued at $42B   A study conducted by Deloitte Access Economics found that the Great Barrier Reef is worth $42 billion and underpins 64,000 jobs. Australia's beleagured Great Barrier Reef is an asset worth...

19 Dead in Latest Congo Ebola Outbreak   A health worker prepares to takes off protective clothing after visiting the isolation ward at Bikoro hospital, which received a new suspected Ebola case, in Bikoro, Democratic Republic...

How Do I Love Thee by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the...

Woman Rescues Wingless Queen Bee And Their Friendship Will Make Your Day     Even though we tend to not like insects and crush them with all our might, they do not deserve such a harsh treatment...

India faces scarcity of clean water supply   Nearly 163 million of India's population of 1.3 billion lack access to clean water close to home, according to a 2018 report by Britain-based charity WaterAid. An Indian schoolgirl...

Twitter algorithm detects terrorist accounts before they can tweet By Kim Darrah   While Twitter suggests there is no “magic algorithm” for identifying terrorism-related content on the internet, the company’s own internal algorithm appears to be closer...

Thieves steal Swedish royal jewels and escape by speedboat   Thieves snatched two gold crowns and an orb made for King Karl IX and Queen Kristina and vanished aboard their speedboat into a vast patchwork of...

Rehab center in Turkey prepares addicts for life after drugs   The Oya Bahadir Yuksel Rehabilitation Centre in Turkey's southeastern province of Gaziantep not only provides teenage addicts with treatment, but also offers them accommodation, education,...

The Hunger Bonds Ricardo Hausmann CAMBRIDGE – Investing often creates moral dilemmas over goals: Should we aim to do well or to do good? Is it appropriate to invest in tobacco companies? Or in companies that...

Facebook announces expansion of its job-finding function to more than 40 countries By: Luke Mintz   Job-seekers will now be able to apply for vacancies directly through Facebook, as the social media giant announced an expansion of...

Apple: expect a radical iPhone redesign for its 10th anniversary Samuel Gibbs   On 12 September Tim Cook’s company will hold its first event at the new Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California. Here’s what they will...

How can I invest in bitcoin? Jack Schofield   Andy wants to know how to invest a few hundred pounds in bitcoin. It’s not hard to buy bitcoins, but whether they are an investment or a gamble...

NATO conditionally invites Macedonia to start membership talks   NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says Macedonia will be able to become NATO's newest member, provided the new name was approved in a referendum later this year to...

IMF approves Argentina's $50 billion loan   The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) executive board approved a $50 billion financing deal for Argentina while President Mauricio Macri's decision to ask for aid was met by protests. Christine Lagarde,...

Q&A: Catalonia's independence push explained   MADRID -- The most serious threat to Spain's national unity in decades is likely to come to a head in the coming days with attention focused on whether Catalonia will...

Bitcoin value plummets after China orders trading in currency to cease Rupert Neate   Beijing orders exchanges to stop trading in bitcoin amid fears increasing number of consumers in market could spark wider financial problems. The value of...

Rescuers prepared to flee at any time as Guatemala volcano smolders By Jason Hanna, Patrick Oppmann, Natalie Gallón and Nicole Chavez, CNN   https://youtu.be/sUskwVCH6uY El Rodeo, Guatemala (CNN)  Firefighter Rigoberto Ramirez had a lot to worry about as...

Bomb at market in Thailand's south kills three, wounds 22   A motorcycle bomb exploded in a market in Thailand's southern Yala province on Monday, killing three people and wounding 22, a spokesman for the Internal...

Three Identical Strangers: the bizarre tale of triplets separated at birth   The director of one of the year’s most shocking documentaries talks about his extraordinary subjects, the film-making process, and the age-old question: nature or...

2018 Senior Winner, Ruben Rengel, performing with the Sphinx Symphony Orchestra   https://youtu.be/yi_SlQQKc3Y User: The Sphinx Organization - Source: YouTube

 How one Swiss company is revolutionising the guitar Electric guitars have been made in the same basic way for decades. European CEO spoke to Pirmin Giger and Silvan Küng about how they’re changing the game. Of...

US & Canada selected Eric Radford: Skater is first openly gay man to win Winter Olympics gold   https://youtu.be/BBm5x1XYN4M Canadian figure skater Eric Radford has said he "might explode with pride", after becoming the first openly gay male...

Conservative billionaire Pinera sworn in as president of Chile   Sebastian Pinera – whose fortune has been estimated by Forbes at $2.7 billion – has promised to transform Chile into a developed economy in eight years. Chile's...