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S.Africa inventions aim to stop slum fires, floods
Feb 03, 2015 (AFP)
South Africans social entrepreneurs have come up with inventions aimed at curbing deadly fires and floods in the country's crowded informal settlements. A turqu...
China allows funerals for Shanghai stampede dead
Feb 03, 2015 (AFP)
One of the 36 funerals for the victims of a New Year's Eve crush in Shanghai was held Tuesday, after authorities finally allowed the ceremonies to go ahead. Du ...
Russian Satellites Prohibited for Emergency 911 Calls in US
Feb 01, 2015 (Sputnik)
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) doesn't allow the use of non-US satellites, Chief of the FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau David S...
China rebuffed over UN move targeting NGOs
Jan 30, 2015 (AFP)
China was forced on Friday to drop a measure at the United Nations that targeted non-governmental organizations seeking to be heard at the world body. China had...
Next-of-kin bash Malaysian declaration on MH370
Jan 30, 2015 (AFP)
Traumatised relatives of those aboard missing flight MH370 Friday blasted the Malaysian government for declaring the passengers and crew dead without evidence o...
Large-scale analytics system for predicting major events described
Jan 29, 2015 (SPX)
EMBERS is a large-scale big data analytics system designed to use publically available data to predict population-level societal events such as civil unrest or ...
New York defends storm shutdown
Jan 27, 2015 (AFP)
New York authorities on Tuesday vigorously defended a decision to shut down America's biggest city for a winter storm that skirted the Big Apple, dumping the wo...
Probe after 11 die in NATO training jet crash in Spain
Jan 27, 2015 (AFP)
Investigators were probing Tuesday how a fighter jet crashed during elite NATO training exercises at an air force base in Spain, killing 11 military personnel a...
Protection against radiation exposure
Jan 26, 2015 (SPX)
The 2011 Fukushima disaster was a stark reminder of the continuing dangers posed by nuclear fallout, highlighting the need for an approved drug that can be take...
Hackers target Malaysia Airlines, threaten data dump
Jan 26, 2015 (AFP)
The website of Malaysia Airlines was commandeered for several hours on Monday by hackers who referenced the Islamic State jihadists and threatened to expose dat...
Shanghai stampede showed 'critical neglect': mayor
Jan 25, 2015 (AFP)
The Shanghai New Year's Eve crush which left 36 dead showed "critical neglect", the mayor of the Chinese commercial hub said Sunday, while insisting that those ...
US Emergency Services to Depend On Russian Satellites?
Jan 23, 2015 (Sputnik)
Russia's GLONASS precision navigation and timing satellite system may be used in the US to locate people calling 911 from their mobile phones, the Washington Ti...
World's poor headed for better lives in 2030: Gates
Jan 22, 2015 (AFP)
The lives of the poor will improve faster in the next 15 years than at any time in history, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates and his wife Melinda say. In t...
Australia calls for MH370 recovery tenders as search goes on
Jan 22, 2015 (AFP)
The Australian agency leading the search for missing airliner MH370 is calling for expressions of interest for the recovery of the Malaysian jet, if it is found...
Families of China stampede dead criticise compensation
Jan 22, 2015 (AFP)
Relatives of the 36 people killed in a New Year's Eve crush in Shanghai criticised official compensation plans on Thursday, as a newspaper called for greater ac...
China removes four officials over Shanghai stampede
Jan 21, 2015 (AFP)
Four local officials in Shanghai have been sacked after 36 people died in a New Year's Eve crush on the city's famous waterfront, known as the Bund, the city go...
Pope attracts world-record crowd in wet Philippines
Jan 18, 2015 (AFP)
Pope Francis drew a record six million people as he celebrated mass in the rain-swept Philippine capital Sunday, a triumphant finale to an Asian tour in which h...
Tugboat sinking in China kills 22 including 8 foreigners
Jan 17, 2015 (AFP)
Twenty-two people including eight foreigners have been confirmed dead after a tugboat sank on a trial voyage on the Yangtze, China's longest river, state media ...
Families of China stampede dead demand answers
Jan 14, 2015 (AFP)
Relatives of the 36 people killed in a New Year's Eve crush in Shanghai -- who are now closely supervised by the government -- have made a formal written demand...
Can quake-hit Haiti manufacture itself a hi-tech future?
Jan 12, 2015 (AFP)
The phrase is used so often it has become a cliche -- Haiti is the poorest country in the Americas -- but even so it fails to capture the stark reality five yea...
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