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Paradise lost: how toxic water destroyed Pakistan’s largest lake and the lives of its inhabitants

​Wastewater has poured into the lake, poisoning the water and almost everything in it

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Crowds gather after popular Tamil Nadu leader Jayalalithaa Jayaraman suffers cardiac arrest

The life of the leader of India's southern state of Tamil Nadu hung in the balance on Monday (Dec 5) after she went into cardiac arrest, drawing large crowds to the hospital where doctors were fighting to save the hugely popular former actress.

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Google Unveils a 3-Decade Time-Lapse of the Earth By Jeffrey Kluger

It doesn’t pay to take your eyes off the Earth for a second. Look away even briefly and who knows what it will get up to?

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Woman killed after being pushed onto subway tracks in New York City

A woman was killed after being pushed onto the subway track at the Times Square subway station in New York on Monday, according to local authorities.

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S. Korean president says to accept investigation over scandal if necessary

President Park Geun-hye said Friday she will accept an investigation over a sprawling corruption scandal involving her close confidante "if necessary," raising the prospect of her becoming the first sitting South Korean head of state to face a prosecutorial probe.

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Hillary Clinton embraces Donald Trump in grisly Japan Halloween

​Tokyo nursed a giant pumpkin-sized hangover on Monday (Oct 31) after a weekend of Halloween revelry which saw blood-spattered ghouls, fluffy animals and fake presidential candidates cut loose.

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Two killed, 27 injured in trains collision in eastern India

​At least two passengers were killed and 27 others injured when a passenger train rammed into a stationary goods train in India's eastern state of Odisha, officials said Friday.

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MH17 probe report raises "very serious questions": New Zealand FM

​The New Zealand government Friday expressed appreciation for the independent investigation into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH 17, saying its report is an important step towards accountability.

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China sets world record for scientific ocean coring

China has set a new world record for scientific ocean coring, successfully drilling 2,843.18 meters into a continental shelf in the Yellow Sea.

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China's space lab Tiangong-2 blasts off

​China on Thursday launched space lab Tiangong-2 into space, paving the way for a permanent space station the country plans to build around 2022.

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Fair Oaks Farm, a glimpse of U.S. dairy production

Fair Oaks Farm is a collection of eleven farms, and each of the farms has about 3,000 cows. It produces over 250,000 gallons of milk every day, and delivers the milk produced every day to the processing plants across the country from here all the way down to Florida in the summertime.

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Pokémon GO retention rates double free-to-play average, now bigger than Google Maps

Pokémon GO is not only inspiring a record number of people to pick up their smartphones and head out on their own Pokémon adventures, it’s also succeeding in keeping them around for a second, third, and even fourth round of gaming.

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Musk hints at top secret Tesla masterplan: tweet

Tesla Motors Inc CEO Elon Musk on Sunday tweeted his intention to soon publish part two of his "top secret Tesla masterplan" following an embattled several weeks for the Silicon Valley heavyweight.

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There's a "dirty open secret" in retail, and it's killing Macy's and Gap

It's getting harder than ever to persuade people to visit physical stores with the rise of online shopping, Forbes contributor Barbara Thau writes, calling falling foot traffic a "dirty open secret" in the industry.

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PBOC pumps 100 bln yuan into market

​China's central bank on Monday pumped 100 billion yuan (15.12 billion U.S. dollars) into the market to provide liquidity.

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Orlando police continue search for toddler taken by alligator in Disneyland

​The Orlando police said Wednesday that they are still searching for the two-year-old boy who was dragged into the water by an alligator on the shores of Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa Tuesday night.

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30 injured in speedboat collision near Koh Samet Island in east Thailand

​A speedboat rammed into a vessel near Thailand's eastern tourist destination Koh Samet Island on Sunday morning, injuring the overall 30 people on board, Inn News reported.