Overthepast30years,worldwidepovertyhasfallensharplyfromabout40percenttobelow20percent,thoughthisdeclinehasbarelybeenfeltinAfrica.Africancountrieshavenothadasubs
Residents in Qatar are facing higher food prices and a shortage of products like milk due to a diplomatic crisis between Doha and neighboring countries, which has affected imports.
ResidentsinQatararefacinghigherfoodpricesandashortageofproductslikemilkduetoadiplomaticcrisisbetweenDohaandneighboringcountries,whichhasaffectedimports.Almostov
SouthKorea'smilitarysaidanobject,whichflewacrosstheborderonTuesdayafternoonandtriggeredSeoultofirewarningshotsandbeefupitsairdefenseposture,is"apparentlyaballoo
Astronomersarescramblingtopointtheirtelescopesatoneoftheweirdeststarseverobservedafteritmysteriouslydimmedagain.KIC8462852,alsoknownasTabby'sStar,hasbeenmonitor
Threepeoplewerekilledandabout168otherswentmissingafteraferrycaughtfireinwatersofftheEastJavaprovinceinwesternIndonesiaonFridayevening,rescuerssaidSaturday.Ferry
There appear to be no survivors among the nine members of a rescue squad whose helicopter crashed on a drill over the weekend after police said on Monday that the final six bodies recovered showed no signs of life.
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) had stepped up security around the City's holiday markets on Wednesday after a terrorist attack on a Berlin Christmas market that killed at least 12 people.
In some weird distant future, suitcase archeologists will surely marvel over the cumbersome bags we once used to haul inappropriate clothing from one side of the world to the other.
The RBI on Thursday intervened to steady the rupee as it plunged by 30 paise to hit all-time low of 68.86 on Thursday due to broad strength in the US dollar, capital outflows from emerging markets, and worries about the demonetisation drive+ .
Nick Johnson claims he was the first to catch all 142 Pokemon available in the United States on hit mobile game Pokemon Go
Brazil's police broke up on Thursday a gang of ticket touts reselling admissions to the Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro.
According to Rio de Janeiro's mayor's office, the best way to pay for transport is through the multimodal Olympic card known as the RioCard. Cards can be ordered online at the website www. riocard.com/jogosrio2016 but can only be delivered within Brazil.
South Korea has strengthened security and guards around U.S. air bases after the country's spy agency reported that the Islamic State (IS) group had included the U.S. facilities in South Korea as its target of terrorist attacks.
Thailand will host the 4th annual Destination Wedding Planners Congress in May 2017, the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) said on Wednesday.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth is due to attend a celebration of her 90th birthday on Sunday featuring some of the leading stars of show business and almost 1,000 horses.
The death toll of Tuesday's deadly bombing in the Afghan capital of Kabul has risen to 64 with 347 others injuried, an Interior Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.
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