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58 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Mauritania
Associated Press, Published on 05/12/2019
» NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania: Scores of migrants who swam through rough Atlantic Ocean waters to safety from a capsized boat while 58 others drowned were receiving care Thursday in Mauritania after one of the deadliest disasters this year among people making the perillous journey to Europe.
Fruit picker charged in needles in Australian strawberries case
Associated Press, Published on 12/11/2018
» SYDNEY: A former strawberry farm supervisor was accused in court on Monday of retaliating over a workplace grievance by putting needles into the fruit and sparking recalls that devastated the Australian strawberry industry.
UN finds 486m in Asia still hungry
Associated Press, Published on 02/11/2018
» Hundreds of millions of children and adults in Asia's rapidly expanding cities are undernourished, and will remain so without "inclusive, sustainable and nutrition-sensitive" urban planning, United Nations officials said on Friday.
Italy opens food theme park: Eataly
Associated Press, Published on 15/11/2017
» BOLOGNA, Italy: The man behind the Eataly food empire is opening a massive attraction - part permanent trade fair, part agro-food theme park - that aims to create a showcase for excellence in Italian food.
70% 'not afraid of robots taking jobs'
Business, Associated Press, Published on 06/10/2017
» WASHINGTON: Most Americans believe their jobs are safe from the spread of automation and robotics, at least during their lifetimes, and only a handful says automation has cost them a job or loss of income.
Halophytes offer hope for farmers
Business, Associated Press, Published on 24/08/2015
» On a sun-scorched wasteland near India's southern tip, an unlikely garden filled with spiky shrubs and spindly greens is growing, seemingly against all odds.
Bad weather hobbles jet recovery, 7 bodies found
Associated Press, Published on 31/12/2014
» SURABAYA, INDONESIA — Bad weather hindered efforts to recover victims of AirAsia Flight 8501 on Wednesday, and sent wreckage drifting far from the crash site, as grieving relatives "surrounded in darkness" gathered in an airport and prayed for the strength to move forward.