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Fossil of titanic dinosaur dug up in Egyptian desert
Reuters, Published on 30/01/2018
» WASHINGTON: Scientists have unearthed in a Sahara Desert oasis in Egypt fossils of a long-necked, four-legged, school bus-sized dinosaur that lived roughly 80 million years ago, a discovery that sheds light on a mysterious time period in the history of dinosaurs in Africa.
Thai coral reefs literally 'sick of plastic'
Reuters, Published on 26/01/2018
» OSLO: Billions of bits of plastic waste are entangled in corals and sickening reefs from Thailand to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, scientists said on Thursday.
SE Asian states launch intelligence pact to counter Islamist threat
Reuters, Published on 25/01/2018
» JAKARTA/NUSA DUA, Indonesia: Six Southeast Asian nations launched an intelligence pact on Thursday aimed at combating Islamist militants and improving co-operation on security threats, overcoming what analysts described as a high level of distrust.
At Davos, delegates talk down Trump but bet big on US
Reuters, Published on 25/01/2018
» DAVOS, Switzerland: Since Donald Trump won the US presidency, business has been booming for Monaco-based businessman Manfredi Lefebvre d'Ovidio.
Hong Kong protest leader pleads guilty to assault
Reuters, Published on 22/01/2018
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong's high court on Monday remanded in jail a young protest leader calling for independence from China after he pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer in the latest case highlighting a new generation of opposition to Chinese rule.
Uproar over bitcoin crackdown bid divides S.Korea
Reuters, Published on 12/01/2018
» SEOUL: With a tech-savvy population quick to adopt the latest gadgets and a young generation facing dim prospects in the conventional workplace, South Korea has been a fertile ground for virtual currencies.
Cryptocurrency may be 'channelled to N.Korea'
Reuters, Published on 08/01/2018
» SEOUL: A cybersecurity company said it has found software that appears to install code for mining cryptocurrency and sends any mined coins to a server at a North Korean university, the latest sign that North Korea may be searching for new ways to infuse its economy with cash.
Elite Iran Guards claim defeat of 'foreign enemies' protests
Reuters, Published on 08/01/2018
» DUBAI: Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday the country's "people and security forces" had put an end to unrest fomented by foreign enemies.
Serious security flaws found in chips
Reuters, Published on 05/01/2018
» FRANKFURT/SAN FRANCISCO: Security researchers on Wednesday disclosed a set of security flaws that they said could let hackers steal sensitive information from nearly every modern computing device containing chips from Intel Corp, Advanced Micro Devices Inc and ARM Holdings, recently acquired by Softbank.
December consumer confidence rises for fifth straight month
Reuters, Published on 04/01/2018
» Thailand's consumer confidence rose for a fifth straight month in December, lifted by a brighter economic outlook but low commodity prices were still a worry, a private survey showed on Thursday.