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With 1.5bn users a month, Google's Gmail turns 15

Google also bought Android and YouTube, the biggest mobile operating system and video-sharing site.

Apr 1, 2019

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More than 600 injured, 29 killed in Nepal storm

The victims were either killed after getting buried under rubble of houses and metal roofs or due to coming in contact with live wires.

Apr 1, 2019

Rapper Nipsey Hussle shot dead in Los Angeles

The incident occurred near a clothing store associated with the rapper, around the area of Slauson Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard.

Apr 1, 2019

Tax fraud in Britain 'funded' Al-Qaeda

A web of secrecy still binds this investigation, which was led by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and Special Branch, and prevents the story from being told in full.

Apr 1, 2019

People carry flags in front of statues of North Korea founder Kim Il Sung (L) and late leader Kim Jong Il during a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang April 15, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/Files

North Korea calls Madrid embassy raid 'terror attack'

The group took computers and data and said it gave its evidence to the FBI - US intelligence agency.

Mar 31, 2019

Ukrainians vote in presidential election

The Central Election Commission of Ukraine is expected to release primary official results on Monday morning.

Mar 31, 2019

Anti-Brexit demonstrators wave EU and Union flags opposite the Houses of Parliament, in London

'Fully prepared' for no-deal Brexit: EU

British lawmakers earlier on Friday voted to reject Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal, which was already rejected in parliament twice.

Mar 30, 2019

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Trump, Moon to meet in April amid Pyongyang impasse

Their face-to-face will take place after Trump held his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi last month.

Mar 29, 2019

US Congress asked to change laws against migrants

The administration has repeatedly called on Congress to make some of these changes to US law.

Mar 29, 2019

Journalist Maria Ressa arrested again at Manila airport

The journalist that she was posting bail -- the seventh time that the beleaguered, award-winning journalist has been forced to do so in recent months.

Mar 29, 2019

Singapore to tighten alcohol norms for pilots

It will set the alcohol abstinence standard at 0.02 grams per 210 litres of breath for pilots. Those found to exceed the standard would not be permitted to fly, it said.

Mar 29, 2019

Facebook bans white nationalism on its platforms

The social networking giant came under pressure after a white man livestreamed a terror attack on Facebook Live on two mosques in New Zealand.

Mar 28, 2019

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A couple walks through Changi airport's Terminal 4 in Singapore April 30, 2018.

Skytrax World Airport Awards says Singapore airport is the best in the world

The list has been compiled by the UK-based Skytrax, a consultancy firm which runs an airline and airport review and ranking site, featuring 100 airports.

Mar 28, 2019

New York sets record for world's tallest politician

Guinness officials said Cornegy is now the official record-holder, beating Louis Gluckstein, a London politician who died in 1979, by two and a half inches.

Mar 28, 2019

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US Congressman questions Mike Pompeo over Kim Jong-un

Pompeo deferred to remarks from President Donald Trump, who said after his second summit with Kim that he did not hold the North Korean leader responsible for Warmbier's death.

Mar 28, 2019

Creativity will be heart of mixed reality, says Adobe's Lamkin

The tech giant top man said Adobe's recent acquisition of Allegorithmic, a leader in 3D editing and developer of substance range of software tools was a step in that direction.

Mar 27, 2019

US President Donald Trump, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to his right, speaks to reporters on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, at the US Capitol in Washington. (Photo: White House/IANS)

Democrats fail to overturn Donald Trump's emergency

Both parties tried to move ahead from the Russian collusion fiasco, setting their sights on next year's elections with environment and healthcare as prime issues.

Mar 27, 2019

2nd cyclone lashes Australia with destructive winds

Heavy rain and large waves whipped up by Cyclone Veronica threaten to cause widespread flooding in Western Australia.

Mar 25, 2019

World's largest e-waste recycling hub opens in Dubai

The facility can process the entire range of WEEE from consumer and industrial to commercial and military.

Mar 25, 2019

United States President Donald Trump, left, and Attorney General William Barr. (File Photo: Dept. of Justice/IANS)

Mueller report finds no Russia-Trump collusion

Trump declared that it was a complete exoneration and said the probe was an "illegal take down that failed".

Mar 25, 2019

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