Google’s new Android seeks to make smartphone smarter
SAN FRANCISCO: Google’s updated Android mobile software seeks to make the smartphone smarter, while keeping the search titan relevant in…
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US: Stop island-building in S. China Sea
Defence Secretary calls on China and others to cease militarising dispute and find a peaceful solution
German city evacuates 20,000 people to defuse WWII bomb
BERLIN: German authorities evacuated around 20,000 people from their homes in the western city of Cologne Wednesday before defusing a…
Scientists use bacteria to detect cancer, diabetes
WASHINGTON: Two research teams said they have used Escherichia coli (E. coli) as diagnostic tools to detect liver cancer and…
Hospitals overwhelmed as heatwave deaths near 1,500
NEW DELHI: Hospitals in India were struggling yesterday to cope with an influx of victims of a blistering heatwave that…
US military: Dozens may have come in contact with anthrax
WASHINGTON: As many as 22 people in South Korea and four US lab workers may have been exposed to anthrax…
South Korea reports seven MERS cases, one suspected victim flies to China
SEOUL: South Korea said yesterday it had confirmed two more MERS virus infections, bringing the total number of cases to…
Burundi opposition says fair elections ‘impossible’
BUJUMBURA, Burundi: Burundi’s main opposition parties said Wednesday it was now ‘impossible’ to hold free and fair elections next week…