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EU delays weedkiller decision amid cancer uproar The EU postponed a decision to extend the approval of a key weedkiller for another 15 years amid an uproar that it may cause cancer.

08 March 2016 23:59

Tenor Alagna saves Met Opera but risks his voice When Jonas Kaufmann suddenly bowed out of the Metropolitan Opera's production of Manon Lescaut, Roberto Alagna pulled off the herculean feat of learning the complex score within days.

05 March 2016 15:19

Lady Gaga says suffers 'paralyzing fear' from rape Lady Gaga described her Oscar performance with rape survivors as the most difficult of her life, saying that she remains in chronic pain.

05 March 2016 15:12

SpaceX satellite launch succeeds, but rocket crash lands SpaceX launched a communications satellite to an orbit but failed to land the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on an ocean platform.

05 March 2016 15:07

World's costliest train station opens in NY at 9/11 site The world's most expensive train station opened Thursday in New York, nearly $2 billion over budget and years behind schedule.

04 March 2016 16:25

Mutations, DNA damage seen in Fukushima forests: Greenpeace Conservation group Greenpeace warned that the environmental impact of the Fukushima nuclear crisis five years ago on nearby forests is just beginning to be seen.

04 March 2016 15:26

China defence spending to rise '7 to 8%' in 2016 China will raise its defence spending by seven to eight percent this year.

04 March 2016 15:03

Air France jet in near-miss with drone An Air France Airbus A320 narrowly avoided colliding with a drone as it was about to land in Paris on a flight from Barcelona.

04 March 2016 14:54

Emirates postpones launch of world's longest flight Emirates Airline, which was to launch what it called the world's longest non-stop flight this month, postponed those plans for a year.

03 March 2016 17:37

North Korea sanction loopholes give China room for manoeuvre New United Nations sanctions against nuclear-armed North Korea leave plenty of room for China to continue business as usual.

03 March 2016 17:31

Qatar population hits 2.5 million on worker influx Qatar's population has reached 2.5 million people, swollen by the huge numbers of foreign workers employed in the tiny Gulf emirate.

03 March 2016 00:27

Putin says agreement sealed with Russian oil firms to freeze output Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that he had sealed a pact with the country's oil majors to freeze production.

03 March 2016 00:17

Italy global wine market king, US top tippler: study Italy was the biggest exporter and producer of wine in the world in 2015, while the United States consumed the most of Italian wine.

03 March 2016 00:11

Lennon not Lenin: Ukraine renames street after late Beatle A Ukrainian village renamed a street, which honoured Soviet founder Lenin, after The Beatles' John Lennon.

03 March 2016 00:03

Israel army to return Palestinian land after decades The Israeli army is to return West Bank land it requisitioned nearly 40 years ago to its Palestinian owners.

02 March 2016 23:44

EU's Tusk defends use of barbed wire against migrants EU president Donald Tusk defended the use of barbed-wire fences against migrants.

02 March 2016 23:37

India pledges billions for farmers in 'populist' budget India’s government pledged billions of dollars to help struggling farmers and boost the rural economy as it unveiled its annual budget.

29 February 2016 16:00

China jails Christian pastor for 14 years: official Chinese court sentenced a Christian pastor to 14 years in jail for embezzlement, after he opposed forced removal of crosses from churches.

29 February 2016 15:39

Kazakhstan arrests top media chief on corruption charges Kazakhstan arrested the influential head of the country's Union of Journalists and former presidential spokesman Seitkazy Matayev.

23 February 2016 15:52

Hollande acknowledges impact of nuclear testing in Pacific French President Francois Hollande acknowledged that three decades of nuclear tests in French Polynesia had had "an impact" on health.

23 February 2016 14:53