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Snipers shot dead five police officers and injured six others in Dallas during a protest against police shootings of black men on Friday.

• 08 июля 2016, 15:16

China has built the world's fastest supercomputer using locally made microchips without using US technology.

• 20 июня 2016, 15:40

The US obesity epidemic has worsened across the board: 40 percent of women, 35 percent of men and 17 percent of children and teens.

• 08 июня 2016, 16:46

A Polish grandfather left New York Sunday on his third solo trans-Atlantic crossing in a kayak, aiming to arrive in Portugal in time to celebrate his 70th birthday on firm ground in September.

• 30 мая 2016, 11:33

A woman in the US state of Florida was rushed to a hospital after being bitten by a shark -- with the animal still clutching on to her arm.

• 16 мая 2016, 15:29

With hardship rising due to job cuts and inflation, Argentina has resorted to putting food in outdoor "social fridges" for the needy.

• 11 мая 2016, 17:40

Heaps of dead whales, salmon and sardines blamed on the El Nino freak weather phenomenon have clogged Chile's Pacific beaches.

• 04 мая 2016, 16:29

The 100,000 residents of the Canadian city of Fort McMurray were ordered to leave town as a monster wildfire swept through the region.

• 04 мая 2016, 14:47

Two lawsuits filed in California on Monday claim that Muslim women were discriminated against in separate incidents because of their religion and for wearing the hijab.

• 03 мая 2016, 13:57

Has encryption technology given the bad guys a way to operate in the dark? Or has the new tech age gifted law enforcement with unprecedented surveillance powers?

• 27 апреля 2016, 16:45

US cable operator Comcast is in talks to acquire Shrek and Kung Fu Panda studio DreamWorks Animation for more than $3 billion.

• 27 апреля 2016, 16:19

'It's a dying business,' Gong In-Young said as he watched US activists clear out the cages of his South Korean dog meat farm.

• 27 апреля 2016, 16:08

In a move which could lead to continental price wars and reduce Russian market domination, the first shipment of US natural gas to the European Union arrived.

• 27 апреля 2016, 15:56

US President Barack Obama met Gulf leaders in Saudi Arabia to push for increased efforts against the Islamic State group.

• 21 апреля 2016, 17:37

US technology giants Google, Amazon, Apple, Intel and Microsoft have all come under the often costly scrutiny of European Union.

• 20 апреля 2016, 16:11

Argentina returned to international financial markets , receiving offers for its sovereign bonds ahead of its first debt sale in 15 years.

• 19 апреля 2016, 14:23

US energy giant ExxonMobil is facing an onslaught from environmentalists and some shareholders including the Rockefeller Family Fund.

• 18 апреля 2016, 14:51

Tax authorities from the world's richest nations on Wednesday probed a mass of murky offshore dealings revealed in the huge Panama Papers data leak, just hours after police raided the law firm at the centre of the scandal.

• 13 апреля 2016, 19:08

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff risks being driven from office if the lower house votes in favor of an impeachment trial.

• 11 апреля 2016, 16:34

The head of US Steel has accused Britain and the wider European Union of negligence over China dumping cheep steel on world markets.

• 11 апреля 2016, 16:24