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US-India to collaborate on Mars exploration The United States and India agreed to cooperate on future exploration of the Red Planet.

01 October 2014

Kazakh doctors support methodone therapy inspite opposition Opioid substitution therapy (OST) is back on the agenda in Kazakhstan.

30 September 2014

US rejects Crimea regional election The United States rejected as illegitimate the first local elections in Crimea since Russia annexed the peninsula from Ukraine in March.

16 September 2014

Millions lose Internet access in US Time Warner Cable apologized for a "very serious failure" after millions of people across the US were knocked off the Internet because of a fault.

28 August 2014

US dominates Chinese world university rankings US universities dominated the top 20 in an annual ranking of global educational institutions released by a Chinese organisation.

15 August 2014

Chikungunya test vaccine shows promise: makers A candidate vaccine against the joint disease chikungunya showed promise by provoking an immune response in human trials.

15 August 2014

Hachette pushes back after Amazon alleges price fixing‎ Hachette Book Group defended itself against accusations of pushing up prices for e-books amid a dispute with online retail giant Amazon.

11 August 2014

Faced with Western sanctions, Moscow resorts to food fight As Western countries launch new sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis, Moscow has returned fire with bans on food imports.

06 August 2014

Peace Corps withdraws from W. Africa over Ebola fears The US Peace Corps announced it was pulling hundreds of volunteers from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone due to growing concerns over the spread of the deadly Ebola epidemic raging in West Africa.

02 August 2014

Yosemite Park fire threatens famous giant sequoia trees A fire raging in California's Yosemite National Park advanced, threatening a grove of famous giant sequoia trees.

01 August 2014

Kazakhstan not among 35 most powerful militaries Kazakhstan is in the 80th place in the ranking by conventional military strength according to the Global Firepower Index.

01 August 2014

George W. Bush writes bio of his US president dad Former US president George W. Bush has written a "personal biography" of his presidential father, said Crown publishers, which announced it will release the book in November.

31 July 2014

Ex-spy Litvinenko death inquiry to open in Britain Britain will formally open an inquiry into the radioactive poisoning of Russian former spy Alexander Litvinenko in a case that threatens to increase tensions with Moscow amid the crisis in Ukraine.

31 July 2014

Argentina faces default as 'vulture fund' talks fail Last-ditch talks between Argentina and the US hedge funds it has branded "vultures" failed to reach agreement Wednesday, effectively pushing the country into default.

31 July 2014

Kerry heads to India to end relationship rut US Secretary of State John Kerry forecast a transformation Wednesday in Washington's troubled relations with India as he headed to New Delhi for ice-breaking talks with new Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

30 July 2014

US and Europe hit Russia with toughest sanctions yet The United States and Europe targeted Russia's key financial, arms and energy sectors Tuesday with tough new sanctions in response to Moscow's intervention in the Ukraine crisis.

30 July 2014

Twitter flies on surprisingly strong numbers Twitter shares shot higher by some 30 percent after its quarterly report showed surprisingly strong revenue and user growth, despite a widening loss.

30 July 2014

With new default looming, Argentina urges calm Argentina admitted it may default on some of its debts but downplayed the consequences, just two days before time expires in negotiations with hedge funds demanding full payment on their bonds.

29 July 2014

Linda Ronstadt awarded White House arts honor Linda Ronstadt, who was the most successful female rocker of the 1970s and pioneered the role of women in that genre, was honored with the highest US arts prize.

29 July 2014

NASA rover breaks out-of-this-world distance record The US space agency's Opportunity rover has now clocked more miles on Mars than any man-made vehicle to reach another celestial body, NASA said.

29 July 2014

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