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United Technologies has rejected a new merger offer from Honeywell International on concerns it will not be approved by antitrust regulators. Honeywell is said to...

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(Link to picture: https://goo.gl/RXA7mZ) Hospitals often come in for a lot of stick because they seem unproductive. You have long waiting times and, when...

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Water has begun to return to Delhi residents, where up to 10 million of people were affected after protesters sabotaged a key...

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The death toll of cyclone Winston that hit Fiji at the weekend has risen to 29, with officials warning the clear-up could take months. About...
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Image sourced Becoming a mom is one of the most life-changing things to happen in a woman’s life. It’s one long journey. A journey of...

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Russia and the US have agreed on a Syrian ceasefire scheduled to come into effect at midnight on February 27, a draft of the...

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Ten million of people in Delhi, India, are without water despite the army regaining control of its key water source after protests, officials say. According...

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Bolivian President Evo Morales has narrowly lost a referendum to allow him to stand for a fourth term in office, exit polls suggest. One poll...

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Patriarch Kirill has prayed in front of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The head of the Russian Orthodox Church’s Latin...

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Harper Lee has been buried in a private funeral in her hometown in Alabama. Close family and friends of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, who died...

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Jeb Bush has decided to suspend his campaign on February 20 after disappointing finishes in the first three primaries of the 2016 election cycle. The...

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Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has won the South Carolina primary, cementing his status as the man to beat for GOP's nomination. In the Democratic...

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Thousands of mourners have attended a funeral Mass celebrated in Washington for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died last weekend at the age...

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A powerful storm has made landfall on Fiji's main island, Viti Levu. Cyclone Winston – a category five storm - brought winds of over 200...

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Donald Trump has called for a boycott of Apple until the tech giant helps unlock the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino killers. Apple...

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To Kill a Mockingbird author Harper Lee has died at the age of 89. Mockingbird remains a towering presence in American literature, telling the tale...

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Writer and philosopher Umberto Eco has died at the age of 84, his family has announced. The Italian author passed away on February 19 at...

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Apple has apologized to iPhone customers whose phones were disabled after third-party repairs, and issued a fix for the problem. Some customers found that their...

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Last week saw the death of Antonin Scalia, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Whether he died on the...

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After meeting Pope Francis in Cuba, the head of Russia's Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, flew to Antarctica to walk with penguins. Patriarch Kirill held prayers...

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A new voting system will be implemented at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. This is the biggest change to voting since 1975. In previous years each...

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The US has imposed new expanded sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear program, weeks after it launched a long-range rocket. North Korea has refused...

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James Bond’s SPECTRE car, an Aston Martin DB10, has sold at auction for $3.4 million. The DB10, one of only two "show cars" from the...

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Donald Trump praised Pope Francis hours after the pontiff questioned his Christian faith. Pope Francis had said Donald Trump's proposal to build a wall on...

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Pope Francis has questioned Donald Trump's Christianity over his call to build a border wall with Mexico. The pontiff said "a person who thinks only...