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542 GERMANY MAY HAVE DRIVERLESS TRAINS BY 2023

Germans are speeding toward a future of driverless trains. At least, that's what Deutsche Bahn chairman Rudiger Grube ha...
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541 Study shows living near nature can help you live longer

A long-term study from Harvard that has been collecting data on study participants since 1976 has drawn a correlation be...
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540 Foods Endorsed by Celebrities Are Almost All Terrible for You

Almost every food or drink a music celebrity endorses and promotes through commercials and advertisements is unhealthy, ...
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539 McDonald’s overhauls popular menu ingredients

NEW YORK: McDonald's Corp, which is trying to shake its image for serving processed junk food, said on Monday that it wo...
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538 (County:Vietnam) VN protests Taiwan’s violation of Trường Sa

HÀ NỘI — Visits by a number of Taiwanese officials to the Ba Bình (Itu Aba) feature area have seriously violated Việt Na...
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537 (Country Vietnam) Experts inspect Zika prevention measures in localities

Eight inspection teams from the ministry of health (MOH) have checked Zika virusdisease and dengue fever prevention and ...
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536 (Country Turkey)Turkey presses post-coup purge with over 7,000 arrests

ISTANBUL - The Turkish government is expected to continue its crackdown on suspected putschists on Tuesday, while the US...
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535 (Country: Vietnam) Rains provide relief to parched wetlands

HCM CITY — Recent rains have eased droughts affecting biological diversity at two protected sites: the Láng Sen Wetland ...
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534 (Country:Thailand) 100 nations to join new regime to fight tax avoidance

KYOTO - The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said on Thursday around 100 countries are likel...
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533 (Country:Thailand) Reform panel demands refund of phone fees

The National Reform Steering Assembly's anti-corruption panel has urged telecom authorities to quickly order three big m...
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532 Early retirement might be in your future

Think you can continue to work as you age? The answer may depend on your profession. People in so-called blue-collar occ...
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531 (Country:Iran) Iran produces 90% of global rosewater

Iran supplies 90 percent of the global demand for rosewater in light of its great farms and high-quality Mohammadi roses...
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530 (Country: Vietnam)Traffic: Vietnam’s Silent Killer

In Vietnam outbreaks of cholera, dengue fever or hand, foot and mouth disease are not uncommon. Last year hand, foot and...
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529 (Country: India)Elephant seriously hurt after being hit by bus

A 10-year-old elephant sustained multiple injuries when it hit by a State Express Transport Corporation bus here near Sh...
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528 Google rolls out new tab to search in English and Hindi

Targeting the significant Hindi-speaking population in India, search engine giant Google has rolled out a new tab on Goo...
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527 Bad communication habits you should break immediately

Conversations are a big part of our everyday lives. And whether you think of yourself as a world-class communicator or a...
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526 Zumba is trying to cash in on a new kind of fitness

Zumba isn't just about dancing anymore. The famous exercise brand has ventured into new territory with a new program cal...
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525 Dalai Lama addresses joint session of California Legislature

The Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama Monday addressed a joint session of the California Legislature ...
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524 The surprising health benefits of drinking beer

Could a glass of beer a day help you live longer? Researchers at the Mediterranean Neurological Institute in Italy seem ...
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523 Royal visit ‘good for investment’

Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman with Salman Amin Khan RIYADH: Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s visit to...
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522 Self-respect: Underprivileged Saudi women work in searing heat, won’t beg

RIYADH: It’s a common sight during Ramadan to see some women with their children roaming the streets seeking cash handou...
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521 Saudi-US ties set for new heights

Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s high-profile US visit is very importan...
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520 Is Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 realistic?

Mohammed Fahad Al-Harthi We know stories of individuals who had the vision to produce change. Steve Jobs, the successful...
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519 The Coolest Things Ikea, Coca-Cola, and Walmart Are Doing to Cut Waste

Take, make, and dispose—for years that has been the developed world’s economic model. This consumption cycle led the Wor...
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518 Your Brain Will Age Better If You Do This

One of the best ways to keep your brain sharp as you get older may be to stay busy, according to new research. While sci...
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517 70% of Investors quit Tourism

JEDDAH: Seventy percent of the Kingdom’s investors in the tourism entertainment sector have pulled out and turned to oth...
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516 Scary tomatoes appears to bleed

Fruit from the bush tomato plant Solanum ossicruentum bears little resemblance to its cultivated cousins, sciencenews.or...
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515 Signs you can’t trust your coworkers

In John Le Carre's classic spy novel "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," British agent George Smiley becomes convinced that som...
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514 Japanese ‘naked restaurant’ to ban overweight diners

Japan's first "naked restaurant" opens in Tokyo next month with draconian rules of entry -- podgy prospective diners wil...
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513 Traits Parents of Successful Kids Have in Common

Good parents want their kids to stay out of trouble, do well in school and go on to do awesome things as adults. And whi...
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512 The Most Dangerous Jobs in America

Nearly twice as many engineers as nurses died of fatal injuries while working in 2014, a new federal report found. The c...
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511 Afghan Women Receive Leadership Training in Tokyo

Eleven Afghan women currently working toward graduate degrees in Japan as part of JICA’s PEACE program gathered in Tokyo...
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510 Masuzoe explains political funds’ use

After facing allegations of using official funds for private purposes, Tokyo's governor has announced the results of a s...
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509 How to save your vision if you stare at screens all day

If you work in front of a computer all day, you're familiar with that irritated, fuzzy, and tired feeling your eyes have...
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508 Business Fair Introduces Japanese Companies to Young Africans Studying in Japan

About 300 Africans attending graduate schools in Japan under the ABE Initiative and 133 Japanese companies participated ...
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507 What Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Other Highly Successful People Do on the Weekends

Time to unwind For some, the weekend is a sacred retreat from the hustle and bustle of our busy work lives. For others, ...
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506 WASTED FOOD IS WASTED ENERGY

When we think about food waste, our minds usually turn to the people those discarded meals could feed. But that's not th...
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505 Peppermint Tea May Improve Memory, Cognitive Function

Peppermint tea may be more useful than just a refreshing way to help break up a hectic day; a new study suggests it can ...
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504 Japan is providing useful lessons about what does and doesn’t boost economic growth

The big economic issue on the agenda at the G7 is the continued sluggish growth of the global economy. While the group o...
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503 When it comes to lying, Trump is in a class by himself

Trump is motivated, intentionally or subconsciously, by ideological disagreement: In the three presidential election cyc...
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502 Tricks to keep a stressful job from taking over your life

Holding down a demanding job these days can sometimes make you feel like your back is against the wall.But when that fee...
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501 How to train your brain for high performance

For the past two decades, my good friend and mentor Gerhard Gschwandtner (if you don't know who he is, you're not in sal...
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500 Psychological strategies to reverse a bad first impression

Within seconds of meeting you, people decide whether you're smart, trustworthy, and successful. So if you're heading int...
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499 New disease threatens worldwide banana production

A banana-killing disease is spreading across the world and threatening to wipe out commercial production of the fruit. T...
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497 Scientists warn of ‘global sleep crisis’

Social pressures are forcing people to cut back on their sleep, contributing to a “global sleep crisis,” according to a ...
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498 Top companies move to hire more foreign employees

Japan’s top companies are increasingly moving to give foreign people permanent contracts, judging that the benefits of d...
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496 Words and phrases you’re using at work that make you sound dumb

How you communicate with others at work plays a big role in how you're perceived, your capacity to move projects forward...
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495 Heavy drinking may make it harder to quit smoking

Alcohol-dependent people quickly process nicotine in their bodies and that may make it more difficult to quit smoking, s...
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494 Google’s AI engine is reading 2,865 romance novels to be more conversational

The next time someone throws you shade for pulling out a steamy romance novel on the train or bus, just tell them that i...
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493 Japan looks to reform rigid tour guide exams as part of wider tourism push

As Japanese hotels and tourist sites adapt to unprecedented numbers of foreign visitors, the tightly regulated professio...