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Activities such as sprinting up stairs are positive for health, says UK chief medical officer.
The Chinese company Wanhua Chemical has withdrawn an approved application to build a $1.25bn facility in Convent, in the face of an appeal against its plans and a lawsuit from local residents.
Japan's Meteorological Agency says Lingling was over waters 180 kilometers west-northwest of Kumejima island as of 4 a.m. on Friday. Kumejima is west of the main island of Okinawa.
"Just waiting hurts us deeply because we don't know what to do, we feel helpless and scared at the same time," said a woman looking for missing relatives.
But sportsman Samuel Kempf got more than he bargained for when he managed to catch another guest's phone while mid-ride.
Evelyn Hernández was exonerated in a retrial after an earlier judgment found her guilty of homicide.
Officials are investigating more than 450 possible cases of a severe breathing illness among otherwise ‘healthy young people’.
As reported by the New York Times, the administration plans to cut back on a decades-old programme that each year admits tens of thousands fleeing war, persecution and famine.
Police dotted the main Hong Kong Airport Express station and searched at least one bus heading for the airport ahead of protests due to begin mid-afternoon.
Google Project Zero researchers said last week that five security flaws led to a 'sustained effort to hack the users of iPhones in certain communities over a period of at least two years.'
Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s attorney rejected claim regarding image said to have been taken in 2001 as a ‘troubling assertion’.
Director defends earlier comments about the movement as adoptive daughter Dylan Farrow criticises Scarlett Johansson for supporting Allen.
Almodovar is often considered a shoo-in to be selected for submission by the Spain’s Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, with three films having been nominated for Oscars – “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown” and “All About My Mother” (both for foreign-language film) and “Talk to Her” (director and screenplay).
Who were the ancient people from the mysterious Harappan Civilization?
Generated by some of the most energetic processes in the universe, these X-ray sources are rare compared to the many visible light sources in the background image.
In addition to heart disease, stroke, and other health problems associated with obesity, an overweight force could put essential ship operations at risk. "I think it's a real readiness issue," Jimmy Drennan, a U.S. Navy officer and president of the Center for International Maritime Security, told the Washington Examiner.