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October 18, 2016 12:56 PM

New sensor can detect vitamin B12 deficiency within minutes

Scientists have developed a new optical sensor that may quickly detect vitamin B12 deficiency, a condition linked to an increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. <br/><br/>The newly developed sensor takes less than a minute and requires minimum preparation, whereas current...

October 18, 2016 11:34 AM

Pak lawmakers fear CPEC could turn into another East India Company

In Pakistan, lawmakers have expressed the fear that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor,CPEC, could turn into another East India Company, if the country&apos;s interests were not actively protected.<br/><br/> Expressing concern, Senator Tahir Mashhadi, Chairman of the Senate Standing Co...

October 18, 2016 11:33 AM

UN Security Council condemns North Korea's recent failed missile launch

The U.N. Security Council has strongly condemned North Korea's recent failed missile launch and threatened additional measures against them. In a statement,after an emergency closed door meeting, the Council said that the attempted launch was in grave violation of several past U.N. resolutions....

October 18, 2016 11:33 AM

Syria: 23 killed in airstrikes in Aleppo

In Syria, a new aerial bombardment flattened residential buildings in a rebel-controlled village in the northern province of Aleppo, killing at least 23 people. British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, the hardest-hit area was in Qaterji, where rescuers were working to pull survivors ...

October 18, 2016 11:33 AM

MUO condemns govt&apos;s attempts to destroy political party system

The Maldives United Opposition (MUO) has condemned the government&apos;s alleged attempts to destroy the political party system in Maldives through coercing sections of the judiciary to incriminate opposition leaders. In a press statement today, the opposition expressed alarm over the government&apo...

October 18, 2016 9:19 AM

US Antares carrier rocket takes off to ISS for first time

The US Antares carrier rocket equipped with two Russian RD-181 engines blasted off to the International Space Station with the Cygnus cargo ship from the Wallops Flight Facility for the first time. The two Russian-made engines worked successfully and the Cygnus spacecraft separated from the US rocke...

October 18, 2016 9:18 AM

Libyan forces close to capturing Sirte from IS

In Libya, forces are close to ending a six-month campaign to liberate Sirte from Islamic State, which took over the city more than a year after taking advantage of factional infighting that emerged after the fall of strongman Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. Forces mostly from nearby Misrata city are pushin...

October 18, 2016 9:18 AM

Ex Chinese energy official sentenced to death for taking bribes

In China, the former deputy head of the coal department of China's National Energy Administration Wei Pengyuan has been sentenced to death with a two year reprieve for taking bribes. He was found to have accepted bribes worth 211.7 million yuan. According to Baoding City Intermediate People&#03...

October 18, 2016 9:17 AM

Myanmar ferry disaster: Rescue teams recover 32 bodies

In Myanmar, rescue teams have recovered at least 32 bodies as they intensify search operations following the sinking of an overloaded ferry sank on Saturday. A total of 154 people were rescued alive after the ferry sank on the Chindwin River, about 72 kilometers north of the city of Monywa. But resc...

October 18, 2016 9:17 AM

Donald Trump's wife says obscene comments by her husband unacceptable

In US, wife of Donald Trump Melania Trump has said obscene comments caught on videotape by her husband were unacceptable but did not represent the Donald Trump she knows. In an interview with CNN, her first since the scandal began, Mrs Trump defended her husband's conduct with women, saying he ...

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