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Zurich: Total economic losses from natural and man-made disasters have soared by 63 per cent to strike an estimated $306 billion in 2017, reinsurance firm...

Brussels:The European Commission said on Wednesday that a Brexit transition period during which Britain must obey EU rules should last until the end of...

Miami: Fierce hurricanes, heat waves, floods and wildfires ravaged the planet in 2017, as scientists said the role of climate change in causing or worsening...

Sulaimaniyah(Iraq): Heavily armed troops and anti-riot police locked down Iraqi Kurdistan's second city Sulaimaniyah on Wednesday after two days of...

Kuala Lumpur: The last surviving female Sumatran rhino in Malaysia is seriously ill, a wildlife official said Wednesday, with vets racing to save the...

Sydney: Vandals have taken a hammer to a 115 million year-old dinosaur footprint at a world renowned site in Australia, with officials on Wednesday slamming...

New Delhi: An Indian school principal on Wednesday defended suspending a male student for embracing a female classmate in "a long hug", vowing to...

New Delhi: India on Wednesday unveiled a new weapon against air pollution -- an "anti-smog gun" which authorities hope will clear the skies above...

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has declared a 10-day unilateral ceasefire with communist rebels to allow Filipinos to celebrate a...

Cucuta(Colombia): Thousands of impoverished Venezuelans are crossing the border to Colombia every day to sell cheap basics, from oranges to candles, in a...