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2020 ties 2016 as hottest year on record

The six years since 2015 are the six warmest ever registered, as are 20 of the last 21, evidence of a persistent and deepening trend

2019 was hottest year on record for Russia

Weather records have been kept since 1879 in Moscow and since 1891 in Russia as a whole.

Oil claws back some losses; US crude set for steepest fall in a year

AMSTERDAM: Oil prices rose 1 percent on Thursday, clawing back some of the losses made a day earlier, but US crude is on track...

Tobacco kills 7 million a year, wreaks environmental havoc: WHO

GENEVA: Smoking and other tobacco use kills more than seven million people each year, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, also warning of the...

2016 – The world in pictures

The year 2016 has been a turbulent year to say the least as the world watched the world’s largest economy elect Donald Trump as...

Uber lost at least $1.27 bn in first half of year: report

SAN FRANCISCO: The on-demand car ride service Uber lost at least $1.27 billion in the first half of this year, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing sources close to the matter.

2015 set to be hottest year on record: UN

PARIS: The year 2015 is shaping up to be the hottest on record, the UN's weather agency said Wednesday, a week ahead of a crucial climate change summit in Paris.

Wall Street posts biggest rally of the year

Wall Street posted its sharpest rally of the year on Tuesday, as investors snapped up beaten-down stocks a day after the market's worst performance in four years on fears about China's economy.

June 21 — longest day of the year today

As mercury in Karachi soaring above 40 centigrade coupled with menace of power outages and water crisis, the provincial capital of Sindh, like all the cities in the northern hemisphere, will experience the longest day of the year today [Sunday].

Saudi 'gang' leader 44th beheaded this year

RIYADH: The beheading of a gang leader in Saudi Arabia on Thursday raised the number of executions carried out this year to 44, already more than half the total for 2014.

76,000 killed in Syria's deadliest year yet

BEIRUT: More than 76,000 people were killed in Syria's brutal conflict in 2014, making it the bloodiest year yet in the country's nearly four-year war, a monitor said on Thursday.

Global violence inflict $8 trillion loss a year, worse than war: study

OSLO: Domestic violence, mainly against women and children, kills far more people than wars and is an often overlooked scourge that costs the world economy more than $8 trillion a year, experts said on Tuesday.

Cyber crime costs global economy $445 billion a year: report

LONDON: Cyber crime costs the global economy about $445 billion every year, with the damage to business from the theft of intellectual property exceeding the $160 billion...

NATO to keep around 12,000 troops in Afghanistan next year – US official

WASHINGTON: A NATO-led training mission in Afghanistan next year is likely to total about 12,000 soldiers, including about 8,000 Americans, while some 1,800 Americans will conduct...

Govt misses tax collection target this year

ISLAMABAD: The government failed to meet tax collection target in the ongoing fiscal year 2013-14, ARY News reported Monday. Tax collection target for 2013-14 was...
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