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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 06:17:32 +0000

A rare train derailment disrupted services in Hong Kong on Tuesday, train authorities said, threatening commuter chaos during rush hour in the heart of the Asian financial hub. The disruption to a usually seamless network used by nearly 6 million people every weekday happened after a train derailed while leaving a station in the city’s […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 06:14:06 +0000

An Air India flight was delayed by several hours after a swarm of bees landed on the cockpit window, attacking ground staff when they tried to remove them, officials said. The insects landed on the window just before the plane was due to leave the eastern city of Kolkata on Sunday with 136 passengers, including […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 05:10:21 +0000

President Donald Trump declared Monday it “looks” like Iran was behind the explosive attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities. But he stressed that military retaliation was not yet on the table in response to the strike against a key U.S. Mideast ally. Oil prices soared worldwide amid the damage in Saudi Arabia and fresh Middle […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 04:43:40 +0000

South Korea on Tuesday reported its first cases of African swine fever, becoming the latest country hit by the disease that has killed pigs from China to North Korea, pushing up pork prices worldwide. Five pigs found dead at a farm in Paju, a city near the inter-Korean border, were confirmed to have been infected […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 04:10:17 +0000

The first sexual experience for 1 in 16 U.S. women was forced or coerced intercourse in their early teens, encounters that for some may have had lasting health repercussions, a study suggests. The results were published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine. The experiences amount to rape, the authors say, although they relied on a national […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 06:54:54 +0000

The world must diversify its food production and consumption, or face damaging supply disruptions that could lead to suffering and social unrest, scientists warned on Monday. A new global study found the health and environmental benefits of transforming the way we farm would outweigh heavily the cost of doing so, with the authors urging governments […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 06:39:53 +0000

Catholics in Thailand are celebrating the official announcement of the first papal visit in 35 years, but one 77-year-old nun in a far-flung corner of the country has a connection that makes the occasion particularly special. Pope Francis is due to arrive in Thailand on Nov. 20 for a four-day visit, the first leg of […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 05:40:50 +0000

A California woman is hospitalized in a semi-comatose state after using a skin cream from Mexico that was laced with toxic methylmercury. California health officials say the 47-year-old Sacramento woman bought the cosmetic at a Jalisco pharmacy. She was hospitalized with numbness in her hands and face, slurred speech and problems walking but her condition […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 04:19:19 +0000

An Australian scientist has proved that human bodies move around significantly for more than a year after death, in findings that could have implications for detectives and pathologists around the world. After studying and photographing the movements of a corpse over 17-months, Alyson Wilson told AFP on Friday that she found humans don’t exactly rest […]

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 03:40:26 +0000

In early 1974, Do Da was top in espionage class, on the way to becoming a high-flying CIA agent: he handled himself better in the rough, carried heavier loads, and could brush off attackers. But on his toughest-yet spy school test, he disappeared — done in by some of his own kind: ravens. The bird […]