Global population reaches 7 billion people
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reaped a gain of nearly 2.3 billion dollars (£1.5 billion) last year when he exercised 60 million stock options just before the online More »
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The cheetah, the world's fastest land animal, survived mass extinction during the last ice age 10,000 years ago. More »
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People take part in a demonstration organized by Unions on June 20, 2012 in Madrid. Thousands of doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers, many wearing white More »
- Astronomers find most Earth-like planets yet Thu, Apr 18, 2013
Using a potent NASA space telescope to scan the skies for planets like ours where life might exist, astronomers said Thursday they have found the most Earth-like More »
- Mobile Phone: 40th Anniversary Of The First Call Wed, Apr 3, 2013
The world is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the invention of the mobile phone. More »
- World Bank chief calls for ending extreme poverty by 2030 Tue, Apr 2, 2013
By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World Bank President Jim Yong Kim called for a commitment by the international community on Tuesday to end extreme More »
- Warning of greater weather extremes Mon, Mar 25, 2013
Climate change will bring greater extremes in weather, the Government's outgoing chief scientific adviser has warned as he called for urgent action to tackle global More »
- British farmers to count cost of rain well into 2014 Tue, Mar 19, 2013
By Nigel Hunt LONDON (Reuters) - The impact of last year's record rains will squeeze Britain's farmers of livestock and arable crops well into 2014 and force makers More »
- Global Ban On Polar Bear Trade Turned Down Thu, Mar 7, 2013
An international ban on trade in polar bears has been banned because of fears it would distract from the bigger threat of global warming. More »
- Silvio Berlusconi: Ex-Wife To Get £82k A Day Fri, Dec 28, 2012
Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been ordered to pay his ex-wife maintenance of 100,000 euros (£82,000) a day as part of their divorce settlement. More »
- One in eight of world population going hungry - U.N Tue, Oct 9, 2012
ROME (Reuters) - One out of every eight people in the world is chronically undernourished, the United Nations' food agencies said on Tuesday, warning that progress More »
- Bill Gates Invests Millions In Toilet Tech Wed, Aug 15, 2012
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has challenged scientists to develop waterless toilets for the 2.5 billion people around the world without access to modern More »
- Horologists Add A Leap Second Sun, Jul 1, 2012
Horologists around the world carried out one of the strangest operations of their profession on Saturday night - they held back time. More »
- Promoting the sustainable development agenda Mon, Mar 19, 2012
Baroness Tonge argues that the human population must be put at 'the core of the sustainable development agenda', ahead of the Rio+20 UN conference. More »
- UK Food Producers Promised Export Help Sat, Jan 28, 2012
British food producers are being promised more help to export their goods to lucrative overseas markets such as India and China. More »
- Dates the world was supposed to end Wed, Dec 21, 2011
As Harold Camping’s fourth attempt at predicting the end of the world back in October fell through, we’ve compiled a list of the biggest apocalyptic predictions in More »
- The politics of defence spending Mon, Nov 21, 2011
Faux-patriotism, national security and the military-industrial complex have conspired to give us a desperately inefficient contracting system. By Dr Matthew Ashton More »
- ePolitix.com: PMQs briefing Wed, Nov 2, 2011
Public sector pensions, the winter fuel allowance and the eurozone crisis were among the issues raised by backbenchers at PMQs today. More »
- World Population Hits Seven Billion Landmark Mon, Oct 31, 2011
Celebrations have been held around the world to welcome symbolic "seven billionth" babies in recognition of the global population reaching the demographic milestone. More »
- UK Population To Reach 70 Million By 2027 Wed, Oct 26, 2011
The population of the UK is on course to reach 70 million within 16 years, official figures have suggested. More »
- Mobiles 'To Exceed People Globally By 2012' Thu, Oct 6, 2011
There will be more mobile devices used throughout the world than people by the end of 2012, according to predictions from one of Europe's top engineers. More »
- McCartney Joins Scorsese At Harrison Premiere Mon, Oct 3, 2011
Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr joined a star-studded red carpet for the premiere of Martin Scorsese's biopic about former Beatle George Harrison. More »
- Nasa Satellite 'To Fall To Earth On Friday' Tue, Sep 20, 2011
A dead 5.4-ton Nasa satellite is expected to fall back to Earth on Friday - although officials cannot say exactly where it will hit. More »
- New Atlas Shows Effect Of Global Warming Thu, Sep 15, 2011
Global warming has turned an area of Greenland the size of the UK and Ireland "green", according to a new edition of a world atlas. More »
- Nasa 'Concern' At Satellite Falling To Earth Fri, Sep 9, 2011
Nasa has admitted it is "concerned" about a dead £471m satellite that will soon fall to Earth - but insisted there is little chance it will hit anyone. More »
- Schools should 'restore compulsory language learning' Fri, Aug 5, 2011
Baroness Coussins says that "every child in the 21st century" will need modern foreign languages teaching. More »
- We can't afford a 'blanket opposition' to GM technologies Tue, Jul 19, 2011
George Freeman MP says access to "all technology and innovation" will be essential if Europe's farmers are to remain competitive and play their part in ensuring More »
- Special Olympics bring 'empowerment' Wed, Jul 6, 2011
Chris Heaton-Harris MP says the Special Olympics sports are a gateway to empowerment, competence, acceptance and joy. More »
- Maradona outshone during football friendly Thu, May 12, 2011
Ramzan Kadyrov, leader of Russia's Chechnya region, outshone a team of former footballer stars including Diego Maradona during a friendly. More »
- Google's Street View puts famous art online Tue, Feb 1, 2011
Google's Street View technology is being taken indoors for the first time - into some of the world's most famous art galleries. More »
- Microsoft seeks to block Apple's 'app store' trademark claim Wed, Jan 12, 2011
Court filing insists term is generic and should be available to all More »
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