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Officials are trying to save the tree - a popular tourist attraction - from termite infestation.
The result has been mounting tension, which recently erupted in a clash between Nestle and European retailers that saw some of the Swiss company’s goods briefly taken off store shelves.
Graham Norton paid tribute, thanking him for giving him "the best bit of showbiz advice I ever got - don't quit the hit!".
Consultation to start later this year as Theresa May continues drive against single-use plastic waste.
A recent documentary has revealed the nation's secret weapon: a mighty skyscraper-building machine dubbed 'wall-climbing monster'.
The vessel, which has a history spanning five decades, is now docked permanently at Mina Rashid, where some of her refurbished dining, accommodation and entertainment attractions are to be unveiled on April 18.
The 33rd edition of the annual race, considered to be one of the most demanding ultramarathons in the world, finished Saturday after six grueling days and about 250 kilometers (150 miles).
Gentiloni met Romanian counterpart Viorica Dancila Thursday and then headed for talks with President Klaus Iohannis.
Crenshanda Williams, 44, was sentenced to 10 days in jail and 18 months of probation for interfering with emergency telephone calls.
The Syrian government and its key ally, Russia, say the incident was staged. But the US, UK and France - who support the opposition to Mr Assad - say they are confident that chlorine and possibly a nerve agent were used.
Ahead of the GDPR, which is set to come into effect in May.
North Korea has defended its weapons programs, which it pursues in defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions, as a necessary deterrent against perceived U.S. hostility. The United States stations 28,500 troops in South Korea, a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War.
On Monday, the Center for Investigative Reporting published an article claiming Elon Musk's electic car company had under-reported work-related injuries at the plant.
Investigators can't explain with certainty why the left engine of Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 malfunctioned when the plane was reaching over 32,000 feet. It's too soon to determine what happened, said National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Robert Sumwalt.
Junichi Fukuda’s resignation is further embarrassment to Shinzo Abe, who is struggling to contain a cronyism scandal.
Karen McDougal says she began a relationship with future president in 2006 shortly after his wife, Melania, gave birth to their son, Barron.
Source: Reuters
The mission will survey a great swathe of stars, hoping to catch the dips in brightness that occur when orbiting planets traverse their faces.
Sister Patricia Fox, 71, was held by immigration authorities in Manila on Monday after being accused of political activity that breached her visa.
The Great Barrier Reef experienced an extended marine heat wave in 2016 that caused massive coral bleaching and die-off. Most of the impact was along 500 miles of the northern Great Barrier Reef, its most pristine region.
Swati Maliwal, chairwoman of the DCW, has been refusing food since April 13, as protests flared nationwide over the separate alleged rapes of two girls ages 16 and 8.
Celino Villanueva Jaramillo, thought to have been born in 1896, died in hospital after puncturing his lung falling out of bed.
Jury rejects Yoselyn Ortega’s claim that she was insane at time of the crime and therefore not responsible.
The CFM56 engine on Southwest flight 1380 blew apart over Pennsylvania on Tuesday, about 20 minutes after the Dallas-bound flight left New York’s LaGuardia Airport with 149 people on board.
Lee said he had not seen huge short-selling of Hong Kong dollars.
Emergency services and hazardous response teams are at the scene in the city centre.
Summons says firms sent 168 tonnes of isopropanol, which can be used to make sarin, to Syria.
Women and transsexual victims were smuggled in on fake visas, police say.
Source: Reuters
Video footage, taken by a concert-goer during the Antwerp leg of her tour, appears to show a man jumping out of the audience and landing on what appears to be her as she exits the stage.
Buildings and streets in a radius of 800 metres (875 yards) around the site north of the busy train station will be cleared from 0700 GMT until the 500-kilogramme (1,100-pound) explosive is safely defused, they said on Twitter Wednesday.
Stratolaunch has performed two taxi tests of the aircraft at the Mojave Air and Space Port in California so far, most recently in late February.
Technically, the Skyrider 2.0, designed by Italian design firm Aviointeriors Group, isn't new, but rather an updated version of one it debuted back in 2010.
Communist Party newspaper Granma says the congress will assemble at 9 a.m. and select leaders of the legislature before voting for the president and other members of the Council of State, the country's highest government body.
Most of the passengers on the bus were students of a maritime school in the nearby town of Darlowo.
His new sci-fi blockbuster “Ready Player One” has racked up $475.1 million worldwide since its release last month, according to BoxOfficeMojo, making the adaptation of Ernest Cline’s best-selling novel his top-grossing film in the last decade and nudging him into eight figures in all-time career grosses.
The companies made the announcement Tuesday. Diesel had said in early 2017 at the “Return of Xander Cage” premiere in London that Paramount execs had expressed interest in the fourth movie, but those plans were never solidified.
The play, entitled 'Mein Kampf', after Hitler's most famous work of literature is due to be premiered on Friday April 20 - the dictator's birthday.
The new request is one of several opt-in permissions being rolled out in advance of a new data privacy law.
Evidence of UK arrivals discarded despite case worker protests, says former employee.
Plane makes emergency landing in Philadelphia after debris from exploded engine smashes window at 32,000 feet.
A gauge of volatility on the EuroSTOXX 50 fell to its lowest since Jan. 26, reflecting investors’ renewed confidence in the resilience of equity markets. The S&P 500 volatility gauge hovered around a six-week low.
A spokeswoman for Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong confirmed the content of the memo.
China said US importers would have to pay a temporary 178.6% deposit on the value of their imports from Wednesday.
China said US importers would have to pay a temporary 178.6% deposit on the value of their imports from Wednesday.
According to the annual State of Global Air Report, published Tuesday by the Health Effects Institute (HEI), long-term exposure to air pollution contributed to an estimated 6.1 million deaths across the globe in 2016.
Every time someone sent us an image, video, GIF, voice message and a document on WhatsApp, and we deleted the relative file in the WhatsApp folder, we weren’t be able to download it anymore, but..
The accident took place Tuesday night over the Sone river in Sidhi district about 573 km east of Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh.
State media calls for Chinese citizens to stand up for phone makers ZTE and Huawei as backlash grows.
Wall Street Journal compared the New Zealand prime minister to Justin Trudeau but said 'she's more like Trump on immigration'.
Pompeo’s conversations fueled Trump’s belief that productive negotiations were possible with North Korea over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, but far from guaranteed, according to a U.S. senior official briefed on the trip.
An electronics engineer by training, Diaz-Canel has often appeared more in tune with the times than his elderly khaki-clad predecessors, Raul and his brother Fidel, who ruled the Caribbean island for the past six decades.
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