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Friendship no more: how Russian gas is a problem for Germany

Reuters Aug 6, 2018

BERLIN: For decades, the Friendship pipeline has delivered oil from Russia to Europe, heating German homes even in the darkest days of the Cold War. But a new pipeline that will carry gas direct from Russia under the Baltic Sea to…

U.S. gun rules heighten tension between police, citizens: Obama

Reuters Jul 10, 2016

WARSAW: President Barack Obama pledged on Saturday to seek ways to calm racial tensions and reduce divisions between police and minorities during his final months in office, but he warned that easy access to guns nationwide exacerbated the…

Longest maths proof would take 10 billion years to read

AFP Jul 9, 2016

PARIS: An Anglo-American trio presented the prize-winning solution to a 35-year old maths problem Friday, but verifying it may be a problem in itself: reading it would take 10 billion years.

No Amazon? No problem for Pakistan's e-commerce pioneers

Azhar Khan Mar 22, 2015

ISLAMABAD: For Shayaan Tahir, it all began when an order he placed on Amazon for a new iPod was rejected because the online giant would not deliver electronics to Pakistan.

'Rat killer' hired in Peshawar to tackle rodent problem

Azhar Khan Feb 20, 2015

PESHAWAR: A government agency in Peshawar has hired a man who claims to have killed 100,000 rats in a bid to rid the northwestern Pakistani city of the rodents that plague its streets.

Online harassment seen as major problem: US survey

Azhar Khan Oct 22, 2014

WASHINGTON: Some 40 percent of US Internet users say they have been harassed online, and nearly three-fourths have witnessed this type of problem, a survey showed Wednesday.

ICC says no quick technology fix for problem bowlers

Azhar Khan Sep 11, 2014

MELBOURNE: The ICC is cautiously optimistic that wearable sensors can provide the technological breakthrough needed to stamp out illegal bowling actions but does not expect them to be ready for trial in matches before mid-2015.