March2017
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Xbox unveils $9.99 monthly subscription for videogames
Mar 1, 2017News Hour: Microsoft Corp’s Xbox division said on Tuesday it would launch a $9.99-per-month subscription service that will allow gamers to play over 100 Xbox One and “backward compatible” Xbox 360 videogames. The service, “Xbox Game... -
Couples who are obese may take longer to achieve pregnancy
Mar 1, 2017News Hour: Couples who are obese may take longer to achieve pregnancy than partners who aren’t as overweight, a recent U.S. study suggests. Previous studies in women have linked obesity to difficulties getting pregnant. In the... -
Pfizer Inc’s process for manufacturing contaminated drugs at a plant Kansas was “out of control”, warns FDA
Mar 1, 2017News Hour: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Pfizer Inc’s process for manufacturing sterile injectable drugs at a plant in McPherson, Kansas was “out of control” and put patients at risk, according to a warning... -
Pence says, New Trump travel order expected in coming days
Mar 1, 2017News Hour: U.S. President Donald Trump plans to finalize a new order limiting travel to the United States in the coming days, his vice president said on Wednesday, after federal courts blocked the administration’s earlier travel... -
Bird flu outbreaks raise alarm, says WHO
Mar 1, 2017News Hour: The risk of sustained human-to-human transmission of H7N9 bird flu in China is low, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, but a surge in human cases there is worrying and requires constant monitoring.... -
Facebook plans to use artificial intelligence to help prevent suicides among its users
Mar 1, 2017News Hour: Facebook plans to use artificial intelligence and update its tools and services to help prevent suicides among its users. The world’s largest social media network said it plans to integrate its existing suicide prevention... -
Women charged with North Korean’s murder leave court in bullet-proof vests
Mar 1, 2017News Hour: Malaysia on Wednesday charged two women, an Indonesian and a Vietnamese, with murdering the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader in a bizarre airport assassination using a super-toxic nerve agent that killed in... -
France reported a possible outbreak of bird flu on a poultry farm
Mar 1, 2017News Hour: French authorities reported a possible outbreak of bird flu on a poultry farm in the far north of the country on Wednesday, which could mark a spreading of the disease beyond the southwest foie... -
Israel soldier appeals conviction in killing of Palestinian attacker
Mar 1, 2017News Hour: An Israeli soldier who was sentenced to 18 months’ imprisonment for killing a wounded and incapacitated Palestinian assailant appealed on Wednesday against a manslaughter conviction that could have sent him to jail for a... -
Tattoos, drugs on docket for ex-NFL star Hernandez’s murder trial
Mar 1, 2017News Hour: Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez’s tattoos and history of drug use could be among the evidence presented at the convicted killer’s second murder trial, which gets under way in Boston on Wednesday...
