April2017
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Race against time to save millions of lives in Yemen
Apr 25, 2017News Hour: The continuing violence in Yemen is fuelling one of the worst hunger crises in the world, with nearly 7 million people not knowing where their next meal will come from and in desperate need... -
Sharapova rags-to-riches journey resumes in Stuttgart
Apr 25, 2017News Hour: From the shadow of Chernobyl’s nuclear wasteland to international super-stardom and from penniless arrival in the United States, without a word of English, to a fortune of $200 million. It may sound like the... -
Netflix to introduce original content in China in a licensing deal with iQiyi.com
Apr 25, 2017News Hour: Netflix is to introduce original content in China in a licensing deal with local video streaming service iQiyi.com, the U.S. company said on Tuesday. Netflix has struggled to break into the Chinese market, where... -
Germany’s Thyssenkrupp plans to open its own 3D printing center this year
Apr 25, 2017News Hour: German industrial group Thyssenkrupp plans to open its own 3D printing center this year to manufacture products for its customers, a company executive said on Tuesday. As well as producing steel, submarines, and elevators,... -
ABB seals a collaboration agreement with IBM on industrial artificial intelligence
Apr 25, 2017News Hour: ABB has sealed a collaboration agreement with International Business Machines Corp, the Swiss engineering company said on Tuesday, the latest step in its efforts to ramp up its presence in digital technology and the... -
Waymo autonomous vehicle group to begin testing a self-driving car program in Phoenix, Arizona
Apr 25, 2017News Hour: Alphabet Inc’s Waymo autonomous vehicle group will begin testing a self-driving car program for hundreds of families in Phoenix, Arizona and is buying 500 Chrysler minivans to do so, the companies said on Tuesday.... -
SK Hynix made record quarterly profits in the first three months of the year
Apr 25, 2017News Hour: South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix made record quarterly profits in the first three months of the year, it said on Tuesday, with strong demand for memory chips for mobile gadgets pushing up prices. The... -
‘500kg’ Egyptian woman’s sister accuses Indian doctors of lying
Apr 25, 2017News Hour: The sister of Eman Abd El Aty, an Egyptian woman thought to have been the world’s heaviest, has accused doctors of lying about her weight loss after surgery in India. She underwent surgery in... -
Pakistan minibus blast kills 10
Apr 25, 2017News Hour: At least 10 people have been killed in a roadside bomb blast that hit a minibus in north-west Pakistan. The blast took place in the Kurram tribal district on the border with Afghanistan. At... -
Le Pen steps aside as National Front leader
Apr 25, 2017News Hour: Far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has announced that she is stepping aside as leader of her National Front (FN) party. The move comes just a day after she reached the second round...
