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• Oil steady in Asia ahead of OPEC meeting
SINGAPORE - Oil prices were steady Friday in Asia below $108 a barrel as investors wait to see if OPEC moves to restrict output at its meeting next week amid a two-month plunge in prices. Light, sweet crude for October delivery was down 17 cents to ...
• Asian markets plunge after Wall Street sell-off
Disappointing reports on U.S. retail sales and jobless claims undercut hopes for a late-year recovery in the U.S. and depressed investor sentiment across Asia.
• The last mammoths in Siberia were American
Woolly mammoths once roamed the Earth for more than a half-million years, ranging from Europe to Asia to North America. These Ice Age giants vanished from mainland Siberia by 9,000 years ago, although mammoths survived on Wrangel Island in the Arctic ...
• The world's coolest airport terminals
Nowadays the developing world is on the go and nine out of 10 of the fastest growing airports are situated in Asia. Combine that with plentiful cheap labor and it's not surprising that our list of remarkable modern airports attracts substantial ...
• Big risks for rising number of child brides
While the practice occurs worldwide and in wealthy nations too, it is most common in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and parts of Central America, the report said.