Watermelon is a fruit in the melon family that can be eaten or made into drinks. There are more than 1,200 varieties of watermelon with variation in their size, shape, and colour of the flesh. Watermelon was originated from...
- In India, 17 percent of female sex workers reported starting to sell sex under the age of 15 years.
- In Maldives and Papua New Guinea, the median age reported among female sex workers ranged from 17-19 years (across...
After defaulting several times to meet targets for the eradication of two major epidemics, polio and guinea worm, Nigeria has finally broken the myth. The report that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has finally declared Nigeria free from guinea-worm...
Manchester United have had a bid, believed to be in the region of £37m, accepted by Chelsea for Spanish midfielder Juan Mata.
The 25-year-old will have a medical on Thursday before completing a move to the Premier League champions.
Mata is...
Anti-government protesters in Ukraine agreed on Thursday to a truce of several hours in clashes with police while new talks took place between opposition leaders and President Viktor Yanukovich, Interfax news agency said.
Protesters, who have been bombarding police with...
Thailand's Constitutional Court on Thursday deferred a ruling on whether a general election scheduled for February 2 can be postponed, as protesters who say they will boycott the vote kept up pressure on the government to step down.
Prime Minister...
Egyptian interim Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi said on Thursday he backed General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for president, one of the highest-level endorsements for a widely expected presidential bid by the army chief.
Sisi, who deposed Islamist president Mohamed Mursi in...
Lenovo Group Ltd has agreed to buy IBM Corp's server business for $2.3 billion as the Chinese PC giant grabs another piece of the computing world in a long-awaited deal.
The acquisition comes nearly a decade after Beijing-based Lenovo bought...
The global economy started 2014 on a disjointed note with the euro zone's private sector in better shape than expected and China's vast manufacturing industry contracting for the first time in six months.
Surveys on Thursday showed stronger growth across...
Carl Icahn has taken a stake in eBay Inc and is proposing a spin-off of the its fast-growing PayPal division, but the e-commerce giant rebuffed the overture, setting the stage for a potential battle with the activist investor.
EBay, which...