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Image copyright Peat Image caption Voruganti Surendra says farmers are finding pest and disease recognition apps "very useful" India's farmers have never had it easy; drought, crop failure, low market prices and lack of modernisation have taken their toll on

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The show is billed as "an intimate night with Bruce, his guitar, a piano, and his stories" Bruce Springsteen is breaking box-office records with his one-man show, Springsteen on Broadway. The rock star made

Image copyright SPL Image caption Researchers reported in 2015 that there was clear evidence of healing in the ozone hole Rising global emissions of some chlorine-containing chemicals could slow the progress made in healing the ozone layer.A study found the

Image copyright Reuters US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order allowing the sale of health insurance plans that are exempt from some Obamacare regulations. The order directs federal agencies to consider easing rules allowing small businesses and some

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Rival slogans: OeVP says "Now or never!"; SPOe says "Change with responsibility" Austrian party leaders will clash in a final TV debate on Thursday night, with conservative hardliners on immigration tipped to win an

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The piglets were all less than 4 weeks old when they were crushed to death in January 2016 A Spanish farm worker who shared a video of himself diving onto a pen of piglets,

Image copyright AFP Image caption A householder in the storm-hit ruins of her home in Aibonito, Puerto Rico US President Donald Trump has griped about emergency relief efforts in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, saying federal aid cannot continue "forever".In tweets, he

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Caitlan Coleman and Joshua Boyle were abducted in 2012 Pakistani soldiers have freed a North American family of five who were being held hostage by the Afghan Taliban.Canadian Joshua Boyle and his US wife Caitlan

The US is pulling out of the UN's cultural organisation Unesco, accusing it of "anti-Israel" bias.The state department said it would establish an observer mission at the Paris-based organisation to replace its representation.Unesco said the withdrawal was a loss to

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Opposition supporters have been protesting using the slogan "No reform, no election" Kenya's government has banned demonstrations in three major Kenyan cities - the capital Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu.Interior Minister Fred Matiang'i said the ban