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Bangladesh building collapse: Death toll passes 400

YoopyaMay 1, 2013September 8, 20240

The number of people killed in the collapse of a factory building on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, has passed 400, officials say.

Chat app messaging overtakes SMS texts, Informa says

YoopyaApr 29, 2013September 8, 20240

Instant messaging on chat apps, such as WhatsApp, has overtaken the traditional SMS text message for the first time, according to research firm Informa. Informa

Google acquires news stream service Wavii

YoopyaApr 29, 2013September 8, 20240

Google has acquired news stream service Wavii for an estimated $30m (£18m). Wavii, which was launched last year, offers customised news feed to users, summarising

Venezuela to audit votes without opposition conditions

YoopyaApr 29, 2013September 8, 20240

Venezuela’s electoral body has said the audit of votes cast in the presidential election will start on 6 May But it will not carry out

Everest: Climbers Steck and Moro in fight with Sherpas

YoopyaApr 29, 2013September 8, 20240

Police in Nepal are investigating an alleged fight between two famous European climbers and their Nepalese mountain guides on Mount Everest. Switzerland’s Ueli Steck and

Italy’s first black minister attacked by Northern League

YoopyaApr 29, 2013May 30, 20230

Rightwing party labels appointment of DRC-born Cecile Kyenge as ‘the symbol of a hypocritical, do-gooding left’ Italy’s first-ever black minister was immediately at the centre

Parasite ‘resistant to malaria drug artemisinin’

YoopyaApr 29, 2013September 8, 20240

New drug-resistant strains of the parasite that causes malaria have been identified by scientists. Researchers found parasites in western Cambodia that are genetically different from