Typhoon slams into China, cuts power before weakening

BEIJING: Typhoon Meranti slammed into southeastern China on Thursday with strong winds and lashing rain that cut power to 1.65 million homes, but there were no reports of more casualties in what has been described as the strongest storm of the year globally.

The storm, registered as a super typhoon before losing strength after sweeping across southern Taiwan, made landfall in the early hours near the major city of Xiamen.

Uber debuts self-driving cars in landmark Pittsburgh trial

When Pittsburgh wakes up on Wednesday morning, some residents will have the choice of going about their day in an Uber that drives itself.

The launch of Uber's self-driving pilot program marks the public unveiling of the company's secretive work in autonomous vehicles and the first time self-driving cars have been so freely available to the U.S. public.

Samsung struggles with critical Note 7 recall

SEOUL: Samsung said Wednesday it was doing its best to push through a challenging recall of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, as it offered a software fix to jolt users into returning defective devices.

The success of the recall is seen as crucial to Samsung retaining brand trust and loyalty and preventing customers defecting to arch-rival Apple´s new iPhone 7 or cheaper Chinese-made models.

Clinton, Trump move to show medical fitness for White House

US presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on Wednesday moved to show their medical fitness for the White House as Clinton released a letter from her doctor declaring her fit for the presidency and Trump taped a TV-segment about his well-being.

Clinton, 68, is healthy and fit to serve as president and is currently recovering from non-contagious, bacterial pneumonia, her physician, Dr. Lisa Bardack, said in a letter about the Democratic nominee’s medical condition released by the campaign.

British Ambassador Simon Collis accepts Islam, performs Haj

British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Simon Paul Collis performed Haj this year, confirming earlier reports that he had accepted Islam, Arab News reported.

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Simon Collis was among the 19,000 British pilgrims performing the ritual this year. Saudi writer and academic Fawziah Al-Bakr (@fawziah1) posted pictures of him with his wife Huda Mujarkech, in which he was donning the Ihram.

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The English Channel represents a new divide between England and Netherlands. While the British are struggling to accommodate prisoners due to lack of adequate prison cells, Netherlands is shutting down prisons due to lack of prisoners.

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Passports are in the news as many European countries consider increased border security checks in the aftermath of Paris attacks in which 129 people were killed.

List of Countries having highest Risk of Change in Climate

A list of maps of  countries which are most vulnerable to climate change has been revealed, according to The Independent.

Unfortunately, Pakistan is also among the list.

The maps were compiled by using the ND-Gain Index, a project of the University of Notre Dame, in Indiana in the United States