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Is India the answer to Netflix’s troubles?
Netflix has launched is cheapest subscription plan - a mobile-only service for Indian users. The BBC's Joe Miller finds out if India can solve the
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Scientists say current global warming ‘unparalleled’ in 2000 years
Researchers have revealed that the speed and extent of current global warming exceeds any similar event in the past 2000 years, and that
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Boris Johnson’s battles
I’d made my own preposterous suggestion on the phone to the then Conservative celebrity-MP for Henley in the autumn of 2002
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Central Cultural Fund makes a remarkable archaeological discovery from Thoppigala
Colombo (News 1st): Personnel attached to the Central Cultural Fund made a remarkable archaeological discovery in Thoppigala. The discovery
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US justice department resumes use of death penalty and schedules five executions
The US government is set to carry out the death penalty for the first time in 16 years, William Barr, the attorney general, announced on
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Sri Lanka bombings: three months on, tourism workers tell their stories
May and June are the low season in Sri Lanka, but this year, following the Easter Sunday bombings, tourism ground to a halt. Hotels were
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Boeing warns it may stop 737 Max production
The company reported its largest-ever quarterly loss of $3.4bn (£2.7bn) on Wednesday due to the troubled plane
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Union Bank records strong growth of 52% in Profit before all taxes in 1H19
Union Bank concluded a strong first half, recording significant growth in core banking revenue with resultant profits before all taxes of
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Alibaba opens door to US sellers on its oldest platform
It now offers tools to allow US firms to sell on the business-to-business platform in the US and globally
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Nissan plans to shed 10,000 jobs worldwide, reports claim
The carmaker Nissan plans to cut more than 10,000 jobs around the world as part of efforts to turn itself around, Japanese media have reported
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