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The world's seagrass meadows, a critical habitat for marine life and profit-maker for the fishing industry, are in decline due to coastal development and the losses are accelerating, according to a new study.

World Cup organizers will meet trade union officials to try to ensure a strike next week does not delay completion of stadiums beyond target.

German industrial giant Siemens will pay 100 million dollars over 15 years into a fund to fight corruption after probes revealed fraud at its subsidiaries, the World Bank said Thursday.

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) -- Serbian health authorities have diagnosed an Australian athlete with swine flu at the World University Games.

Facing real world debts, a trusted figure in a popular online game stole money from the virtual bank he ran and exchanged it for cash through the black market.

July 10 is the 10th anniversary of the USA's win in the Women's World Cup final. In commemoration of what's widely considered the most significant event in women's team sports history, what did that tournament, that moment, mean to you?

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In boardrooms across the world, executives speak a common language, wear similar suits and peck at the same model of BlackBerry.

Researchers predict a "population time bomb" in developing world nations because of their rapidly ageing populations.

World stocks mostly fell Thursday as investors braced for a crucial U.S. jobs report that could set the tone in markets for the coming few days at least.