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The sheer size of some jellyfish can be a threat to fishermen if they caught in their nets

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US securities regulators on Monday charged Japanese automaker Nissan and its former CEO Carlos Ghosn with hiding more than $140 million in Ghosn's expected retirement income from investors.

US securities regulators on Monday charged Japanese automaker Nissan and its former CEO Carlos Ghosn with hiding more than $140 million in Ghosn's expected retirement income from investors

The Singapore Grand Prix ended in victory for Sebastian Vettel, while Charles LeClerc came in second. LeClerc was however unhappy with Ferrari's decision to allow Vettel to pit first and it revealed a durability issue with the car tires that was made worse because of the harsh conditions on the Marina Bay Street Circuit.

Auto industry chiefs are warning a no-deal Brexit will have a 'seismic' impact on European car-making

Set in 2019, cult 80s movie "Blade Runner" envisaged a neon-stained landscape of bionic "replicants" genetically engineered to look just like humans.So far that has failed to materialise, but at a secretive research institute in western Japan, wild-haired roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro is fine-tuning technology that could blur the line between man and machine.Highly intelligent, self-aware and helpful around the house -- the robots of the future could look and act just like humans and even become their friends, Ishiguro and his team predict.

WeWork co-founder, CEO Adam Neumann is facing the threat of removal after a few board members initiated the move with the blessing of main investor Japan’s Softbank, according to the latest news.

Japan is bracing for a second strong typhoon this month

Marika Koroibete scored in the second half as Australia came from behind against Fiji

Japan's Fukushima power plant contains more than 1 million tons of contaminated water and the country's environment minister recently stated the "the only option" is to dump that into the Pacific Ocean.

Pretrial proceedings in the case of former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn will take place until March 2020, with hearings into the case beginning the month after

German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced Friday a sweeping climate protection plan worth at least 100 billion euros by 2030, as hundreds of thousands protested for action against global warming.Merkel's coalition government, after marathon overnight talks, sealed a deal to tackle emissions in the energy and industrial sectors, boost zero tailpipe emission electric vehicles, and get passengers out of planes and onto trains.

The Cup is being held outside the sport's traditional strongholds for the first time in a bid to expand rugby's fanbase

Market liquidity tends to spike when options and futures on indexes and stocks expire, spurring trading volume as large derivative positions roll over.

The hosts overcame a nervous start to run out winners

Twitter has launched a new feature that allows Twitter users to hide replies to their tweets.

NASA has spotted an asteroid that is currently flying towards Earth. Based on the size of the asteroid, it will most likely explode mid-air and cause a huge fireball if it enters Earth’s atmosphere.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's father and predecessor is said to have been born in a simple wooden hut on the slopes of a sacred mountain, and guide Kim Un Sim has no doubts: "Welcome to our holy land."The North is avowedly atheist, with its own Juche ideology proclaiming that "Man is the master of all things", but quasi-religious terminology abounds at Mount Paektu, a dormant volcano straddling the border with China.

Experts have cautioned against the fickle nature of weather-based energy

'I couldn't be more angry,' a man who evacuated from Fukushima told supporters at a rally after the verdict was announced