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Microsoft researchers are developing autonomous drones that collect mosquitoes to look for early signs that potentially harmful viruses are spreading, with the goal of preventing disease outbreaks in humans.

Jain will receive no severance pay nor the remaining salary of about 7 million euros per year because he initiated his own departure, the paper reported.

The data also provided a rare look into the often secret special operations costs, which totaled more than $200 million since August 2014.

Hackers allegedly linked to China gained access to sensitive background information submitted by US intelligence and military personnel for security clearances, American officials have said describing the breach to be worse than first acknowledged.

US Secretary of State John Kerry was discharged from a Boston hospital on Friday, 10 days after undergoing surgery on a broken leg he sustained in a bicycle accident in France.

The girl was detained at Charles de Gaulle airport, after arriving from Cameroon, said lawyer Sidonie Leoue.

Nepal on Friday called upon Indian businesses to set up units in the Himalayan nation and produce goods to be sold in China, which offers a huge market.

Zimbabweans have until September to turn in their old banknotes, which some people sell as souvenirs to tourists.

India on Thursday said "imbalanced" trade with China leading to a yawning $47 billion trade deficit needs to be "pro-actively" addressed through improved market access for Indian products with competitive advantage like those in IT and agro.

Nepal's four KFC and Pizza Hut restaurants, the only international fast-food chains in the country have been shut down indefinitely following a dispute between the management.

Chinese imports fell for a seventh straight month in May while exports also sank, data showed on Monday, as the world's second biggest economy shows protracted weakness in the face of government easing measures.

US President Barack Obama is committed to further intensifying relationship with India and the recent visit of a top American defence official is reflective of the depth of the ties, the White House has said.

Overseas Volunteers for Better India (OVBI) will be organising Yogathon events across 100 US cities and more than 70 groups have joined the campaign, the organisation said in a statement.

An analysis of the black boxes of the A400M plane which crashed in Spain has revealed that three of the aircraft's four engines failed before it ploughed into a field killing four in May, Airbus said on Wednesday.

Controversy continues over who shot down the plane last summer over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people aboard.

Rescuers pulled six survivors to safety after hearing cries for help Tuesday from inside a capsized cruise ship that went down overnight in a storm on China's Yangtze River with 458 people aboard, most of them elderly, state broadcaster CCTV said.