India, which has a thriving diaspora in Kenya estimated at 100,000, became the East African nation's biggest trading partner in Asia in 2012, surpassing China, a government document says.

China on Monday announced that it has built the world's fastest supercomputer which is capable of performing 33.86 quadrillion operations per second, surpassing the US Titan supercomputer.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki- moon has called for a collective global action to build resilience and prepare for droughts, as well as to combat desertification (a type of land degradation).

Researchers at the University of Adelaide have found that middle-aged women are more likely to suffer depression from a common medical problem that they find too embarrassing to talk about - urinary incontinence.

Miss World contestants will not be wearing bikinis in this year's parade in a bid to avoid causing offence in host country Indonesia, organisers have confirmed.

The government of Hong Kong, headed by Leung Chung-ying, said it will conduct itself in accordance with the laws in the case of US former CIA contractor Edward Snowden, who is believed to be in hiding at an unknown location in the coastal enclave.

Despite being born with just one forearm Nicole Kelly won the prestigious Miss Iowa crown in a three-day contest in Davenport on June 8.

Elisha Mauger who was recently crowned National Coffee Tasting Champion for Australia, is now all set to head to World of Coffee Championship competition in Nice, France, next week.

India suffered a humiliating 1-7 thrashing at the hands of Germany to end their pool engagements on a disappointing note in the women's competition of the FIH World League Round 3 on Sunday.

Fresh from his victory against Russian Alexander Morozevich, a resurgent Viswanathan Anand will take on his last world championship challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel in the fourth round of Tal memorial chess tournament.