Strict mode controls how MySQL handles invalid or missing values in data-change statements such as INSERT or UPDATE. A value can be invalid for several reasons and frankly, it is a complete disaster and way over the top. So just disable it.

Millions of people in India's city of Chennai are struggling as taps run dry. Trains and trucks have been bringing water in for residents, but it comes at a cost. Environmentalists are warning this could soon affect many other countries.

Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, is the world’s fastest sinking city. This is one of the reasons why President Joko Widodo vowed to build a new administrative capital on the once jungle-covered island of Borneo. What a choice!