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AstraZeneca finds no evidence of increased blood clot risk from vaccine 14 Mar 2021 - 10:13 pm

AstraZeneca Plc on Sunday said it had conducted a review of people vaccinated with its COVID-19 vaccine which has shown no evidence of...

Survivors struggle as scientists race to solve Covid mystery 14 Mar 2021 - 04:41 pm

There was no reason to celebrate on Rachel Van Lear’s anniversary. The same day a global pandemic was declared, she developed symptoms of...

How to make your own kashk, a creamy, tangy staple of Iranian cuisine 14 Mar 2021 - 03:08 pm

When my family settled in Vancouver in the early 1980s, what we lacked in furnishings we more than made up for with a...

Sea slugs lose heads to rid bodies of parasites, Japan researchers show 14 Mar 2021 - 02:13 pm

Tokyo: Japanese researchers have shown that a type of sea slug are able to self-decapitate and regrow their bodies, a discovery that could...

'Peak twins?' - Scientists say IVF means more being born now than ever before 14 Mar 2021 - 09:37 am

London: More twins are being born now than ever before, largely due to rising use of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and other assisted...

NBK Automobiles presents the new Mercedes-Benz V-Class in Qatar 14 Mar 2021 - 09:28 am

Doha: Nasser Bin Khaled (NBK) Automobiles, the authorised general distributor of Mercedes-Benz in Qatar, presents the new Mercedes-Benz V-Class which is now available...

Russia, after Twitter slowdown, accuses U.S. of using IT to engage in unfair competition 13 Mar 2021 - 12:43 pm

MOSCOW: Russia on Saturday accused the United States of using IT opportunities to engage in unfair competition and of social media platforms arbitrarily...

Japan's teamLab melds museum and sauna in fresh digital art experience 13 Mar 2021 - 12:14 pm

Tokyo: A wall of flower petals bursts into a thousand fragments. A huge ball levitates in the air, turning from red to blue...

Ransom-seeking hackers are taking advantage of Microsoft flaw -expert 12 Mar 2021 - 01:33 pm

WASHINGTON - Ransom-seeking hackers have begun taking advantage of a recently disclosed flaw in Microsoft's widely used mail server software, a researcher said...

Netflix tests feature that could limit password sharing 12 Mar 2021 - 01:07 pm

Netflix Inc is testing a feature that asks viewers to verify they share a household with the account holder, the company said on...

Experience history and coffee at the northern tip of Qatar 11 Mar 2021 - 05:06 pm

Driving 117 kilometres out of Doha for almost one and half hours just for a few “Instagrammable pictures” was definitely not among my...

Happy birthday Ken! Barbie's beau turns 60 11 Mar 2021 - 05:00 pm

NEW YORK - Ken, fashion doll Barbie's long-term companion, turned 60 on Thursday, celebrating the milestone birthday with a return to his original...

Facebook moves to dismiss federal, state antitrust suits 11 Mar 2021 - 12:21 am

Facebook has asked a court to dismiss state and federal antitrust lawsuits that accuse it of abusing its market power in social networking...

Parler blocked on Apple's App Store after Capitol riot review 11 Mar 2021 - 12:09 am

Parler, the controversial conservative social media app, was denied re-entry to Apple Inc.’s App Store recently after it was kicked off the platform...

Facebook launches Instagram Lite in 170 lower bandwidth countries 10 Mar 2021 - 02:08 pm

Facebook said on Wednesday it was launching a "lite" version of Instagram in 170 countries that will enable people with poor internet to...

Greenpeace paragliders land on ECB building in protest 10 Mar 2021 - 12:48 pm

Frankfurt: Climate activists from Greenpeace landed a paraglider on top of the European Central Bank's press center on Wednesday and hung a banner...

Ten years after disaster, Fukushima's 'singing' pottery comes home 10 Mar 2021 - 12:32 pm

Namie: Toshiharu Onoda, a thirteenth-generation potter living in a town close to the Fukushima Daiichi his nuclear plant, had just finished loading kiln...