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Domasco unveils all-new Honda HR-V 14 Mar 2019 - 09:21 am

Doha: Doha Marketing Services Company W.L.L. (Domasco) recently launched the all-new Honda HR-V in Qatar. The HR-V marks the presence of an entry...

Facebook, Instagram suffer outages 13 Mar 2019 - 09:49 pm

NEW YORK: Facebook says it is aware of outages on its platforms including Facebook, Messenger and Instagram and is working to resolve the...

A ship full of Teslas is hotly awaited in Oslo 13 Mar 2019 - 04:39 pm

Tesla Inc. is set to make one of the largest deliveries yet of its new Model 3 car to Norway, one of the...

"Style muse": Meghan's rise to a royal fashionista 13 Mar 2019 - 02:39 pm

LONDON: Her jackets and jeans, bangles and bags can instantly send tongues wagging and designers' sales soaring. Since being catapulted into the global...

Spotify files EU antitrust complaint against Apple 13 Mar 2019 - 01:02 pm

Brussels: Spotify has filed a complaint with EU antitrust regulators against Apple, saying the iPhone maker unfairly limits rivals to its own Apple...

Slovakia's ice church draws visitors closer to heavens 12 Mar 2019 - 09:11 pm

Hrebienok, Slovakia: A young nun breathes deeply as she peers up at a statue of an angel bathed in softly coloured light streaming...

Stephen Hawking's ex-nurse barred from practicing 12 Mar 2019 - 07:17 pm

LONDON: British regulators on Tuesday barred one of Stephen Hawking's former nurses from practicing after finding she failed to provide appropriate care to...

Air pollution killing more people than smoking, say scientists 12 Mar 2019 - 07:17 pm

LONDON: Air pollution is killing more people every year than smoking, according to research published on Tuesday that called for urgent action to...

Mammoth moves: frozen cells come to life, but only just 12 Mar 2019 - 02:36 pm

Tokyo: A team of scientists in Japan has successfully coaxed activity from 28,000-year-old cells from a frozen mammoth implanted into mouse cells, but...

Apple says 'it's show time' March 25, TV service announcement expected 12 Mar 2019 - 12:40 pm

Apple Inc on Monday invited media to a March 25 event at the Steve Jobs Theater on its campus in Cupertino, California, where...

Fake drugs killing children worldwide 12 Mar 2019 - 11:13 am

Washington, A new research has suggested that falsified and substandard drugs for treating malaria, pneumonia and other diseases, are killing thousands of children...

Twitter testing prototype app 'twttr' with new features 12 Mar 2019 - 11:05 am

San Francisco, In order to test improved conversation features on its platform, microblogging app Twitter has launched prototype app "twttr" where users can...

Wedlocked: tangled webs trap Cambodian 'brides' in China 11 Mar 2019 - 09:15 pm

KAMPONG CHAM, Cambodia: On the Chinese messaging service WeChat, Ol En scrolled back through time. Call unanswered. Call unanswered. Call declined. The last...

From Antarctica to Costa Rica, women team up to build a climate-safe future 11 Mar 2019 - 09:15 pm

BARCELONA: When former U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres spent 20 days on a boat with 80 female scientists in Antarctica in January, she...

Peru's first indigenous radio soap tells tales of 'invisible' slavery 11 Mar 2019 - 09:15 pm

BOGOTA: Lured by false promises of good jobs serving tourists or cleaning city apartments, Peru's indigenous women and girls often end up being...

Green paradise or data-stealing dystopia? Toronto smart city sparks debate 11 Mar 2019 - 08:19 pm

TORONTO: A planned smart city in central Toronto could lead to a six-fold drop in greenhouse gas emissions by pooling residents' data, said...

Alexa, are you male or female? 'Sexist' virtual assistants go gender-neutral 11 Mar 2019 - 08:19 pm

LONDON: Barking orders at a digital device that responds in a woman's voice can reinforce sexist stereotypes, according to academics and creatives who...