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Ukrainian women fight for uniforms that fit
AFP, Published on 12/07/2023
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - At a training ground on the edge of Kyiv, a group of women ran through an obstacle course and fired Kalashnikovs, putting the new uniforms finally designed for them through a stress test.
Chip war and censorship hobble Chinese tech giants in chatbot race
AFP, Published on 22/03/2023
» BEIJING - Search giant Baidu's lacklustre unveiling of its chatbot exposed gaps in China's race to rival ChatGPT, as censorship and a US squeeze on chip imports have hamstrung the country's artificial intelligence ambitions.
Prince Philip's car becomes Sri Lankan royal artefact
AFP, Published on 16/04/2021
» COLOMBO: An almost 90-year-old car that once belonged to Britain's late Prince Philip is now the centrepiece of a seaside museum in Sri Lanka.
Small networks boosted as Trump supporters reject Fox
AFP, Published on 18/11/2020
» NEW YORK - Tens of thousands of Donald Trump supporters, disbelieving the presidential election results and increasingly frustrated by the conservative Fox News, are turning -- often at the president's urging -- to smaller, right-wing channels OAN and Newsmax, which still refuse to call the race for Joe Biden.
Mississippi votes to remove Confederate symbol from state flag
AFP, Published on 29/06/2020
» JACKSON (UNITED STATES) - Lawmakers in Mississippi voted Sunday to remove the Confederate battle standard from the state flag, after nationwide protests drew renewed attention to symbols of the United States' racist past.
Untested tech touted as climate fix
AFP, Published on 23/08/2019
» PARIS: Draft guidelines for how industry fights climate change promote the widespread use of untested technologies that experts fear could undermine efforts to slash planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, AFP can reveal.
Uber names Melbourne as first non-US city for flying car programme
AFP, Published on 12/06/2019
» WASHINGTON: Uber on Tuesday selected Melbourne, Australia, as the first non-US city for its aerial ridesharing service that is expected to launch in 2023, as it unveiled new partners for the ambitious initiative.
US probing certification of Boeing 737 Max
AFP, Published on 19/03/2019
» WASHINGTON: Boeing and US aviation regulators are coming under intense scrutiny over the certification of the 737 Max aircraft after news that two recent crashes share similarities.
Apple and Microsoft unholster new gun emojis
AFP, Published on 06/08/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - Apple and Microsoft on Friday appeared to be aiming in opposite directions with freshly unholstered gun emojis.
How Japan's first dressmaking school changed women's lives
AFP, Published on 19/03/2016
» TOKYO - Born out of a drive to make Western-style clothing accessible, Tokyo's Bunka Fashion College unleashed a sartorial and social revolution among Japanese women after it opened nearly a century ago.