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Owning it: Trump embraces historic mug shot
AFP, Published on 26/08/2023
» NEW YORK - For most people, a police mug shot would be a badge of dishonor they would do anything to erase.
Plastic recycling remains a myth, study finds
Business, AFP, Published on 25/10/2022
» WASHINGTON: Plastic recycling rates are declining even as production shoots up, according to a Greenpeace USA report that blasts industry claims of creating an efficient, circular economy as "fiction."
Verstappen leads tributes to Red Bull founder Mateschitz
AFP, Published on 23/10/2022
» VIENNA - Formula One world champion Max Verstappen led the tributes on Sunday to Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz, who turned the energy drink into a worldwide success and pumped money into a title-winning F1 team and several football clubs.
Make mine a 'Kyiv Mule': Americans, Canadians drop Russian vodka
AFP, Published on 01/03/2022
» WASHINGTON - Regulars at Caddies bar and grill in Bethesda, Maryland can still get a classic cocktail made with vodka, ginger beer and lime, but it now comes with a different name -- a Kyiv Mule.
Bangkok bars battle to beat booze ban battering
AFP, Published on 24/10/2021
» BANGKOK: As gin bottles gather dust, a Bangkok bar owner is trying to keep his joint going through a Covid booze ban with fruity mocktails seasoned with kratom, a recently decriminalised tropical herb.
Singapore expands quarantine-free travel for vaccinated passengers
AFP, Published on 19/10/2021
» Singapore on Tuesday began quarantine-free entry for fully vaccinated passengers from eight countries -- not including Thailand -- as part of a plan to ease restrictions while the business hub gears up to live with the coronavirus.
US judge rejects bid for patent by AI 'inventor'
AFP, Published on 04/09/2021
» SAN FRANCISCO: A US judge has ruled that artificial intelligence can't get a patent for its creations, ruling that such a privilege is reserved for people.
Fiery feni: Making a 500-year-old liquor cool again
AFP, Published on 02/07/2021
» CANSAULIM, India: Five centuries after Goans began making feni -- a pungent, fermented liquor not for the faint-hearted -- a new crop of distillers is hoping to take the spirit global.
China bubble tea firm debuts after $650 mn IPO caps labour of love
AFP, Published on 30/06/2021
» HONG KONG - Chinese bubble tea chain Nayuki edged down on its Hong Kong market debut Wednesday after raising more than US$650 million in an IPO that marked the culmination of a literal labour of love for the co-owners who created the firm on a blind date.
Copa America limps to start line despite pandemic
AFP, Published on 11/06/2021
» RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil kicks-off the Copa America that almost never was on Sunday, on home soil for the second time in three years with minnows Venezuela as their opponents in a tournament already dominated by issues off the pitch.