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After year-long sprint, Covid-19 vaccines finally at hand
AFP, Published on 26/11/2020
» PARIS - Less than a year after an unknown coronavirus that has claimed 1.4 million lives began spreading across the globe, a number of highly promising Covid-19 vaccines are on the cusp of release.
Translation tools, air purifiers: face masks go high-tech
AFP, Published on 21/10/2020
» SINGAPORE: From monitoring vital signs to filtering filthy air and even translating speech into other languages, the coronavirus-fuelled boom in mask-wearing has spawned an unusual range of high-tech face coverings.
France closes Paris mosque in clampdown over teacher's beheading
AFP, Published on 20/10/2020
» PARIS: French authorities said Tuesday they would close a Paris mosque as part of a clampdown on radical Islam that has yielded over a dozen arrests following the beheading of a teacher who had shown his pupils a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed.
New restrictions as Europe surges past 250,000 virus deaths
AFP, Published on 19/10/2020
» BRUSSELS: Belgium imposed a nationwide overnight curfew on Monday as Switzerland made wearing face masks compulsory in indoor public spaces, the latest desperate measures by European governments to fight a powerful second coronavirus wave.
Nadal into 13th Roland Garros semi-final, hits out at 'dangerous' night life
AFP, Published on 07/10/2020
» PARIS: Rafael Nadal reached his 13th Roland Garros semi-final early Wednesday with a straight sets win over Italian teenager Jannik Sinner but claimed it was "dangerous" to finish at 01:30 in the morning when the temperature had plummeted to 12 degrees (53F).
Nadal into 13th Roland Garros semi-final
AFP, Published on 07/10/2020
» PARIS: Rafael Nadal reached his 13th Roland Garros semi-final early Wednesday with a straight sets win over Italian teenager Jannik Sinner but claimed it was "dangerous" to finish at 01:30 in the morning when the temperature had plummeted to 12 degrees (53F).
Mecca reopens for limited 'umrah' pilgrimage
AFP, Published on 05/10/2020
» MECCA, Saudi Arabia: Mask-clad Muslims circled Islam's holiest site along socially distanced paths on Sunday, as Saudi authorities partially resumed the year-round umrah pilgrimage with extensive health precautions adopted after a seven-month coronavirus hiatus.
Could injectable microrobots one day run in your veins?
AFP, Published on 26/08/2020
» LONDON - Scientists have created an army of microscopic four-legged robots too small to see with the naked eye that walk when stimulated by a laser and could be injected into the body through hypodermic needles, a study said Wednesday.
Climate change on track to wipe out polar bears by 2100
AFP, Published on 21/07/2020
» PARIS: Climate change is starving polar bears into extinction, according to research published Monday that predicts the apex carnivores could all but disappear within the span of a human lifetime.
Humans on Mars? Technically possible, but no voyage on horizon
AFP, Published on 14/07/2020
» WASHINGTON: Robotic landers and rovers have been touching down on Mars since the 1970s, but when will humanity finally set foot on the Red Planet?