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Beijing spurs consumption following optimized COVID response
Published on 16/01/2023
» BEIJING: Beijing has set a GDP growth target of over 4.5 percent for 2023, vowing to further spur consumption amid its efforts to facilitate growth recovery, said the city's acting mayor Yin Yong.
Disney's Mickey Mouse cartoon will soon be public property
Published on 28/12/2022
» LOS ANGELES: There is nothing soft and cuddly about the way The Walt Disney Co. protects the characters it brings to life.
New Italian government seeks to raise cash ceiling
AFP, Published on 28/10/2022
» ROME - Cash is king in Italy, and the debate over limiting payments in notes and coins is heating up again under the country's new right-wing government.
EU agrees single charger standard, in blow to Apple
AFP, Published on 08/06/2022
» BRUSSELS - European officials on Tuesday agreed the text of a proposed EU law imposing a standard charger for smartphones, tablets and laptops sold in the bloc, in a blow to Apple.
EU agrees deal to tame internet 'Wild West'
AFP, Published on 23/04/2022
» BRUSSELS - The European Union early Saturday finalised new legislation to require Big Tech to remove harmful content, the bloc's latest move to rein in the world's online giants.
Coughing up for justice
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 10/04/2022
» Last January, Carla Davis was on LinkedIn when she saw an intriguing post: "Identify the Victim of 1978 Tennessee Murder."
Deal-maker Trump still rakes it in
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 27/02/2022
» In early December, Donald Trump put on a tuxedo and boarded the private jet of a scrap-metal magnate and crypto-miner for a short flight across Florida, touching down at an airport in Naples. There, a long red carpet marked the pathway into a Christmas-decorated hangar filled with supporters of Mr Trump who had paid US$10,000 (323,400 baht) to $30,000 for the privilege of attending a party and taking a photo with him.
Swiss vote on banning tobacco advertising, animal testing
AFP, Published on 13/02/2022
» GENEVA: The Swiss were voting Sunday on whether to ban almost all advertising of tobacco products and separately on a blanket ban on all animal testing.
Coming soon: police body cams with facial recognition
AFP, Published on 23/01/2022
» Twenty years after he planned the controversial barrier between Israel and Palestinians, Dany Tirza is developing a security tool that requires no cement: body cameras with facial recognition technology.
Body-monitoring tech trend comes with concerns
AFP, Published on 12/01/2022
» LAS VEGAS - A ring shimmers on display at the Consumer Electronics Show, but this is no mere piece of jewelry -- it's packed with sensors capable of detecting body temperature, respiration and much more.