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Video games could improve kids' brains: study
AFP, Published on 25/10/2022
» WASHINGTON: Parents often worry about the harmful impacts of video games on their children, from mental health and social problems to missing out on exercise.
Hive mind: Tunisia beekeepers abuzz over early warning system
AFP, Published on 20/05/2022
» TESTOUR, Tunisia: Elias Chebbi inspected a beehive in a field in Tunisia, minutes after a buzz on his phone warned him of a potential problem.
'Love hormone' oxytocin turns fierce lions into kittens
AFP, Published on 30/03/2022
» WASHINGTON: Here kitty kitty...
Forget working from home -- why not live in an old office?
AFP, Published on 23/01/2022
» WASHINGTON: Blocks from the White House, an unassuming edifice in downtown Washington that once held offices used by the US Department of Justice is set to be converted into homes for hundreds of people.
Brazil football crash survivor finds new life in music
AFP, Published on 28/11/2021
» SAO PAULO: Jakson Follmann remembers the moment the plane's engine died and everything went black. Then, an intense pain, and cold rain falling on his body.
New 'Life is Strange' debuts as LGBTQ video games take off
AFP, Published on 10/09/2021
» BRUSSELS: With a bisexual protagonist who wields a mysterious superpower, the new instalment of "Life is Strange" is the latest in a growing array of video games that place LGBTQ characters in the spotlight.
Love match: British Paralympians put LGBTQ issues in spotlight
AFP, Published on 04/09/2021
» TOKYO: The Paralympics can help change perceptions of LGBTQ people with disabilities, say two wheelchair basketballers who joke they are Britain's answer to US power couple Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird.
Florida bans transgender women from school sports
AFP, Published on 02/06/2021
» MIAMI - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed a law prohibiting transgender women and girls from competing in girls and women's sports at public schools in his southern US state.
Fighting discrimination in India, one purse at a time
AFP, Published on 12/03/2021
» MUMBAI: The sound of men punching holes into colourful rubber sheets reverberates across a tiny studio in India's largest slum -- an unlikely birthplace for luxury handbags made by a marginalised community seeking to reclaim its identity.
I choose you! Pokemon turns 25
AFP, Published on 26/02/2021
» TOKYO: Twenty-five years after Pokemon first began delighting children and adults alike, the phenomenon is still capturing hearts, with smartphone craze Pokemon Go enjoying record success in virus-hit 2020.