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'Snip-snip! Hooray!': TikTok trend dispels vasectomy myths
AFP, Published on 09/03/2023
» WASHINGTON: Squeezing his eyes shut, a man breaks into song while filming himself getting a vasectomy -- a TikTok trend helping dispel misinformation about the procedure whose demand has soared following US upheaval over abortion rights.
Can smartphones help predict suicide?
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 23/10/2022
» In March, Katelin Cruz left her latest psychiatric hospitalisation with a familiar mix of feelings. She was, on the one hand, relieved to leave the ward, where aides took away her shoelaces and sometimes followed her into the shower to ensure that she would not harm herself.
Stressed cruise crew face quarantine nightmare
AFP, Published on 21/02/2020
» TOKYO: The nightmare of a 14-day quarantine is ending for most passengers on the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship, but it is far from over for the more than 1,000 crew.
Owner of London Eye sets its sights on SeaWorld
Business, Bloomberg News, Published on 06/10/2017
» New York/London: Merlin Entertainments Plc has approached SeaWorld Entertainment Inc about a potential deal, according to people familiar with the matter, as the British theme-park operator seeks to expand overseas to offset a slide in tourists visiting London.
'Budapest Hotel,' 'Imitation Game' snag Writers Guild wins
AFP, Published on 15/02/2015
» LOS ANGELES - "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and "The Imitation Game" won big one week ahead of Hollywood's award-season Oscars showdown, snagging top prizes at the annual Writers Guild of America awards ceremony Saturday.
HP pays to end bribery probes
AFP, Published on 10/04/2014
» NEW YORK - US computer giant Hewlett-Packard agreed to pay $108 million to settle investigations that it paid bribes to win public contracts in Russia, Poland and Mexico, officials said Wednesday.
Secure news tip system offered to media
AFP, Published on 16/10/2013
» A US press freedom group announced Tuesday it would be offering news organizations access to an open-source whistleblower submission system dubbed "SecureDrop."
New Yorker launches online anonymous tip system
AFP, Published on 16/05/2013
» The New Yorker magazine on Wednesday unveiled a new online system for anonymous whistleblower tips, based on technology developed by the late Internet activist Aaron Swartz and a former hacker.
Tropical Joy
Life, Published on 06/03/2013
» A short trip from the centre of Chiang Mai to Ne'-Na Contemporary Art Space in Mae Rim calls to mind Basho's haiku poem Narrow Road To The Deep North. As we rolled down the pleasant path towards the gallery, we realised how art can be ironic: as it tries to get closer to ordinary life, it insists on its extraordinary quality. When it works, it leaves an impression.
Famous last tweets
AFP, Published on 16/02/2013
» Someone's famous last words are now likely to be famous last tweets.