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Singapore holds first LGBTQ rally since gay sex decriminalised
AFP, Published on 25/06/2023
» SINGAPORE: Hundreds of people wearing pink attended Singapore's annual "Pink Dot" LGBTQ rally on Saturday, the first to be held since the city-state decriminalised gay sex last year.
Resource-starved Singapore turns sewage into ultra-clean water
AFP, Published on 10/08/2021
» SINGAPORE: Giant pumps whir deep underground at a plant in Singapore that helps transform sewage into water so clean it is fit for human consumption while reducing ocean pollution.
Questions about AstraZeneca jab linger
AFP, Published on 05/04/2021
» PARIS: Persistent questions on whether rare but serious blood clots among those getting the AstraZeneca jab against Covid-19 are more frequent than in the general population, and what causes them if they are, have continued to undermine confidence in the beleaguered vaccine.
Chinese lander returns to Earth with Moon rocks
AFP, Published on 17/12/2020
» BEIJING: An unmanned Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the Moon returned safely to Earth early Thursday, completing the first mission in four decades to collect lunar samples.
Summer unlikely to curb coronavirus pandemic growth
AFP, Published on 19/05/2020
» WASHINGTON: The higher summer temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere are unlikely to significantly limit the growth of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Princeton University study published Monday in the journal Science.
I.M. Pei, a pillar of modern architecture, dies at 102
AFP, Published on 17/05/2019
» NEW YORK: I.M. Pei, the preeminent US architect who forged a distinct brand of modern building design with his sharp lines and stark structures, has died in New York, his sons' architecture firm said Thursday. He was 102 years old.
I.M. Pei, a pillar of modern architecture, dies at 102
AFP, Published on 17/05/2019
» NEW YORK - I.M. Pei, the preeminent US architect who forged a distinct brand of modern building design with his sharp lines and stark structures, has died, his sons' architecture firm said Thursday. He was 102 years old.
From outrage to icon: Paris marks 30 years of Louvre's pyramid
AFP, Published on 28/03/2019
» PARIS - It was once decried as an architectural "obscenity", but as the Louvre's glass pyramid turns 30 on Friday, it has become a cherished icon of the French capital.
'Gangster' Peppa back in China's good graces in Year of the Pig
AFP, Published on 03/02/2019
» BEIJING - Roasted as a subversive symbol and chopped from a video streaming website in China, it seemed Peppa Pig, the loveable but imperious British cartoon character, faced a bleak future in the Communist-led country.