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‘Companions’ ease pain of China’s busy, bewildering hospitals
AFP, Published on 24/06/2025
» BEIJING - At a bustling Beijing hospital, Tian Yigui hands over some of his elderly wife’s paperwork to Meng Jia, a “patient companion” hired to help navigate China’s stretched and bureaucratic healthcare system.
End of the road for Kolkata's beloved yellow taxis
AFP, Published on 17/02/2025
» KOLKATA - Kolkata locals cherish their city's past, which is why many in the one-time Indian capital are mourning a vanishing emblem of its faded grandeur: a hulking and noisy fleet of stately yellow taxis.
Trump says to declare national emergency, use military at Mexico border
AFP, Published on 21/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - Donald Trump will issue a raft of executive orders aimed at reshaping how the United States deals with citizenship and immigration, he said on Monday minutes after his inauguration.
Musk's X sues media nonprofit over portrayal of site as full of anti-Semitism
AFP, Published on 21/11/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - Elon Musk's X Corp. on Monday sued nonprofit Media Matters for driving advertisers away from the platform formerly known as Twitter by portraying it as rife with anti-Semitic content.
Grandma chimps offer clues for evolution of menopause in humans
AFP, Published on 27/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - Humans and some whales are the only known species in which females live long after they stop being able to reproduce.
'Not proud at all': Japan's army struggles to recruit
AFP, Published on 11/10/2023
» TOKYO - A recent open day at a Japanese military base near Tokyo was a fun family outing but, despite the games and snacks, the army recruitment stand was bereft of visitors.
Adopt a friend: South Korean writer's unusual route to family
AFP, Published on 06/10/2023
» JEONJU (SOUTH KOREA) - South Korean writer Eun Seo-ran was happily single, until a medical emergency made her want family around to help. But she took an unconventional route: legally adopting her best friend.
Pope opens Church meeting amid tensions with conservatives
AFP, Published on 04/10/2023
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis opened a major congress on the Catholic Church's future Wednesday, vowing open doors to "everyone" despite tensions with conservatives on issues from LGBTQ faithful to the treatment of divorcees.
Study quantifies link between greenhouse gases, polar bear survival
AFP, Published on 01/09/2023
» WASHINGTON - Polar bears have long symbolized the dangers posed by climate change, as rising temperatures melt away the Arctic sea ice which they depend upon for survival.
'AI doctor' better at predicting patient outcomes, including death
AFP, Published on 07/06/2023
» WASHINGTON - Artificial intelligence has proven itself useful in reading medical imaging and even shown it can pass doctors' licensing exams.