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After deadly floods, Spaniards fight to save photos
AFP, Published on 21/10/2025
» VALENCIA (SPAIN) - Hundreds of photographs hang to dry at a laboratory, fragile reminders of birthday celebrations and summer vacations nearly swept away by last year's deadly floods in Spain.
China orders overseas mail disinfection over Omicron fears
AFP, Published on 18/01/2022
» BEIJING: China's postal service has ordered workers to disinfect international deliveries and urged the public to reduce orders from overseas after authorities claimed mail could be the source of recent coronavirus outbreaks.
Daily tests, cardboard beds: 24 hours at Tokyo's Olympic Village
AFP, Published on 13/07/2021
» TOKYO: For athletes competing at the Tokyo Games, the Olympic Village will be almost all they see, with strict coronavirus rules preventing them from leaving the compound except to train and compete.
Pandemic mask mountain sets new recycling challenge
AFP, Published on 19/05/2021
» PARIS: Researchers in Australia want to transform single-use Covid masks into road material. In the United States, the protective gear is recycled into benches. And in France, they are reborn as floor carpets for cars.
Privacy faces risks in tech-infused post-Covid workplace
AFP, Published on 21/02/2021
» WASHINGTON: People returning to work following the long pandemic will find an array of tech-infused gadgetry to improve workplace safety but which could pose risks for long-term personal and medical privacy.
Argentine judge ordered unproven treatment for Covid fatality
AFP, Published on 12/01/2021
» BUENOS AIRES: An Argentinian judge compelled a private clinic to administer chlorine dioxide, used as a powerful disinfectant, to a coronavirus patient who died Monday in a case medical doctors have labelled "a scandal."
Can surgical masks be reused?
AFP, Published on 18/11/2020
» PARIS - Health authorities say the most widespread anti-Covid weapon -- surgical masks -- must be thrown away after a single use, but environmental concerns are pushing some scientists to question this recommendation.
Paris raves draw crowds as virus shutters nightclubs
AFP, Published on 07/08/2020
» PARIS: Unauthorised rave parties, long a fringe pastime with a hardcore techno following, have found a new fan base among young people in Paris denied a dance floor by the coronavirus outbreak.
Reopened stores bright spot for UK's stretched charity sector
AFP, Published on 29/06/2020
» LONDON - Bargain hunters have returned to Britain's beloved charity shops since they began reopening following lockdown but busy tills alone will struggle to repair the damage done by the coronavirus pandemic.
Brazilian retirement home offers 'hugging curtain' for safe contact
AFP, Published on 15/06/2020
» SAO PAULO - A retirement home in Brazil has come up with a creative solution to allow friends and families to enjoy personal contact with aging residents particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus: a "hugging curtain."