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'Time runs away': Japan's city with a 2-hour cap on phone use
AFP, Published on 10/10/2025
» TOYOAKE (JAPAN) - Police won't be rounding up people glued to phones in Japan's Toyoake, but the mayor believes his two-hour limit can help residents find a healthier relationship with their screens.
Warren Buffett: billionaire investor with simple tastes
AFP, Published on 04/05/2025
» NEW YORK - Admired for his investing prowess and a taste for the simple things in life rather than luxury, billionaire Warren Buffett has won public affection even as he amassed a fortune for the ages -- riches that the "Oracle of Omaha" has pledged to give away.
China's Baidu rolls out ChatGPT rival to public
AFP, Published on 31/08/2023
» BEIJING - China's Baidu rolled out its ChatGPT rival ERNIE Bot to the public on Thursday, in a major leap for the country's tech sector as it aims to cash in on the artificial intelligence gold rush.
Ding Liren becomes China's first world chess champion
AFP, Published on 01/05/2023
» PARIS - Ding Liren became China's first world chess champion on Sunday after a rapid-play tie-break victory over Russia's Ian Nepomniachtchi in Kazakhstan.
1.5 million 'living as recluses' in Japan
AFP, Published on 05/04/2023
» TOKYO: Nearly 1.5 million working-age people in Japan are social recluses, according to a new government survey, with a fifth citing the Covid-19 pandemic as the main reason for their withdrawal.
Doll's world: 'Japan's Barbie' casts spell over grown-ups
AFP, Published on 01/03/2023
» TOKYO - With her wide eyes and demure smile, Licca-chan is known as "Japan's Barbie". And her appeal is spreading to all ages, with adults turning the doll into a social media superstar.
Check out the world's ugliest dog, Mr Happy Face
AFP, Published on 26/06/2022
» PETALUMA, United States: With a tuft of punk-style hair and a tongue sticking perennially out the side of his mouth, a dog named Mr Happy Face has been crowned the world's homeliest pooch.
City of centenarians points the way for China's ageing future
AFP, Published on 12/05/2021
» RUGAO, China: Gu Bin leans over a desk as he carefully adds strokes to the Chinese character for "fortune", before signing off in a flourish with his age -- 104.
Listen-in social network Clubhouse readies for the masses
AFP, Published on 26/01/2021
» SAN FRANCISCO: Invite-only audio social network Clubhouse is readying to let in the masses with the help of a fresh funding round reported to value it at nearly a billion dollars.
Ostapenko stuns Pliskova as Djokovic targets 70th win at Roland Garros
AFP, Published on 01/10/2020
» PARIS - Former champion Jelena Ostapenko swept second seed Karolina Pliskova out of Roland Garros on Thursday as Novak Djokovic set his sights on a 70th career win in the French capital.