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Oil, gas firms use Ukraine war to resist climate efforts: report
AFP, Published on 25/05/2022
» PARIS - US oil and gas firms took advantage of energy worries over the Ukraine war to push their fossil fuel products and resist climate change regulatory measures, an analysis showed on Wednesday.
Fact check: Climate change myths
AFP, Published on 28/10/2021
» PARIS: As world leaders prepare for the COP26 climate summit from Oct 31, AFP Fact Check examines some common claims that question the existence of global heating caused by humans.
World Wide Web source code NFT sells for $5.4m
AFP, Published on 01/07/2021
» NEW YORK: Tim Berners-Lee's source code for the World Wide Web sold Wednesday for $5.4 million in the form of non-fungible token (NFT).
Yale in academic censorship row in Singapore
AFP, Published on 28/10/2019
» SINGAPORE: Yale's Singapore college has become embroiled in a row about academic freedom after axing a course on dissent, with the controversy fuelling a wider debate on whether universities are compromising their values to expand abroad.
As the web turns 30, is it an 'out-of-control monster'?
AFP, Published on 04/03/2019
» MEYRIN, Switzerland: Thirty years ago this month, a young British physician working at a lab near Geneva invented a system for scientists to share information that would ultimately change humanity.
Bruegel the Elder masterpieces in Vienna world first
AFP, Published on 02/10/2018
» VIENNE - The world's first-ever monograph exhibition dedicated to 16th century Flemish master Pieter Bruegel the Elder opens Tuesday in Vienna, bringing together half of all of his extant works, organisers said.
Putting sex in sexagenarian: Madonna still shocks at 60
AFP, Published on 12/08/2018
» NEW YORK: Whether by brazenly injecting sex in the public sphere, adopting gay subculture for mainstream audiences or becoming the top-selling female musician of all time, Madonna has asserted an incalculable influence.
Monaco under fire after 'most boring F1 race ever' claims
AFP, Published on 28/05/2018
» MONACO: The Monaco Grand Prix faced a growing barrage of criticism on Monday after Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton described it as "probably the most boring race ever".
Yanny or Laurel? Soundbite sparks internet din
AFP, Published on 17/05/2018
» WASHINGTON - An audio snippet with just two syllables has ignited an internet meltdown, dividing social media users into staunchly opposed camps: do you hear "Yanny" or "Laurel?"