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Alpha males are rare among our fellow primates: scientists
AFP, Published on 08/07/2025
» PARIS - New research on Monday contradicted the commonly held idea that males dominate females among primates, revealing far more nuanced power dynamics in the relationships of our close relatives.
James Webb Space Telescope opens its eyes on the Universe
AFP, Published on 11/07/2022
» WASHINGTON - Space enthusiasts are holding their breath.
Facebook bans Olympic sprint champ for posting footage of her own win
AFP, Published on 05/08/2021
» TOKYO: Jamaican sprint queen Elaine Thompson-Herah prompted a rare climbdown from social media giant Facebook after being banned for posting footage of her own victory at the Tokyo Olympics.
UK govt mulls action against BBC after Diana cover-up
AFP, Published on 21/05/2021
» LONDON: The British government on Friday warned of potential action against the BBC, after unprecedented criticism from the royal family about its use of deception to secure a 1995 interview with princess Diana, piling pressure on the corporation as it fights attacks on several fronts.
BBC under pressure over Diana interview 'cover-up'
AFP, Published on 21/05/2021
» LONDON: The BBC was under pressure on Friday after unprecedented criticism from the royal family about its 1995 interview with princess Diana, damaging its reputation as it fights attacks on several fronts.
China orders Ant Group to return to online payment roots
AFP, Published on 28/12/2020
» BEIJING - Chinese fintech giant Ant Group has been ordered by regulators to drastically change its business model and return to its roots as a payment services provider, as the state squeeze continues on the once unbridled empire of tech tycoon Jack Ma.
China begins anti-monopoly investigation into Alibaba
AFP, Published on 24/12/2020
» BEIJING: China has launched an anti-monopoly investigation into Alibaba, regulators said on Thursday, heaping further pressure on the e-commerce giant and sending its share price tumbling.
Ant Group fiasco reflects battle for China's financial soul
AFP, Published on 05/11/2020
» SHANGHAI: China's last-minute abandonment of Ant Group's record-breaking IPO stems from an intensifying battle for the soul of the nation's financial system that the fintech giant and its charismatic leader Jack Ma helped to ignite.
Sierra Leone's secret societies mark bodies and minds
AFP, Published on 04/08/2019
» FREETOWN - Wearing a fading Mickey Mouse T-shirt, her knees hugged to her chest, eight-year-old Musu Kamara sits in a corrugated shack in Sierra Leone's capital waiting for her initiation into a secret society.
Panama's Cortizo wins close presidential vote
AFP, Published on 06/05/2019
» PANAMA CITY - Social Democrat Laurentino Cortizo won Panama's presidential election Sunday in a close race that saw a large number of voters turn out amid concerns over corruption scandals and the country's image as a money-launderer's paradise.