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Chinese cluster now world's top innovation hotspot: UN
AFP, Published on 01/09/2025
» GENEVA - Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou has overtaken Tokyo-Yokohama to become the world's top cluster for innovation, the United Nations said Monday.
The trends at Paris Women's Fashion Week
AFP, Published on 10/03/2025
» PARIS - Lots of fur and leather, ever-expanding shoulder pads and shoes, splashes of yellow: AFP looks at some of the trends from Paris Women's Fashion Week, which wraps up on Tuesday.
Fecal Matter makes a splash at Paris Fashion Week
AFP, Published on 08/03/2025
» PARIS - Paris Fashion Week witnessed a debut show on Friday from one of the most unusually named brands in the luxury clothing industry: Matieres Fecales, which means fecal matter in French.
Apple to appeal US watch ban
AFP, Published on 27/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - Apple said on Tuesday it will appeal a US ban on its latest smartwatch models after the Joe Biden administration opted to not veto a ruling on patent infringements.
Apple Watch models face US import ban in patent clash
AFP, Published on 27/10/2023
» SAN FRANCISCO - Medical technology company Masimo Corp. on Thursday said a US trade commission has recommended banning imports of Apple Watch models that infringe its light technology for detecting blood oxygen levels.
Brazil's banana spider aids erectile dysfunction treatment
AFP, Published on 28/09/2023
» BELO HORIZONTE - Three decades ago, Brazilian researchers began studying a curious side effect from banana spider bites: the toxin left victims with priapism, a painful and persistent erection.
Chip war and censorship hobble Chinese tech giants in chatbot race
AFP, Published on 22/03/2023
» BEIJING - Search giant Baidu's lacklustre unveiling of its chatbot exposed gaps in China's race to rival ChatGPT, as censorship and a US squeeze on chip imports have hamstrung the country's artificial intelligence ambitions.
MEP in Qatar-linked graft case protests innocence
AFP, Published on 22/12/2022
» BRUSSELS: The Greek MEP at the centre of a graft scandal linked to alleged bribes from Qatar rocking the European Parliament insisted she was innocent on Thursday and asked to be released from pre-trial detention.
MEP in Qatar-linked graft case protests innocence
AFP, Published on 22/12/2022
» BRUSSELS: A Greek MEP at the centre of a graft scandal rocking the European Parliament and linked to Qatar protested her innocence in a Belgian court on Thursday and asked to be released from detention.
EU starts WTO action against China over Lithuania, patents
AFP, Published on 07/12/2022
» BRUSSELS - The EU on Wednesday escalated disputes with China to the WTO, requesting panels be assembled to hear two cases, one over trade restrictions on Lithuania and the other on legal recourses for EU patent holders.