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China's 'art factory' painters turn from fakes to originals
AFP, Published on 30/03/2023
» DAFEN (CHINA) - Painters in a Chinese village once known for churning out replicas of Western masterpieces are now making original art worth thousands of dollars, selling their own works in a booming domestic art market.
Ukraine crews conduct 'scary' missions in aged Soviet helicopters
AFP, Published on 27/03/2023
» A HELICOPTER BASE (Ukraine): Anatoliy points to the few reinforced panels inside one of Ukraine's Mi-8 helicopters where he spends five-week shifts firing rockets at Russian positions.
German carmakers race to retrain workforce for electric age
AFP, Published on 12/12/2021
» WOLFSBURG (GERMANY) - After her apprenticeship at Volkswagen, Michelle Gabriel was a master at welding, cutting, bending and stretching metal, but just a few years later it's not chassis but software frameworks she's piecing together after a speedy change of career.
New treatment allows 4 paralysed to walk, stand
AFP, Published on 26/09/2018
» WASHINGTON: Two patients in an experimental US rehabilitation programme for paralysed people have been able to walk again thanks to electrical stimulation of their spinal cords, and two others have been able to stand or sit, according to newly published results.
Machines will do more tasks than humans by 2025: WEF
AFP, Published on 17/09/2018
» PARIS - Robots will handle 52 percent of current work tasks by 2025, almost twice as many as now, a World Economic Forum (WEF) study said Monday.