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From exoskeletons to education at CES
AFP, Published on 09/01/2020
» LAS VEGAS - Exoskeletons to give wearers super-human strength and games to playfully teach children software skills for coding -- such innovations were on display at the Consumer Electronics Show this week.
Rod Stewart accused of hitting guard outside US kids' party
AFP, Published on 05/01/2020
» MIAMI - British pop star Rod Stewart has been charged for allegedly punching a hotel security guard in the chest outside a children's party in Florida, according to a police report obtained by US media.
For Canadian researcher, it's a microscopic Christmas
AFP, Published on 19/12/2019
» OTTAWA - There was Tiny Tim, and then the Little Drummer Boy -- but they had nothing on the microscopic gingerbread house believed to be the smallest in the world and unveiled Wednesday by a Canadian researcher.
Watling again props up New Zealand after Latham falls
AFP, Published on 30/11/2019
» HAMILTON, New Zealand: BJ Watling was again asked to steady New Zealand after England claimed both overnight batsmen including centurion Tom Latham on day two of the second Test in Hamilton on Saturday.
Audi to slash 9,500 jobs in Germany by 2025
AFP, Published on 27/11/2019
» FRANKFURT: German luxury carmaker Audi said Tuesday it planned to slash 9,500 jobs in Germany by 2025 as part of a massive overhaul to help finance a costly switch to electric vehicles.
Tesla's impact-proof window shatters during chaotic launch
AFP, Published on 22/11/2019
» LOS ANGELES: The big reveal of Tesla's electric pick-up went embarrassingly wrong when the supposedly impact-proof windows smash, leaving a flustered Elon Musk to flounder through the rest of his presentation in front of a badly damaged vehicle.
Iran marks 1979 embassy siege with anti-US fervour
AFP, Published on 04/11/2019
» TEHRAN - With anti-American slogans and effigies mocking President Donald Trump, thousands rallied outside the former US embassy in Tehran on Monday to mark the 40th anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis.
Hover-taxi whizzes over Singapore, firm eyes Asian push
AFP, Published on 22/10/2019
» SINGAPORE: A drone-like flying taxi whirred over Singapore's waterfront Tuesday, with the firm behind the test hoping the aircraft will revolutionise travel in traffic-choked Asian cities.
US makes history with first all-female spacewalk
AFP, Published on 18/10/2019
» WASHINGTON: US astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir became the first all-female pairing to carry out a spacewalk Friday, following a spacesuit flub earlier this year that caused the historic mission to be aborted.
US-UK-Japan trio win chemistry Nobel for lithium-ion battery
AFP, Published on 09/10/2019
» STOCKHOLM - Three researchers on Wednesday won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for the development of lithium-ion batteries, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.