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Painting stripes on cows to lizards' pizza pick: Ig Nobel winners
AFP, Published on 20/09/2025
» PARIS - Painting zebra stripes on cows to fend off flies, lizards' favourite pizza toppings and how booze helps you speak another language: these were some of the winners at the Ig Nobel prizes, which celebrate the sillier side of science.
Trump admin sows doubt over vaccines in 'Make America Healthy Again' report
AFP, Published on 23/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - A highly anticipated White House report outlining Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s agenda devotes significant space to raising alarm over vaccines, while touching on environmental and nutrition concerns that remain at odds with broader administration actions.
Trump admin axes safeguards against 'forever chemicals' in drinking water
AFP, Published on 15/05/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's administration on Wednesday moved to scrap limits on several toxic "forever chemicals" in drinking water, reversing what had been hailed as a landmark public health victory.
CES gadget gala looks to shake off economic gloom
AFP, Published on 05/01/2023
» LAS VEGAS - The annual CES consumer electronics extravaganza throws open its doors in Las Vegas on Thursday as the industry looks to the latest innovations to help cure the pain from an ailing global economy.
Ikea France faces verdict over employee spying claims
AFP, Published on 15/06/2021
» PARIS: A French court is to rule Tuesday on claims Swedish furniture giant Ikea set up an elaborate system to illegally spy on hundreds of employees and job applicants from 2009 to 2012, using private detectives as well as police.
'It's a sin': Cambodia's brutal and shadowy dog meat trade
AFP, Published on 11/11/2019
» SIEM REAP: Cambodia: Cambodian dog meat traders drown, strangle and stab thousands of canines a day in a shadowy but sprawling business that traumatises workers and exposes them to deadly health risks like rabies.
Amazon 'Prime Day' phenomenon spawns imitators
AFP, Published on 13/07/2019
» WASHINGTON: It started as a simple sales promotion, but Amazon's Prime Day has now morphed into a major phenomenon joined by scores of retailers jockeying with the US colossus for a bigger slice of the e-commerce pie.
Ikea bets big on India but keeps meatballs off the menu
AFP, Published on 24/06/2018
» MUMBAI - Furniture giant Ikea is set to open its first store and restaurant in India after years of trying but arguably its most famous item is off the menu -- Swedish meatballs.