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What do we know about coronavirus?
AFP, Published on 07/04/2020
» PARIS: Just three months ago, few people even knew the word "coronavirus". But as the disease continues to spread across the globe, infecting and killing thousands, and causing millions to live in self-isolation, it has become a watchword for the daily life of billions.
Human diet causing 'catastrophic' damage to planet: study
AFP, Published on 17/01/2019
» PARIS: The way humanity produces and eats food must radically change to avoid millions of deaths and "catastrophic" damage to the planet, according to a landmark study published Thursday.
Eat, pray, exercise: Monks battle weight problems
AFP, Published on 22/11/2018
» Every morning monk Pipit Sarakitwinon takes walks around his temple and does hundreds of arm exercises, part of a new regimen aimed at shedding pounds as a health overhaul for members of the clergy gathers pace in Thailand.
'Dirty diesel' killed 6,000 Germans in 2014
AFP, Published on 09/03/2018
» BERLIN: Nitrogen dioxide emissions mainly produced by diesel cars led to 6,000 premature deaths in Germany in 2014, an official report showed Thursday, in a new punch against the automobile sector.
Sick throng Indian capital's new, high-tech clinics
AFP, Published on 19/08/2016
» NEW DELHI - For asthma sufferer Mohan Lal, regular visits to the Indian capital's hospitals were a nightmare of waiting in endless queues in sweltering corridors that swarm with mosquitoes.
Grey zone: Who will care for Thailand's elderly?
AFP, Published on 06/07/2016
» BANGKOK - As he wheels his 77-year-old aunt away from Bangkok's first day centre for the elderly, Nakhon reflects on the familial duties that oblige him to juggle night-shift work and care for his ageing relative.
'No evidence' GM crops unsafe
AFP, Published on 18/05/2016
» MIAMI - A sweeping review Tuesday of research on genetically modified crops found no evidence that they are unsafe to eat, but warned that pest and weed resistance could pose serious problems.
Bangladesh's kidney trade booms as donors turn brokers
AFP, Published on 14/10/2015
» KALAI (BANGLADESH) - After years of crippling debt, Bangladeshi villager Rawshan Ara decided to follow in her family's footsteps -- and sell a kidney on the black market to raise cash.
'Beer clubs' fuel Vietnam's binge-drinking problem
AFP, Published on 13/02/2015
» A scantily-clad deejay gyrates to ear-splitting music as the crowd of drinkers order more towers of lager: Welcome to The Hangover, one of a new crop of “beer clubs” raising concerns about Vietnam's drinking culture.
Indonesia's poor swap garbage for health care
AFP, Published on 15/06/2014
» Mahmud hauls bags full of rubbish to the small, dilapidated clinic next to a busy road on Indonesia's main island of Java several times a month.