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Inside a nasty newspaper war
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 19/03/2023
» They say that print is dead and local news is dying. But in the small patch of lower Manhattan that is Greenwich Village, there are four local newspapers vying for supremacy. Here, print is very much alive.
Meta axes 10,000 jobs in new round of cuts
AFP, Published on 14/03/2023
» WASHINGTON - Facebook owner Meta announced a fresh wave of job cuts on Tuesday, part of what CEO Mark Zuckerberg called the company's "year of efficiency" as the US tech sector continues to downsize.
When 'retiring' means more work
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 29/01/2023
» All Yoshihito Oonami wants to do is retire and give his worn body a rest.
The women who dress men
AFP, Published on 23/01/2023
» PARIS - Women are increasingly making their mark in men's fashion, breaking through the "fabric ceiling" that has seen the industry dominated by men, and attracted by a sector where some of the most radical changes are taking place.
Lollobrigida, Italy's wickedly witty screen goddess
AFP, Published on 16/01/2023
» ROME - One of the last icons of the Golden Age of Hollywood, Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida, whose death at the age of 95 was announced Monday, was famed for her biting wit and sensual beauty.
Did a fourth-grader write this, or Chatbot?
Published on 04/01/2023
» NEW YORK: It’s hard to fully grasp the enormous potential of ChatGPT, a recently released artificial intelligence chatbot. The bot doesn’t just search and summarize information that already exists. It creates new content, tailored to your request, often with a startling degree of nuance, humor and creativity.
Grandparents embrace digital age
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 11/12/2022
» The 65-year-old woman crouches in a field and holds up a head of cabbage. Behind her, two friends sway back and forth, cucumber and radish in their hands. "This rotten cabbage, let's pull it out, eat it, achieve some foodie freedom," Guo Yifen, the woman with the cabbage, raps in a low and creaky voice in the song Spicy Hot Pot Real Rap.
Biden touts Democratic success as US vote count drags on
AFP, Published on 10/11/2022
» WASHINGTON: Americans impatiently awaited the final outcome of the US midterm elections on Thursday, as President Joe Biden celebrated what he said was his party's success in fending off a Republican "red wave".
Taliban ban women from parks and funfairs in Afghan capital
AFP, Published on 10/11/2022
» KABUL: The Taliban have banned Afghan women from entering the capital's public parks and funfairs, just months after ordering access to be segregated by gender.
Airing the family laundry
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 14/08/2022
» Appointment day was finally here. The parents had waited for a month to see the renowned psychiatrist in South Korea about their child's issues. They entered the room, the doctor arrived, and the door closed.