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Countries agree to end mercury tooth fillings by 2034
AFP, Published on 08/11/2025
» GENEVA - Countries agreed on Friday to phase out the use of mercury-based dental amalgams in tooth fillings by 2034, in a move that will change how dentistry is done around the world.
Shane MacGowan: laureate of lowlife folk-punk
AFP, Published on 30/11/2023
» DUBLIN - Shane MacGowan, the singer-songwriter who fronted Celtic folk-punk band The Pogues, was a booze-fuelled bard who performed defiant ballads of the downtrodden and doomed.
Americans seek cheaper dentistry in Mexico's 'Molar City'
AFP, Published on 21/04/2023
» LOS ALGODONES (MEXICO) - Hundreds of thousands of Americans travel across the Mexican border every year to the tiny town of Los Algodones, in search not of sun and sand, but root canals and veneers.
Hong Kong's public universities record highest number of dropouts since 2004
South China Morning Post, Published on 03/03/2021
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong's eight publicly-funded universities last year recorded the highest number of dropouts since at least 2004, with more than 2,100 students quitting school amid the double whammy of social unrest and the Covid-19 pandemic.
Fury at Singapore's weak penalties for attacks on women
AFP, Published on 24/08/2020
» SINGAPORE: Sexual harassment and assaults against women are not being taken seriously enough in Singapore, activists warn, after students at elite universities were given punishments criticised as too lenient for their crimes.
Iraq parliament approves PM resignation, protesters mourn dead
AFP, Published on 01/12/2019
» BAGHDAD - Iraq's parliament approved the resignation of the embattled cabinet on Sunday, after two months of violent unrest that have left more than 420 people dead and thousands mourning them in nationwide marches.