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Austria to vote on headscarf ban in schools
AFP, Published on 11/12/2025
» VIENNA - Austrian lawmakers on Thursday are expected to approve a law banning headscarves in schools for girls under 14, a move rights groups and experts say is discriminatory and could deepen societal division.
Israeli negotiators due in Qatar for Gaza truce talks
AFP, Published on 06/07/2025
» JERUSALEM - An Israeli delegation was expected in Doha on Sunday for talks on a Gaza truce and hostage release deal, ahead of a visit by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House.
Light or new materials tipped for Nobel Physics Prize
AFP, Published on 03/10/2023
» STOCKHOLM - Research into light, new materials and cosmic exploration are seen as possible contenders for Tuesday's Nobel Physics Prize, though experts warn it is difficult to predict a winner in the vast field.
Drugs from the deep: scientists explore ocean frontiers
AFP, Published on 03/03/2023
» PARIS - Some send divers in speed boats, others dispatch submersible robots to search the seafloor, and one team deploys a "mud missile" -- all tools used by scientists to scour the world's oceans for the next potent cancer treatment or antibiotic.
Protesters pour black liquid on Klimt masterpiece in Vienna
AFP, Published on 15/11/2022
» VIENNA - Climate activists poured black liquid over a glass screen protecting Gustav Klimt's masterpiece "Death and Life" in Vienna on Tuesday, in the latest protest at inaction over global heating.
NASA insists space station unaffected by Russian war
AFP, Published on 15/03/2022
» WASHINGTON: NASA on Monday insisted tensions linked to the war in Ukraine had no impact on International Space Station operations or the planned return of an American astronaut aboard a Russian capsule later this month.
Global law firm stops representing HKU in Tiananmen sculpture row
AFP, Published on 16/10/2021
» HONG KONG: A top global law firm will no longer represent the University of Hong Kong in seeking the removal of a Tiananmen memorial from its campus after it came under heavy criticism in the United States for helping China purge dissent, the Washington Post reported.
Sequencing, mRNA, or maybe nanocrystals? Wide-open field for Nobel Chemistry Prize
AFP, Published on 06/10/2021
» STOCKHOLM - Breakthroughs in DNA sequencing, innovative gas storage, nanocrystals or a second chance for mRNA Covid-19 vaccines? Speculators on the Nobel Prize in Chemistry are spoiled for choice ahead of the announcement on Wednesday.
Athletes anticipate duller Games but still with a glint of gold
AFP, Published on 18/03/2021
» LAUSANNE - An Olympics under the dark cloud of Covid-19 may not be the experience athletes had hoped for, but they are still eager to grab their chance to shine, be there fans or not.
Walmart says teaming with Microsoft in bid for TikTok
AFP, Published on 28/08/2020
» SAN FRANCISCO - US retail giant Walmart said Thursday it had teamed with Microsoft to buy TikTok, the Chinese-owned short-form video app that has come under fire from the administration of President Donald Trump.