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Are we ready for the rise of social robots?
Business, AP, Published on 10/08/2018
» Personal home robots that can socialise with people are starting to roll out of the laboratory and into our living rooms and kitchens. But are humans ready to invite them into their lives?
'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin has died
AP, Published on 16/08/2018
» DETROIT: Aretha Franklin, the undisputed "Queen of Soul" who sang with matchless style on such classics as "Think," "I Say a Little Prayer" and her signature song, "Respect," and stood as a cultural icon around the globe, has died at age 76 from advance pancreatic cancer.
Teens use VR to capture Hiroshima horror
Asia focus, AP, Published on 20/08/2018
» FUKUYAMA, Japan: It's a sunny summer morning in Hiroshima. Cicadas chirp in the trees. A lone plane flies high overhead. Then a flash of light, followed by a loud blast. Buildings are flattened and smoke rises from crackling fires under a darkened sky.
Salah maintains Liverpool's perfect start
AP, Published on 26/08/2018
» LIVERPOOL: Mohamed Salah extended his extraordinary scoring run at Anfield on Saturday when Liverpool beat Brighton 1-0 to make it three wins out of three without conceding in the Premier League.
Villagers uprooted, highway disrupted by Myanmar flood
AP, Published on 30/08/2018
» YANGON: Myanmar officials say flooding from a ruptured dam has forced the relocation of more than 63,000 people and disrupted traffic on a major road that connects the country's three biggest cities.
Asian Games stir Indonesia's pride, boost Jokowi's campaign
AP, Published on 02/09/2018
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's hosting of the Asian Games and a record haul of gold medals has swelled national pride, providing a boost to the re-election campaign of President Joko "Jokowi'' Widodo.
Aceh region bans unmarried couples at same table in cafes
AP, Published on 05/09/2018
» BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: A district in Indonesia's deeply conservative Aceh province has banned unmarried couples from sitting at the same table in restaurants, cafes or coffee shops, an official said Wednesday.
Polar bears draw tourists to tiny village in Alaska
Business, AP, Published on 06/09/2018
» JUNEAU, Alaska: A tiny Alaska Native village has experienced a boom in tourism in recent years as polar bears spend more time on land than on diminishing Arctic sea ice.
Myanmar rejects international court's right to Rohingya probe
AP, Published on 07/09/2018
» NAY PYI TAW: Myanmar's government has rejected an International Criminal Court ruling that it has jurisdiction to investigate allegations that Myanmar security forces violated international law by driving hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims from their homes.
Anwar, seeking return, vows support for Mahathir
AP, Published on 14/09/2018
» PUTRAJAYA: Malaysian prime minister-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim said on Friday that it's time for him to return as a lawmaker, but reiterated his full support for the government led by his former foe-turned-ally Mahathir Mohamad.