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Facebook users will be able to have up to five profiles 14 Jul 2022 - 09:50 pm

Meta Platforms Inc. will start letting more users create multiple profiles with their Facebook accounts, the company’s latest attempt to encourage posting and...

For love of mangroves, man hauls 10 tonnes of trash from Florida Keys 14 Jul 2022 - 08:08 pm

KEY BISCAYNE: After years of watching trash build up in mangroves on the Florida Keys off his native Miami, Andrew Otazo began hauling...

Twitter now back up in Qatar after short global outage 14 Jul 2022 - 03:53 pm

Doha: Twitter is now back up and running in Qatar after many users around the world reported outage on its website and application....

Twitter is down in Qatar due to widespread global outage 14 Jul 2022 - 03:18 pm

Doha: Many users reported that Twitter app and website are down in Qatar and also in many parts of the world. According to...

Hidden Van Gogh self-portrait found behind painting in Scotland 14 Jul 2022 - 01:52 pm

LONDON: A self-portrait of Dutch post-Impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh has been uncovered hidden behind one of his paintings. National Galleries of Scotland...

Cyprus launches first underwater archaeological park at ancient port 14 Jul 2022 - 11:42 am

LIMASSOL, Cyprus: Cyprus has opened its first underwater archaeological park, offering visitors a glimpse of history at one of the eastern Mediterranean's best...

OMODA adopts new design concept, deeply integrating surrealism and arts 14 Jul 2022 - 08:39 am

Doha: OMODA, the first SUV model of Chery Automobile targeted towards the global market, is also the first new model developed under the...

Netflix names Microsoft as partner for ad-supported subscription plan 13 Jul 2022 - 10:02 pm

Netflix Inc said on Wednesday it has selected Microsoft Corp as technology and sales partner for its planned ad-supported subscription offering, as the...

Cat on the lam: Pet caught after weeks on the run at airport 13 Jul 2022 - 09:26 pm

BOSTON: A family's beloved pet cat that's been dodging airport personnel, airline employees, and animal experts since escaping from a pet carrier at...

Sardinian farmers suffer worst locust invasion in over 30 years 13 Jul 2022 - 02:11 pm

MILAN: When farmer Rita Tolu saw "a big black wave storming across the horizon and taking over the fields" in April, she knew...

Surfing scientists hunt microplastics off Spanish beaches 13 Jul 2022 - 01:39 pm

BARCELONA: Mounted on paddle boards or kayaks with special trawling nets attached to them, scientists and volunteers crisscross the waters just off Barcelona's...

FACTBOX-Monkeypox cases around the world 13 Jul 2022 - 01:35 pm

Around 60 countries in which monkeypox is not endemic have reported outbreaks of the viral disease as confirmed cases cross 10,400. Monkeypox, which...

Japanese horseradish farmers fear for future amid climate change 12 Jul 2022 - 09:41 pm

TOKYO: Masahiro Hoshina, a Japanese farmer, starts worrying about typhoon season months before it begins, haunted by memories of the heavy rains and...

Primatologist Jane Goodall gets Barbie doll in her likeness 12 Jul 2022 - 09:31 pm

LONDON: British primatologist Jane Goodall has got a Barbie in her likeness, fulfilling a longtime wish of having her own doll to inspire...

NASA’s Webb Telescope from high perch gives deepest look at universe 12 Jul 2022 - 07:49 pm

The James Webb Space Telescope, from its celestial perch almost 1 million miles from Earth, is giving humanity its deepest look ever into...

Science offers basis for national climate damage claims: Study 12 Jul 2022 - 05:21 pm

A scientific basis exists to calculate how much one country's carbon emissions have damaged the economy of another, a study said on Tuesday...

Chinese scientists develop robot fish that gobble up microplastics 12 Jul 2022 - 02:44 pm

BEIJING: Robot fish that "eat" microplastics may one day help to clean up the world's polluted oceans, says a team of Chinese scientists...

Cuban sea turtles can't escape climate change, even on these far-flung beaches 12 Jul 2022 - 02:40 pm

GUANAHACABIBES PENINSULA, Cuba: On Cuba's far-flung Guanahacabibes peninsula, park guard Roberto Varela watches as a green sea turtle lumbers ashore and a ritual...