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How soon can your child get a Covid shot? here’s what we know 31 Oct 2021 - 08:42 pm

A panel of leading vaccine experts has backed the Covid-19 vaccine for kids age 5 to 11 from Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE....

Self-driving "Roboats" ready for testing on Amsterdam's canals 31 Oct 2021 - 03:30 pm

AMSTERDAM- Visitors to Amsterdam may soon spot a self-driving watercraft the size of a small car cruising silently through its ancient canals, ferrying...

MG Qatar launches all-new ‘rebellious sports sedan’ 2022 MG GT at NMoQ 31 Oct 2021 - 09:04 am

Doha: MG Qatar, represented in Qatar by Auto Class Cars, has launched the all-new MG GT, reflecting the British-born brand’s commitment to diversify...

Japan start-up designs wind turbine that can harness typhoon energy 29 Oct 2021 - 08:30 pm

TOKYO: As governments and companies globally rush to install as much renewable energy capacity as possible to cut carbon emissions, areas often not...

Rare white-cheeked gibbon born in Polish zoo 29 Oct 2021 - 07:44 pm

WARSAW: A rare white-cheeked gibbon named Dao has been born in a zoo in the Polish city of Wroclaw, moving the critically endangered...

How Apple is gaining smartphone customers during a chip shortage 29 Oct 2021 - 05:34 pm

Apple Inc is eating into its rivals' smartphone market share as the iPhone maker navigates through a global chip crunch better than other...

What's in a name? Meta Materials soars after Facebook identity switch 29 Oct 2021 - 04:49 pm

Facebook may have unveiled its new identity at a glitzy event on Thursday, but shares of a lesser-known Canadian industrial materials company surged...

Facebook Inc. rebrands as Meta to stress ‘metaverse’ plan 29 Oct 2021 - 12:15 am

OAKLAND, Calif - An embattled Facebook Inc. is changing its name to Meta Platforms Inc., or Meta for short, to reflect what CEO...

Gordon Ramsay's social media project culminates in cookbook 28 Oct 2021 - 03:20 pm

New York: How did Gordon Ramsay spend his pandemic lockdown? Getting frenetic in a kitchen, of course. The chef with a dizzying number...

AAB holds Toyota ‘Hybrid Electric Vehicle Experience’ event 28 Oct 2021 - 09:56 am

Doha: Abdullah Abdulghani & Bros. Co. (AAB), the distributor for Toyota vehicles in Qatar, recently organised a 'Hybrid Electric Vehicle Experience' event for...

Intel teams with Google Cloud to develop new class of data center chip 27 Oct 2021 - 08:31 pm

Intel Corp and Alphabet Inc's Google Cloud on Wednesday said they have worked together to create a new category of chip that Intel...

Apple adds suppliers to clean-energy pledge, including more chip firms 27 Oct 2021 - 03:20 pm

Apple Inc said on Wednesday that 175 of its suppliers have now committed to use clean energy for the work they do for...

Gabon plumbs carbon mystery of its mighty mangrove trees 27 Oct 2021 - 12:28 pm

Pongara National Park: The towering trees in Gabon's impenetrable mangrove swamps have helped to make the Central African country one of the world's...

TikTok tells US lawmakers it does not give information to China's government 26 Oct 2021 - 08:41 pm

WASHINGTON- An executive at social media app TikTok, owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, denied during a U.S. congressional hearing on Tuesday that it has...

Japan startup targets supercar users with $700,000 hoverbike 26 Oct 2021 - 08:11 pm

TOKYO: A Japanese startup backed by soccer player Keisuke Honda hopes to persuade wealthy consumers to swap their supercar for a 77.7 million...

From penny post to $8 million as world's first stamp heads for auction 26 Oct 2021 - 06:43 pm

London: An example of the world's first postage stamp, the Penny Black, is being offered at auction, Sotheby's said on Tuesday, with a...

Blue Origin, Boeing chart course for 'business park' in space 25 Oct 2021 - 09:27 pm

Billionaire Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin on Monday unveiled plans to develop a commercial space station called "Orbital Reef" with Boeing, aiming to launch...