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London introduces contactless payments for buskers 28 May 2018 - 08:22 pm
Buskers perform along Sai Yeung Choi street in the Mong Kok area of Hong Kong on May 26, 2018. The road, which has been a pedestrian zone on the weekends for 18 years, will be cleared in the coming weeks of all street performers and shoppers and opened up
Diesel cars to die out in Tesla-like future, EU regulator says 28 May 2018 - 01:05 am
People look at cars in a Tesla showroom in Beijing on May 23, 2018. China announced on May 22 that it would cut tariffs on auto imports from July 1, the latest sign of a thaw in trade frictions with the United States. AFP / Greg Baker
Uber plans Paris flying-car lab as CEO sees future in 3D 28 May 2018 - 01:01 am
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Some Irish Catholics worried, dismayed after abortion vote 27 May 2018 - 10:44 pm
Messages are left at a memorial to Savita Halappanavar a day after an Abortion Referendum to liberalise abortion laws was passed by popular vote, in Dublin, Ireland May 27, 2018. Reuters/Clodagh Kilcoyne
Nipah scare: No need to panic; adopt good hygiene practices 27 May 2018 - 09:56 pm
Animal Husbandry department and Forest officials deposit a bat into a container after catching it inside a well at Changaroth in Kozhikode in the Indian state of Kerala on May 21, 2018. (AFP)
Japan keeps word, gifts Akita dog to Russian skater Zagitova 27 May 2018 - 08:31 pm
Russian figure skating gold medallist Alina Zagitova (L), Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) and his wife Akie Abe poses with an Akita Inu puppy presented to Zagitova in Moscow on May 26, 2018 during Abe's official visit to Russia. AFP / Alexander Zem
Scientists identify neurons that trigger aggression 27 May 2018 - 12:10 pm
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France weighs how to return Africa's plundered art 27 May 2018 - 09:55 am
The Ato ceremony of the Kingdom of Dahomey, circa 1934, is pictured, on June 18, 2018 at the Quai Branly Museum-Jacques Chirac in Paris. AFP / GERARD JULIEN
Learning physics may activate new brain areas 26 May 2018 - 02:07 pm
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Pair of Japanese premium melons sell for record $29,300 26 May 2018 - 12:10 pm
A pair of Yubari melons, that fetched a record 3.2 million yen ($29,300) at an auction, are seen in Sapporo on May 26, 2018. Japan OUT / AFP / JIJI PRESS / JIJI PRESS
Australia builds world’s longest cat-proof fence 26 May 2018 - 01:12 am
Representativ image (Reuters / Kim Hong-Ji)
In Moroccan desert, meteorite hunters seek to strike it rich 26 May 2018 - 01:06 am
REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: A man walking through a dried out area that used to be part of the Tafilalet oasis near  southeastern oasis town of Erfoud of Morocco north of Er-Rissani in the Sahara Desert, Oct 27, 2016. AFP / Fadel Senna
AAB launches Toyota’s all-new Camry hybrid electric vehicle in Qatar 25 May 2018 - 01:25 am
R K Murugan (second right), AAB Acting CEO, and Hamad Sharif Al Emadi, Al Ijarah Holding CEO, (right), with other officials at the launch. Pic: Abdul Basit / The Peninsula
Uber self-driving car in crash wasn't programmed to brake 24 May 2018 - 10:35 pm
File photo: Firefighters extinguish a car that police said was set on fire during a confrontation between Uber and meter taxi drivers in Sandton, South Africa, September 7, 2017. (Reuters / Sipho Sithole)
iPhone czar seeks $4.3 billion IPO to emerge from Apple’s shadow 24 May 2018 - 12:16 am
Visitors are seen at a Foxconn booth at the World Intelligence Congress in Tianjin, China May 19, 2018. Picture taken May 19, 2018. Reuters/Stringer
From carwash to care home, UK police tackles slavery at work 23 May 2018 - 11:49 pm
People hold a banner reading
Thai bay made famous by film 'The Beach' to close for four months 23 May 2018 - 09:57 am
General view of Maya bay seen in Andaman sea at Krabi province, Thailand May 23, 2018. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
American literary giant Philip Roth dead at 85 23 May 2018 - 09:38 am
FILE PHOTO - Author Philip Roth poses in New York September 15, 2010. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/File Photo