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Hebrew opera takes on Israeli-Palestinian conflict at French festival 21 Jul 2019 - 08:06 pm
The Sleeping Thousand, an opera by Israeli composer Adam Maor with the libretto by Yonatan Levy, was premiered at the prestigious Aix-en-Provence opera festival in southern France this month.(festival-aix.com)
One-stop clinics, a rare lifesaver for Zimbabwe's sick 21 Jul 2019 - 08:06 pm
Nurse Angela Chikondo instructs Blessing Chingwaru, 29, an HIV positive TB patient on how he should take medication received as part of his treatment at Rutsanana Polyclinic in Glen Norah township, Harare June 24, 2019. AFP / Jekesai Njikizana
As China locks up Muslims in Xinjiang, it opens its doors to tourists 21 Jul 2019 - 06:34 pm
This photo taken on June 3, 2019 shows Malaysian tourists in the restored old city area of Kashgar, in China's western Xinjiang region. AFP / Greg Baker
From hidden space heroes to artists, 10 women written out of history 21 Jul 2019 - 06:34 pm
Mary Jackson (Photo credit: Bill Nye/NASA Langley)
ESPN reasserts political talk policy after attack on Trump 21 Jul 2019 - 05:38 pm
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Genesis is top brand for second consecutive year in J D Power 2019 US Initial Quality Study 21 Jul 2019 - 02:50 pm
An official of Genesis Brand receiving the award.
Modern revamp threatens to raze riverfront in Mosul's Old City 20 Jul 2019 - 11:28 pm
Like in Beirut, the urban redevelopment plan in Mosul risks seeing many of its families - which have lived in the ethnically and culturally rich Old City for decades - making way for the construction of megaprojects.
Vatican opens burial chambers in hunt for princesses and missing teen 20 Jul 2019 - 08:26 pm
This handout photo made available by the Vatican Media on July 20, 2019 shows the opening of the ossuary at the Teutonic Cemetery in the Vatican as part of a probe into the case of Emanuela Orlandi, a teenager who disappeared in 1983 in one of Italy's dar
Machine-meshed super-humans remain stuff of fantasy 20 Jul 2019 - 07:43 pm
Futurist entrepreneur Elon Musk speaks during the unveiling of the new Tesla Model Y in Hawthorne, California on March 14, 2019. AFP / Frederic J Brown
NASA aims to build on moon as a way station for Mars 20 Jul 2019 - 07:43 pm
A museum employee carries a life-sized astronaut cutout of NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, during the Apollo 11, 50th Live celebration at Space Center Houston on July 19, 2019, in Houston, Texas. AFP / Loren Elliott
Tesla’s surprise $6,410 price cut sparks a rant from one devotee 20 Jul 2019 - 07:43 pm
A logo of Tesla Motors on an electric car model is seen outside a showroom in New York, June 28, 2010. Reuters/Shannon Stapleton
GM's mid-engine Corvettes roar onstage to take on Europeans 20 Jul 2019 - 07:36 pm
Mark Reuss, president of General Motors Company, unveils the 2020 mid-engine C8 Corvette Stingray during a news conference on July 18, 2019 in Tustin, California. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images/AFP
War-weakened South Sudan tries to prepare for Ebola 20 Jul 2019 - 05:12 pm
A 5-year-old girl walks with the use of a new prosthetic limb at the physical rehabilitation centre run by the International Committee of the Red Cross in Juba on March 12, 2019. AFP/Simon Maina
Obesity is climbing faster in Vietnam than anywhere in Southeast Asia 19 Jul 2019 - 10:28 pm
The health risks of rising obesity result in mounting healthcare costs for treatment of chronic diseases including diabetes and heart disease, the Fitch analysts said.
Instagram expands hiding 'likes' to make you happier 19 Jul 2019 - 08:04 pm
In this file photo taken on May 2, 2019 logos of US social network Instagram are displayed on a screen of a smartphone in Nantes, western France.  AFP / Loic Venance
Air conditioning is making the world a hotter place 19 Jul 2019 - 05:50 pm
Eighty-seven percent of U.S. households had some kind of air conditioning in 2015, up from 55.6% in 1978. (Vivek Prakash / Reuters)
June 2019 was the hottest June on record across the globe 19 Jul 2019 - 05:50 pm
A Palestinian children take a bath in a slum on the outskirts of the Khan Yunis refugee camp, in the southern Gaza Strip on July 17, 2019, during a heat wave. AFP / Mahmud Hams
How to sell America on space again 19 Jul 2019 - 03:30 pm
People watch as Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft for the new International Space Station (ISS) crew, comprising NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) and Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, is transported