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iPhone repair fraud in China cost Apple billions of dollars: Report 10 Oct 2018 - 11:42 am

San Francisco, Fraudulent iPhone repair claims made in China cost Apple billions of dollars over a period of five years, according to a...

Ageing Japan: Built for young families, minicars attract a huge following among elderly drivers 10 Oct 2018 - 08:56 am

TOKYO: When Honda Motor Co launched the latest version of its N-Box a year ago, it promoted features on the pint-sized minicar such...

WhatsApp likely to put ads in 'Status' feature for Android 09 Oct 2018 - 02:31 pm

San Francisco: Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp is reportedly planning to allow advertisements to be displayed in the "Status" section of the app, the...

Japan space tourist says moon training 'shouldn't be too hard' 09 Oct 2018 - 08:27 am

Tokyo: Billionaire Japanese tycoon and future space tourist Yusaku Maezawa's training to go the moon should not be too tricky, he joked Tuesday,...

Porsche 911 Speedster will go into production 09 Oct 2018 - 01:19 am

DOHA: The concept study, presented during the 70th birthday of the sports car manufacturer, will be produced as a limited special edition: Porsche...

Kia Motors Qatar unveils the all-new K900 09 Oct 2018 - 12:26 am

DOHA: Raising the bar on the standards of luxury, Kia Motors Qatar has introduced the completely redesigned second generation of the Kia Quoris...

Sayonara Tsukiji! Exodus as relocation of Tokyo's famed fish market begins 08 Oct 2018 - 06:59 pm

Tokyo: Hundreds of fishmongers on forklifts and trucks rose before dawn in Tokyo to join a mammoth exodus of vendors as the world-famous...

Google to shut down social network after half million users’ data exposed by two-year old bug 08 Oct 2018 - 06:59 pm

Google will shut down the consumer version of its social network Google+ after announcing data from up to 500,000 users may have been...

Facebook wants people to invite its cameras into their homes 08 Oct 2018 - 03:55 pm

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook is launching the first electronic device to bear its brand, a screen and camera-equipped gadget intended to make video calls...

Five tips to make you a better baker 06 Oct 2018 - 04:23 pm

More than any other type of cooking, baking dishes out as much heartbreak as joy: Fallen cakes. Soupy pies. Cookies that crumble. If...

Banksy artwork self-destructs moment after $1.4 million sale 06 Oct 2018 - 12:40 pm

LONDON: Art prankster Banksy has struck again. A work by the elusive street artist self-destructed in front of startled auction-goers on Friday, moments...

French linguists want to bid adieu to 'fake news' 05 Oct 2018 - 07:30 pm

Paris: Defenders of the French language on Thursday pleaded with people to stop using the English term "fake news", recommending they refer to...

Whoopie pies are the cookie sandwiches guaranteed to bring a smile to your face 05 Oct 2018 - 10:28 am

OVERVIEW These generously sized cookie sandwiches are composed of light and moist chocolate cake and a lightly sweetened whipped-cream filling. Cookbook author Rose...

Climate changing faster than feared, but why are we surprised? 05 Oct 2018 - 10:08 am

Incheon, South Korea: Nearly every day, peer-reviewed studies on global warming warn that deadly impacts will come sooner and hit harder than once...

High-end services await visitors at Ultima Gstaad Boutique Hotel 04 Oct 2018 - 10:14 am

Gstaad, Switzerland, Ultima Gstaad Boutique Hotel welcomes guests from the Middle East providing high-end service in a top luxury environment. Located at the...

No name, no rights: the long road to Thai citizenship 03 Oct 2018 - 05:34 pm

MAE LA NOI, Thailand: When Noknoi attended high school in northern Thailand, she dreaded roll call every morning, when the teacher would call...

Frances Arnold, George Smith, Gregory Winter win Nobel Chemistry Prize for research harnessing evolution 03 Oct 2018 - 05:09 pm

Stockholm: US scientists Frances Arnold and George Smith and British researcher Gregory Winter won the Nobel Chemistry Prize on Wednesday for applying the...

British regulator toasts coffee chain's avocado-bashing ad 03 Oct 2018 - 05:08 pm

London: Britain's biggest coffee house chain was banned Wednesday from repeating an advert that implied their breakfast deals were a better bet than...