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Facebook discretely fields China photo-sharing app 12 Aug 2017 - 04:25 am
(file photo) Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, jogging in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square last year. AFP
Scientists on research vessel spot rare whale in Bering Sea 12 Aug 2017 - 01:30 am
A research vessel in the Bering Sea photographed two of the animals Sunday and obtained a biopsy sample from one.
Scientists create safer pig organs with goal of transplants for humans 12 Aug 2017 - 01:22 am
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World's oldest man dead in Israel at 113: media 11 Aug 2017 - 07:53 pm
Marco Frigatti (R), Head of Records for Guinness World Records, presenting Israel Kristal (2nd-R) with his certificate of achievement for Oldest Living man, in the presence of the Kristal's daughter (top, son (L) and grandchildren In this picture released
"hands-free" electrical wheelchair for people with motor impairment 10 Aug 2017 - 12:15 am
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It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a prehistoric gliding mammal 09 Aug 2017 - 10:25 pm
This reconstruction released by the University of Chicago on August 8, 2017 shows a Maiopatagium with its baby climbing on a tree trunk. AFP Photo / University of Chicago
Engraved prehistoric human bones show ritualistic cannibalism 09 Aug 2017 - 09:09 pm
An Upper Palaeolithic engraved human bone associated with ritualistic cannibalism can be seen in this undated photograph recieved from the Natural History Museum in London, Britain August 9, 2017. (Trustees of the Natural History Museum/Handout via Reuter
Breast milk has cognitive benefits: Expert 09 Aug 2017 - 02:12 am
Dr. Mohammed Ilyas Khan, Breastfeeding Specialist/Lactation Consultant in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Al Khor Hospital.
Thanks to Brexit, the Irish countryside is more popular than ever 08 Aug 2017 - 11:08 pm
Glenlo Abbey Hotel, between Galway and Connemara, is among the country manors that have gotten recent face-lifts. (Source: Glenlo Abbey Hotel)
Developing countries urged to act now to prevent technology exacerbating poverty 08 Aug 2017 - 10:20 pm
In this 2012  photo a man walks past an Internet cafe in Hamarweyne district of Somalian capital Mogadishu. Reuters / Ismail Taxta
Never too old to code: Meet Japan's 82-year-old app-maker 08 Aug 2017 - 07:15 pm
82-year-old programmer Masako Wakamiya speaking during an interview with AFP in Fujisawa, Kanagawa prefecture. (AFP / Kazuhiro NOGI)
How to treat figs right 08 Aug 2017 - 06:38 pm
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Kosovo Roma seek justice for lead-poisoned children 07 Aug 2017 - 11:24 pm
Jetullah Veliu, 16-years-old, sitting on a wheelchair along a street in the Roma neighborhood in the town of Mitrovica on July 7, 2017. AFP / Armend Nimani
Alcohol ban hits TB testing in eastern India 07 Aug 2017 - 09:33 pm
A patient suffering from Tuberculosis rests inside a hospital in Agartala, capital of India’s northeastern state of Tripura, March 24, 2009.  Reuters/Jayanta Dey
‘Chickens vs. Aliens’ and other modern myths by Syrian refugee children 07 Aug 2017 - 09:26 pm
Illustrations from the book 'Travelling Tales', a collection of eight modern myths and fables invented by Syrian and Kurdish children living in Thessaloniki, Greece. Courtesy Beatriz de Pina Castiglione
Google's diversity chief slams worker memo on gender inequality 07 Aug 2017 - 07:43 pm
Chief diversity officer & corporate chief of staff for Intel Danielle Mastrangel Brown speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2016 at Brooklyn Cruise Terminal on May 9, 2016 in New York City. (Photo courtesy: TechCrunch / Flickr / CC BY 2.0)
Digestive and liver clinics open at Ambulatory Care Center 07 Aug 2017 - 02:43 am
Dr Saad Al Kaabi and the digestive (GI), liver disease and endoscopy team at the Ambulatory Care Center.
Men replacing women CEOs marks step back on diversity 07 Aug 2017 - 01:47 am
“It underscores just how truly exceptional it is for a woman CEO to be succeeded by another woman,” said Brande Stellings, senior vice president of advisory services at Catalyst, which tracks diversity in companies.