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Brazilian skimboarder on the crest of a wave in Portugal 12 Dec 2021 - 04:04 pm

NAZARE, Portugal: Brazilian surfer Lucas Fink is hoping to enter the Guinness Book of Records having surfed a monster wave on a skimboard...

Health costs during pandemic pushed over half a billion people into poverty 12 Dec 2021 - 03:33 pm

More than half a billion people globally were pushed into extreme poverty last year as they paid for health costs out of their...

Six hours of excitement experienced by media with Lexus 12 Dec 2021 - 09:22 am

Doha: Abdullah Abdulghani & Bros. Co. (AAB), the distributor of Lexus brand in Qatar, organised a driving experience event and were honoured to...

Daughter of pioneering astronaut Alan Shepard set for Blue Origin spaceflight 11 Dec 2021 - 11:47 am

VAN HORN, Texas- The eldest daughter of pioneering U.S. astronaut Alan Shepard is set for a ride to the edge of space aboard...

Teen Zara Rutherford lands in Seoul in record solo-flight 11 Dec 2021 - 11:21 am

SEOUL- Teen pilot Zara Rutherford landed in Seoul on Saturday from Russia, the first Asia stop on her attempt to become the youngest...

Moderna's mRNA-based flu vaccine shows promise in early-stage study 10 Dec 2021 - 04:01 pm

Moderna Inc's messenger RNA-based experimental seasonal flu vaccine has produced robust antibodies against all four strains of the influenza virus in an early...

'Harry Potter' first edition sells for smashing $471,000 10 Dec 2021 - 03:02 pm

LOS ANGELES: A first edition of "Harry Potter" sold for $471,000 in the United States on Thursday in what the auctioneers said was...

Japan researchers use ostrich cells to make glowing Covid-19 detection masks 10 Dec 2021 - 11:26 am

Tokyo: Japanese researchers have developed masks that use ostrich antibodies to detect COVID-19 by glowing under ultraviolet light. The discovery by Yasuhiro Tsukamoto...

Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus 09 Dec 2021 - 11:20 pm

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorised booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer/BioNTech for those aged 16 and 17, as public...

Nike tries to ban imports of Adidas knit shoes, accusing it of copying designs 09 Dec 2021 - 08:37 pm

Nike Inc. is asking a U.S. trade agency to block imports of a wide range of Adidas AG Primeknit shoes, saying they copy...

Pantone created a new color for 2022. Just don't call it purple 09 Dec 2021 - 11:03 am

Color matching company Pantone just invented a whole new hue to become its 'color of the Year.” Breaking with its usual tradition of...

Tesla scrutinized for allowing video games to be played while its cars are moving 08 Dec 2021 - 08:45 pm

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Wednesday it is reviewing a recent software update by Tesla Inc. that allows drivers to...

'Garbo' a mesmerizing look at film's greatest enigma 08 Dec 2021 - 04:30 pm

"Garbo” by Robert Gottlieb (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Coming a century after the Swedish actress' film debut, Robert Gottlieb’s biography of Greta Garbo...

Museum to fix 'ripples' in Rembrandt's 'Night Watch' 08 Dec 2021 - 04:20 pm

The Hague, Netherlands:Rembrandt van Rijn's iconic painting "The Night Watch” will be restretched to get rid of deformations in its top left corner,...

Hyundai to invest $530 million to launch six EVs in India by 2028 08 Dec 2021 - 12:03 pm

NEW DELHI: South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co said on Wednesday it planned to invest 40 billion rupees ($530 million) to launch six electric...

Chinese sighting of 'cube' on moon rouses speculation, inspires memes 08 Dec 2021 - 10:58 am

BEIJING: A photograph of a cube-like object captured by a Chinese rover on the far side of the moon has fanned speculation over...

Infiniti QX55 makes official Middle East debut 08 Dec 2021 - 09:38 am

Doha: Infiniti has recently launched the all-new QX55 SUV in a one-of-a-kind lifestyle celebration in the UAE’s Dubai Design District. From a provocative...

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine partially protective against Omicron - Bloomberg News 08 Dec 2021 - 12:10 am

The Omicron variant of the coronavirus can partially evade the protection from Pfizer Inc and partner BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine, Bloomberg News reported on...