Japan H3 rocket fails, destruct command issued
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's next-generation H3 rocket failed after liftoff on Tuesday, with the space agency issuing a destruct…
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Smiley, dimpled sphinx statue unearthed in Egypt
Cairo, Egypt (AFP) -- Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a sphinx statue "with a smiley face and two dimples" near…
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‘Rest your best!’: Pokemon Sleep game coming this year
Tokyo, Japan (AFP) -- Pokemon's last major smartphone hit, "Pokemon Go", had fans on the move hunting the lovable characters,…
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Goodbyes and good buys: Paris Fashion Week highlights
by Eric RANDOLPH Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- The womenswear autumn-winter season finally comes to a halt on Tuesday,…
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Satellites could beam poorest nations out of digital desert
by Tim Witcher Agence France-Presse Doha, Qatar (AFP) -- Only a third of people in the world's poorest countries can…
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Machine magic or art menace? Japan’s first AI manga
by Tomohiro OSAKI Agence France Presse Tokyo, Japan (AFP) -- The author of a sci-fi manga about to hit shelves…
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Ten deadliest quakes of the past 100 years
Paris, France (AFP) -- With a death toll standing at more than 50,000, the massive earthquake that struck Turkey and…
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‘Change’ for Iran women: Pastry chef rises to the occasion
Tehran, Iran (AFP) -- She could have left Iran, as many of her contemporaries did, but Paris-trained pastry chef Shahrzad…
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ChatGPT turns to manga in ‘One Piece’ author experiment
Tokyo, Japan (AFP) -- The AI programme ChatGPT has passed exams, penned news articles and produced code. So perhaps no…
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SpaceX Dragon crew enter International Space Station
Washington, United States (AFP) -- The SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft arrived at the orbiting station at 0640 GMT on Friday,…
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