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World’s largest whales are mostly ‘right-handed’: study

MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- Blue whales, the world's largest animals, usually favor their right side when they lunge to…

Holocaust survivor opens art museum in hometown Vilnius

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AFP) -- Painter and Holocaust survivor Samuel Bak on Monday opened a museum of his allegorical work inspired by Jewish…

China makes progress in core, high-end electronic, basic software products

(Reuters) -- China has achieved a series of breakthroughs in core electronic devices, high-end universal chips and basic software products…

Miss India knocks out competition to be crowned Miss World 2017

SANYA, China (Reuters) --  India's Manushi Chhillar was crowned Miss World on Saturday (November 18) as the beauty queen beat…

Filipino artists compete in 20-minute live painting contest

MANILA, Philippines (Reuters) -- Filipino artists faced off in an on-the-spot timed painting competition in Manila on Saturday (November 18)…

Medical watch uses AI to monitor health

BUDAPEST, Hungary (Reuters) -- A new smartwatch health monitor uses artificial intelligence (AI) to constantly analyze the health of its…

Egyptian graduates develop new underwater robot

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) -- A group of engineering graduates in Egypt's coastal city of Alexandria hope to reach new depths…

NASA launches next-generation weather satellite

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Santa Barbara County, California (AFP) -- NASA on Saturday launched a next-generation satellite into space designed to…

UN climate envoys agree on way forward, despite Trump

by Mariette le Roux and Marlowe Hood Agence France Presse BONN, Germany (AFP) -- Negotiations to bolster the climate-saving Paris…

Volkswagen heats up electric cars race with $40 billion spend

(Reuters) -- 40-billion-dollars is roughly the size of Jordan's GDP. And that's also the amount of cash Volkswagen is going…

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