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Yellow cabs are safer, study finds

by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Yellow taxi cabs have significantly fewer accidents than cabs of…

Most primate species at risk of extinction, says report

Reuters -- Sixty percent of the world's primates are at risk of extinction. That's the stark warning issued by 31…

King Kong and Tom Hiddleston get wax figures at Madame Tussuads

NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) -- King Kong invades Times Square. The giant ape is part of a new experience…

White rhino shot dead in French zoo, horn sawn off

THOIRY, France (Reuters) -- Poachers broke into a French zoo, shot dead a rare white rhinoceros and sawed off its…

Escolta – a blast from the past! (part 2)

QUEZON City, Philippines (March 7) - "Commemorate and revive the beauty of old Manila"-  that was the very purpose of…

Learning to read and write at India’s ‘school for grannies’

Deprived of an education as children, a handful of Indian women -- most of whom are widows and aged between…

Pendant device turns your voice into text

LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -- A new Kickstarter funded jewellery-based device makes it possible to convert your ideas into text. Senstone…

Face masks for kids to counter toxic city air

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- A London-based designer has developed pollution-busting face masks to protect children from the English capital city's…

McCartney gives fashion gentle leathering over animal skins

by Fiachra GIBBONS Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Fashion designer Stella McCartney claimed that fake leather was now…

‘Grandmothers’ school’ in India gives elderly women second chance at education

MAHARASHTRA, India (Reuters) -- Aajibaichi Shaala is not your ordinary school in India. The students at "grandmothers' school" in the…

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