Philips settles US sleep machine cases for $1.1 billion
THE HAGUE, April 29, 2024 (AFP) - Dutch medical device maker Philips said Monday it had reached a $1.1 billion…
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Kenya delays schools reopening due to floods
NAIROBI, April 29, 2024 (AFP) - Kenya said Monday that it would postpone the reopening of schools by one week…
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Nestle denies ‘double standard’ on baby food in poorer countries
ZURICH (AFP) - Nestle denied Thursday that it was applying any "double standard" after an NGO accused the Swiss food…
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Poland trumpets its Van Gogh, once peddled for a beer
By Anna Maria Jakubek WARSAW (AFP) - Poland opened an art show Friday to celebrate its only Van Gogh painting,…
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Cicada-palooza! Billions of bugs to blanket America
By Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, April 27, 2024 (AFP) - They're loud. They're sexually aroused. And for one special, cacophonous month…
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Louvre says Mona Lisa could get a room of her own
PARIS, April 27, 2024 (AFP) - The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, the world's most famous portrait, could get…
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Kenyan rugby player turned TikTok star cooks to fight depression
By Simon VALMARY NAIROBI, April 26, 2024 (AFP) - "Done!" -- the catchphrase punctuating former rugby player Dennis Ombachi's cooking…
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China’s Shenzhou-18 mission docks with space station: Xinhua
By Michael ZHANG A spaceship carrying three astronauts from China's Shenzhou-18 mission safely docked at Tiangong space station Friday, state-run…
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Japan anime studio draws on talent of autistic artists
By Harumi OZAWA KYOTO, Japan, April 26, 2024 (AFP) - Diagnosed with autism, Shoko Sakuma says she struggled working in…
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DR Congo accuses Apple of using ‘blood minerals’ from war-torn east
By Lucie PEYTERMANN The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is accusing Apple of using "illegally exploited" minerals extracted…
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