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Google adds calorie counts to search results
Food
June 19, 2015
Google adds calorie counts to search results
A new feature launched Tuesday displays the nutritional values of popular fast foods as part of a web search.To check…
European culture, weak euro big draws for international tourists this summer
Life & Style
June 19, 2015
European culture, weak euro big draws for international tourists this summer
Europe is top of mind for international travellers this summer, with a new report showing that globetrotters living halfway around…
The world’s most eco-friendly travellers
Life & Style
June 19, 2015
The world’s most eco-friendly travellers
Brazilians have emerged as the most eco-minded travellers in the world, in a new poll which shows that holidaymakers are…
Modern-day childhood, smartphones and apps
Science
June 19, 2015
Modern-day childhood, smartphones and apps
I was having lunch at a restaurant on one fine Saturday afternoon.
Rare ancient Egyptian shroud fetches 374,000 euros at auction
Archaeology
June 18, 2015
Rare ancient Egyptian shroud fetches 374,000 euros at auction
A rare 3,400-year-old Egyptian burial shroud fetched 374,000 euros ($426,000) at auction in Paris Thursday, on the latest leg of…
China bans Ramadan fasting in mainly Muslim region
World
June 18, 2015
China bans Ramadan fasting in mainly Muslim region
China has banned civil servants, students and teachers in its mainly Muslim Xinjiang region from fasting during Ramadan and ordered…
Baby-to-baby talk could spur speech development: study
Health & Fitness
June 18, 2015
Baby-to-baby talk could spur speech development: study
At six months, infants prefer listening to each other than to adults, according to a new study from McGill University…
A year on, Islamic State ‘caliphate’ infamous for brutality
Middle East
June 18, 2015
A year on, Islamic State ‘caliphate’ infamous for brutality
In the year since it declared its "caliphate," the Islamic State group has become the world's most infamous jihadist organisation,…
President’s advisor: Palestinian unity government offers resignation
Middle East
June 17, 2015
President’s advisor: Palestinian unity government offers resignation
According to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s political advisor, Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah submitted his resignation on Wednesday. Nemer Hammad was quoted…
IVF doctors aghast at 65-year-old mum of quadruplets
Health & Fitness
June 17, 2015
IVF doctors aghast at 65-year-old mum of quadruplets
Experts at a top fertility conference are dismayed at the case of a German woman who after having 13 children…