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Driverless hover-taxi makes first ‘concept’ flight in Dubai

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) -- Dubai has edged closer to its goal of launching a pioneering hover-taxi service, with…

Robotic fashion: Wear your heartbeat on your sleeve

by Joshua Melvin and Charlene Pele Agence France-Presse MILAN, Italy (AFP) -- Dutch designer Anouk Wipprecht has a vision for a…

Chinese solar energy company striving to reduce greenhouse emission

Dezhou City, China (CCTV) -- China, one of the world's leading countries in clean energy investment, has made efforts to…

Dolce & Gabbana’s queen of hearts and vegetables take center stage in Milan

MILAN, Italy (Reuters) -- Dolce & Gabbana, Italian fashion's most famous duo, played their trump card on Sunday (September 24)…

Christie’s holds autumn auction in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, China (Reuters) -- Christie's Shanghai auction season got underway on Sunday (September 24), with 35 offerings from the contemporary…

Helping Ponso, sole survivor of ‘Chimpanzee Island’ in I. Coast

GRAND-LAHOU, Ivory Coast (AFP) -- Ponso is the last, lonely survivor of a colony of 20 apes that mysteriously died…

Hurricane Irma reveals hometown heroes

By Colleen Knight EBC Florida Bureau BRUNSWICK, GA (Eagle News) - Hurricane Irma brought with it much destruction and damage,…

Big Western brands polluting oceans with cheap plastic in Philippines: Greenpeace

Western consumer giants are polluting oceans by selling products packaged in cheap, disposable plastic to Filipinos, Greenpeace said, naming Nestle,…

Surfing eco-warrior takes dip under Paris’ Eiffel Tower

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Swimming in the Seine in October may seem like a fast-track to catching germs, but for…

Alarm over flesh-eating ulcer cases in Australia

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- The spread of a flesh-eating bacterial condition in Australia sparked calls Thursday for more government-funded research…

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