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France’s President Macron tests positive for Covid

It said the president took a test “as soon as the first symptoms appeared.” The brief statement did not say…

4 years ago

Qatar wins bid to host Asian Games 2030

Qatar has won a bid to host the upcoming Asian Games in 2030, amid stiff competition from other neighbouring countries to host…

4 years ago

11-year-old Alinah couldn’t answer this Rs 25 lakh question on KBC 12. Can you?

The November 15 episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati 12 welcomed 11-year-old Alinah Patel to the hot seat opposite host Amitabh…

4 years ago

Google, Gmail, YouTube down in massive outage worldwide

Google service abruptly went down on Monday evening, impacting hundreds of users. Among the services that were disrupted at the…

4 years ago

Four lions test positive for COVID-19 at Barcelona Zoo

The infection in three female cats and one male is only the second documented case of the coronavirus in big…

4 years ago

Completely driverless cars are being tested in China for the first time

Driverless “stress tests” to see how the vehicle performs in various road situations were conducted over the past six months,…

4 years ago

The ‘virtual nannies’ looking after kids via Zoom

Richard Conway says that many people were not convinced by his idea for "virtual nannies" - whereby the childminder is…

4 years ago

Karwa launches app-enabled e-scooter services at The Pearl-Qatar

Users will have to download the Falcon Ride app to unlock the scooters and they will be charged QR2 for…

4 years ago

Why Covid may mean more facial recognition tech

His iPhone started having trouble recognising his face, which is how he preferred to unlock the device when out and…

4 years ago

Tracey Emin on bladder cancer: ‘Art kept me alive’

One of Britain's most celebrated artists, Tracey Emin, has told the BBC "art kept her alive" after being diagnosed with…

4 years ago