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Zoom's Christmas gift: no cap on call lengths over the holidays 18 Dec 2020 - 03:18 pm

LONDON: Friends and families kept apart by COVID this Christmas and New Year will not find their virtual gatherings over Zoom cut short...

WhatsApp tests voice and video calls on desktop version - report 18 Dec 2020 - 03:09 pm

Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp has rolled out a beta version of its desktop app that features voice and video calls for the first...

'We made it': Iraqi refugee family is home at last 17 Dec 2020 - 05:15 pm

Duiven, Netherlands: He sought safety. She wanted freedom. They were dreams they could have died for. From a first date that ended in...

Singapore's foodie "hawker" culture given UNESCO recognition 17 Dec 2020 - 02:14 pm

SINGAPORE: Singapore's tradition of communal dining at hawker centres, open air food courts popularised by celebrity chefs and hit films such as 'Crazy...

Chinese craft returns to Earth with moon rocks 17 Dec 2020 - 11:47 am

Beijing: An unmanned Chinese spacecraft carrying rocks and soil from the moon returned safely to Earth early Thursday, completing another chapter in China's...

PlayStation 5 scalpers use bots to hunt down scarce consoles 17 Dec 2020 - 10:42 am

Sony Corp has created one of the hottest gadgets of the year in the PlayStation 5, but its launch has been marred by...

Facebook to implement UK accounts switch after Brexit 16 Dec 2020 - 07:06 pm

London: Facebook said Wednesday it will switch legal responsibility for British users from its EU base in Ireland to its US headquarters next...

Auto Class Cars launches all-new Maxus vehicles for individual, transport use 16 Dec 2020 - 11:05 am

Doha: Auto Class cars, the authorised general distributor of Maxus in Qatar, has launched the new Maxus vehicles for individual and transport use...

Without clearing any new farmland, we could feed two earths’ worth of people 15 Dec 2020 - 06:13 pm

By the end of this year, 270 million people could be living in famine conditions, according to the United Nations World Food Programme,...

Poland picks Silesia for home-grown electric car plant 15 Dec 2020 - 04:38 pm

WARSAW: Poland has chosen the southern industrial region of Silesia as the site of an electric vehicle factory it hopes will boost its...

Samples from asteroid more than hoped for, Japan researchers say 15 Dec 2020 - 03:43 pm

TOKYO: Samples of dust collected by a Japanese space probe from an asteroid some 300 million km (186 million miles) from Earth were...

AAB launches the all-new 2021 Lexus IS at ECGC 15 Dec 2020 - 09:27 am

Doha: AAB has launched the new Lexus IS at the Education City Golf Club (ECGC) recently. The event was attended by RK Murugan,...

WhatsApp recordings throw lifeline to Sahel artists 14 Dec 2020 - 01:25 pm

Dakar: Ali Traore, dressed in black, sits down to record in his lively courtyard in Mali's capital Bamako, with children frolicking on the...

Driving home with brand-new car within reach at KIA City facility 14 Dec 2020 - 08:27 am

Doha: With the launch of their year-end promotion, Al-Attiya Motors and Trading Co. (AMTC), the official distributors of KIA Motors in Qatar, has...

Flamenco artist's show 'a balm' for pandemic-weary souls 12 Dec 2020 - 04:31 pm

Madrid: Music and dance as a healing balm for pandemic-weary souls is what Spain's Joaquin Cortes had in mind for his new show...

Time is precious, says Vietnamese collector of European church clocks 12 Dec 2020 - 03:44 pm

Ha Tap Village, Vietnam: For more than two decades, Pham Van Thuoc has scoured Europe in search of historical church clocks, bringing them...

Sore eyes most significant vision-based Covid-19 indicator: Study 12 Dec 2020 - 01:20 pm

London: A recent study revealed that sore eyes are the most significant vision-based indicator of COVID-19. Researchers at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) asked...