Sun 04 August 2019: ELDERLY drivers risk fatal injuries by using pillows as back support when behind the wheel. Popular cushions used by Brits can affect the body’s position in the seat and cause life-threatening damage in a crash. A recent study by Neuroscience Research Australia revealed car accessories, such as neck and back pillows, […]
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Fri 02 August 2019: A petition calling for a ban on importing life-size sex dolls into South Korea has gathered nearly a quarter million signatures as of Friday, passing a threshold that requires the president’s office to respond to the matter. While sex dolls are not illegal in South Korea, government customs agencies had blocked […]
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Thu 01 August 2019: Cafe spending blamed for family break-up amid tough reforms Cairo: Egypt’s Suez Canal province of Al Esmailia has started enforcing an order obliging coffee shops to close by midnight in an attempt to curtail high divorce rates, Egyptian media reported on Wednesday. Earlier this week, the province’s Governor Maj. Gen. Hamdi […]
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Wed 31 July 2019: The restaurant serves mopane worm polenta fries, and black fly larvae chickpea croquettes Cape Town: Mopane worms are a traditional snack in South Africa, but a Cape Town restaurant is set to crawl into the history books as the first to serve a full menu of bug-infused delicacies. The Insect Experience, […]
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Sun 28 July 2019: Former model Elizabeth Hoad has given up on men after 220 failed dates — and is going to “marry” her dog. Elizabeth, 49, hopes to persuade a priest at her local Catholic church to bless her union with six-year-old Golden Retriever Logan. She will wear a wedding ring and Logan a […]
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Wed 24 July 2019: From an egg to another, birds’ chicks seem to communicate with each other, even before hatch, through “vibration”, a previously unknown method. In a study published Monday in the Nature Ecology & Evolution journal, Spanish researchers found during experiments involving unhatched Mediterranean gull chicks that eggs receive warning sounds usually emitted […]
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Wed 24 July 2019: A pair of 1972 running shoes, one of the first pairs made by Nike Inc, sold for $437,500 on Tuesday, shattering the record for a pair of sneakers at public auction. The so-called Nike “Moon Shoe,” designed by Nike co-founder and track coach Bill Bowerman for runners at the 1972 Olympics […]
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Sun 21 July 2019: Increased screen time on social media and TV linked to depression, but playing video games make ‘one more happy’. A new Canadian study has drawn a link between social media screen time and depression in teenagers. Researchers studied the behavioural habits of 3,800 students, grades 7-10, from 31 Montreal schools beginning in 2012. […]
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Tue 16 July 2019: At least eight youngsters have been rushed to hospital after swallowing the toy A UAE doctor has called for a ban on a popular magnetic toy after more than half a dozen children suffered serious injuries swallowing them. Dr Iftikhar Jan, chief of paediatric surgery at Mafraq Hospital in Abu […]
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Sun 14 July 2019: Despite the endless love and joy, being new parents is extremely difficult and can be overwhelming when a newborn needs all the time and attention parents can give. In these life-challenging circumstances, they forget about self-care, sleep, food and social life. Fathers are now taking up more childcare chores, so that […]
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