Italy swaps spleen for kidney in world first
ROME: A hospital in northern Italy said Wednesday it had achieved a world first by successfully transplanting a kidney in…
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US warns ‘aggressive’ Beijing China Sea
Washington will keep challenging Beijing’s ‘assertive behaviour in the South China Sea’ SYDNEY: The United States will keep challenging Beijing’s…
Tech staff vow not to help Trump to collect data on Muslims
WASHINGTON: More than 200 employees of technology companies including Alphabet Inc’s Google, Twitter Inc and Salesforce pledged on Tuesday to…
‘Democracy sausage’ wins Aussie word of the year title
SYDNEY: If you’ve ever struggled to decipher Australian English, then ‘democracy sausage’ – the 2016 word of the year Down…
First original Pixar story under Trump, a ‘love letter to Mexico’
SAN FRANCISCO: It is known for movies about monsters, insects and children’s toys but Pixar’s latest, very human story…
Fracking can harm drinking water, says US agency
WASHINGTON: Hydraulic fracturing to release natural gas and oil can have a negative impact on the quality and availability of…
Does Pokemon get you on the Go? For a bit, says study
PARIS: It has been hailed as a revolutionary way to get people moving, using smartphones to pursue cartoon creatures through…
GM first to deliver mid-priced, all-electric car
NEW YORK: General Motors began deliveries Tuesday of the first all-electric car model aimed at the middle market, getting a…