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Kabul woman wears armour to protest sexual harassment
March 6, 2015
Kabul woman wears armour to protest sexual harassment
Every since I was a little girl, I have had to put up with men touching me and insulting me…
Men more narcissistic than women, study says
March 6, 2015
Men more narcissistic than women, study says
Men tend to be more narcissistic than women and as a result are more likely to exploit others, a US…
Mummified monk inside Buddha statue is museum draw
March 6, 2015
Mummified monk inside Buddha statue is museum draw
A Buddha statue from China that conceals the remains of a monk who turned himself into a mummy almost a millennium ago…
Vienna again tops survey of world’s nicest cities
March 5, 2015
Vienna again tops survey of world’s nicest cities
Vienna, Austria's elegant capital on the Danube river, has again been commended as offering the best quality of life of…
Slash sugar intake to fight obesity, tooth decay: WHO
March 5, 2015
Slash sugar intake to fight obesity, tooth decay: WHO
Adults and children from the Americas to Western Europe and the Middle East must roughly halve the amount of sugar…
Report: Britain should turn to middle-aged mums to be spies of the future
March 5, 2015
Report: Britain should turn to middle-aged mums to be spies of the future
Britain's security agencies should look to recruit more middle-aged women and mothers to be new spies and should target websites…
Game makers lured into virtual worlds
March 5, 2015
Game makers lured into virtual worlds
Video game makers are being lured into virtual worlds in the hope players will dive in behind. Virtual reality headgear makers…
Health checks by smartphone raise privacy fears
March 5, 2015
Health checks by smartphone raise privacy fears
Authorities and tech developers must stop sensitive health data entered into applications on mobile phones ending up in the wrong…
Build-your-own Google handset reconstructs smartphone
March 4, 2015
Build-your-own Google handset reconstructs smartphone
With a smartphone that slots together piece by piece like Lego, US Internet giant Google is trying to reinvent the…
Singapore gains halal cred, top marks from Muslim tourists
March 4, 2015
Singapore gains halal cred, top marks from Muslim tourists
Halal has never looked so good for Singapore. A survey ranked the Asian country as the top non-Islamic destination for…