Facebook said Wednesday it is rolling out globally its Watch video service, which has already been available in the United States for more than a year. “We designed the product not just in a mindless…
Posts Published by AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE
Robot teachers invade Chinese kindergartens
The Chinese kindergarten children giggled as they worked to solve puzzles assigned by their new teaching assistant: a roundish, short educator with a screen for a face. Just under 60 centimetres (two feet) high, the…
Vatican removes Pope’s remarks on psychiatric help for gay children
The Vatican on Monday rolled back on Pope Francis’s recommendation that parents seek psychiatric help for children who show homosexual tendencies. The Pope made the comments to journalists as he was flying back to Rome…
After driving ban ends, Saudi women taste thrill of speed
Donning a helmet inside a pearl silver sports sedan, Rana Almimoni skids and drifts around a Riyadh park, engine roaring, tyres screeching and clouds of dust billowing from the back. For Saudi women, such adrenaline…
Serena Williams returns in style at US Open
Serena Williams made a triumphant return to the US Open on Monday, opening her bid for a record-tying 24th Grand Slam title with a 6-4, 6-0 first-round victory over Magda Linette. Williams, a six-time champion…
Pope advises gay children and their parents to seek psychiatric help
Pope Francis has recommended parents seek psychiatric help for children who show homosexual tendencies, during a press conference on his plane taking him back to Rome from Ireland. A journalist asked the pontiff on Sunday…
With new album, Elza Soares celebrates status as an ‘incredible woman’
Time seems to run at a different pace for Elza Soares. The Brazilian samba legend is 81 but on the eve of a Rio de Janeiro concert for her recent album “Deus e Mulher” (“God…
Rihanna’s Savage and Fenty to close NYFW
Rihanna will close New York Fashion Week with a Savage and Fenty show. After taking a season off, the 30-year-old singer is officially returning to the fashion week schedule on Wednesday, September 12, with her…
Zero tolerance: no safe level of alcohol, study says
Even an occasional glass of wine or beer increases the risk of health problems and dying, according to a major study on drinking in 195 nations that attributes 2.8 million premature deaths worldwide each year…
Facebook suspends hundreds of apps over data concerns
Facebook on Wednesday said it has suspended more than 400 of thousands of applications it has investigated to determine whether people’s personal information was being improperly shared. Applications were suspended “due to concerns around the…