Across America through the decades, children of all ages delighted in the arrival of the circus, with its retinue of clowns, acrobats and, most especially, elephants. But, bowing to criticism from animal rights groups, the…
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Parmesan makers cheesed off over US copies
Parmesan makers cried foul Thursday over the huge scale on which the famous Italian cheese is copied in the United States. For the first time, the number of wheels of cheeses made outside Italy in…
Models strut in Rio streets after fashion week fail
Frustrated over the cancellation of Rio Fashion Week, several young models took their runway strutting to the streets, defiantly showing off the creations they had planned to wear on the catwalk. The models — students…
#Travel: Mandarin Oriental says hackers stole credit card data
Hackers broke into the Mandarin Oriental luxury hotel group’s database and stole credit card information from “an isolated number” of its properties in the United States and Europe. “The incident is a direct result of…
Sony virtual reality head gear set for 2016 release
Sony was at a major game developers gathering Wednesday showing off a prototype of “Morpheus” virtual reality head gear set for release next year. The Japanese consumer electronics titan did not disclose how much it…
Study: Men more narcissistic than women
Men tend to be more narcissistic than women and as a result are more likely to exploit others, a US study said Thursday after analyzing three decades of data from more than 475,000 people. The…
#DidYouKnow: Gout may lessen Alzheimer risk
People who suffer from gout can take comfort in one thing: they may be less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease, researchers said Wednesday. The same uric acid that can crystallise to cause gout, a form…
#HappyBirthday: World’s oldest person turns 117 in Japan
The world’s oldest person Misao Okawa, a mother of three, grandmother of four and great-grandmother of six, turned 117 on Thursday in western Japan. Okawa, one of only a handful of people born in the…
#MWC15: Phone firms and the quest for the 5G Holy Grail
Lightning-quick downloads, driverless cars and remote surgery: telecom firms are racing to develop a new generation of “5G” mobile networks that could start to change the world in five years. Executives and regulators from Asia,…
Scientists trace strains of HIV virus to gorillas in Cameroon
Two of four strains of the virus that can cause AIDS come from gorillas in southwestern Cameroon, an international team of scientists reported in studies published Monday in the United States. The new information means…