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Fake fingers help ex-yakuza lead lawful life
TOKYO, June 14: Going straight after a lifetime spent as a member of Japan’s feared yakuza organised crime mobs poses a number of challenges. Chief among them is what to do about the fingers you chopped off. For one reformed wise guy, the answer lay in thousands of dollars’ worth of prosthetics crafted to look exactly like the three ...Full Article
Art Basel takes art world by storm
BASEL, June 14: With private jets filling the air and lines of luxury limousines on the ready, deep-pocketed collectors from around the world have flocked to Switzerland this week ...Full Article
The concert that transformed Mandela from terrorist to icon
JOHANNESBURG, June 13: So revered is Nelson Mandela today that it is easy to forget that for decades he was considered a terrorist by many foreign governments, and some ...Full Article
Stellar brightness points to new class of stars
PARIS, June 13: An intriguing stellar cluster located 7,000 light years from Earth has prompted astronomers to create a new class of stars with “pulsating” brightness, the European Southern Observatory (ESO) said ...Full Article
World’s oldest ever man dies aged 116
KYOTO: The world’s oldest person and the oldest man ever to have lived has died of natural causes aged 116 years, media reported on Wednesday. Japan’s Jiroemon Kimura, who ...Full Article
World’s ‘oldest woman’ dies in China
LONGHONG, China: A woman who Chinese officials said was 127 years old — although international authorities never recognised the claim — has died, relatives said on Tuesday. Official documents ...Full Article
Can married couples work together?
Married couples find it extremely difficult to strike a balance when they work at the same place. Here are ways you can strengthen your bond. The advantages of married ...Full Article
Diet change boosts survival in men with prostate cancer
PARIS: More pest species are becoming resistant to the most popular type of genetically-modified, insect-repellent crops, but not in areas where farmers follow expert advice, a study said on ...Full Article
Global warming puts SE Asia, India at higher flood risk
PARIS: Rising carbon emissions will place parts of India, China, Southeast Asia, East Africa and the northern Andes at a higher risk of extreme floods, a study published on ...Full Article
Aging Mars rover makes new water discoveries
WASHINGTON: Scientists on Friday called NASA’s Opportunity rover gimpy and arthritic but hailed its new discoveries about early water on Mars made 10 years after it was launched toward ...Full Article