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Reused rocket fuels space-age ambition

[2017-04-01 07:55]

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket recovered at sea from its maiden flight last year blasted off again from Florida on Thursday in the first successful launch of a recycled orbital-class booster, then capped the feat with another return landing on an ocean platform.

80 years on, Guernica still resonates

[2017-04-01 07:55]

MADRID - Close to 80 years ago, Picasso painted Guernica in a Paris attic, a haunting work of art that has become a universal howl against the ravages of war, from 1937 Spain to 2017 Syria.

Cuba's digital drive gathers impetus

[2017-03-31 07:54]

HAVANA - A new assembly plant on the outskirts of Cuba's capital is propelling the digital dream of the country, helping it to catch up and keep pace with the 21st century.

French 'human hen' artist has a crack at hatching eggs

[2017-03-31 07:54]

PARIS - The French artist who spent a week entombed inside a rock began an even more bizarre feat on Wednesday - sitting on a dozen eggs until they hatch.

Living by the sword: Carving a nichemaking warrior blades

[2017-03-31 07:54]

NEW HAMPTON, New York - Through smoke and sparks and staccato banging from his anvil, John Lundemo forges swooping swords that look like they should be pulled from a stone, swung by a samurai or thrust on Game of Thrones.

Lights go out at historic Delhi cinema after 84 years

[2017-03-31 07:54]

NEW DELHI - After years of slow but steady decline the colonial-era Regal cinema, a New Delhi institution, is enjoying a late flourishing - just as it is about to close its doors.

Traffic 'zebras' rise to stardom

[2017-03-31 07:54]

LA PAZ, Bolivia - Volunteer wardens in zebra costume have been catapulted to global internet stardom thanks to a US talk show.

Photographers snap for cash on Bangladeshi beach

[2017-03-30 07:31]

DHAKA - Tourists love to capture the many wonderful moments they experience at Cox's Bazar, one of the world's longest unbroken sandy beaches, situated 300 kilometers southeast of Bangladesh's capital city of Dhaka.

Expeditions to send huge trash bags to clean Qomolangma

[2017-03-30 07:31]

KATHMANDU - Mountaineering expedition organizers in Nepal are sending huge trash bags with climbers on Qomolangma, also known as Mount Everest in the West, during the spring climbing season to collect trash that then can be winched by helicopters back to the base camp.

Brain implant lets paralyzed man feed himself using his thoughts

[2017-03-30 07:31]

CHICAGO - A paralyzed man in Cleveland fed himself mashed potatoes for the first time in eight years, aided by a computer-brain interface that reads his thoughts and sends signals to move muscles in his arm, US researchers said on Tuesday.

Debate escalates on Philippine 'jeepney phaseout' plan

[2017-03-30 07:31]

MANILA - The Philippines has revived plans to remove jeepneys that are older than 10 years from Manila's gridlocked streets, stirring a fresh debate on the fate of the vehicles that have been chugging around the country since the 1950s.

Scientist eyes on 'typhoon turbine'

[2017-03-30 07:31]

TOKYO - Most people look for a place to hide when a typhoon is on the horizon, but Atsushi Shimizu hopes that the fury of nature may one day help resource-poor Japan tackle its energy woes.

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