Netflix growth in recent quarter slightly misses mark By: APP on January 21, 2022San Francisco: Netflix on Thursday reported falling short of estimates on new subscribers, and predicted slower growth in 2022 as fierce competition and the pandemic weigh heavy despite hits like “Squid Game” and “Money Heist.” The streaming service ended the year with 221.8 million subscribers, just below target, after booming during coronavirus lockdowns that kept […]
Adding peanuts to young children’s diet can help avoid allergy: study By: AFP/APP on January 21, 2022Paris: Including peanuts in children’s diets early in life could help stave off allergies against the legume, which can be fatal and affect swathes of youngsters globally, according to a new study Friday. Researchers found that introducing peanut products to babies and infants, and gradually increasing exposure, led to greater tolerance for the common allergen. […]
Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision to face antitrust test By: AFP/APP on January 19, 2022San Francisco: Microsoft’s $69 billion deal to buy video game powerhouse Activision Blizzard is expected to win out with regulators despite vows in Europe and the United States to rein in tech titans. Analysts interviewed by AFP after the merger plan was announced on Tuesday said the deal would certainly be scrutinized, but likely less […]
Basketball trailblazer Lusia Harris dies at 66 By: AFP/APP on January 19, 2022Los Angeles: Lusia Harris, the only woman drafted into the National Basketball Association, died on Tuesday in her home state of Mississippi at age 66, her family announced. No details were provided about the cause of death. “We are deeply saddened to share the news that our angel, matriarch, sister, mother, grandmother, Olympic medalist, The […]
Paris fashion gets physical despite Omicron By: AFP/APP on January 17, 2022Paris: The city may still be deep in the throes of the Omicron surge and adapting to the latest Covid restrictions, but Paris Fashion Week will nevertheless launch Tuesday. The industry is determined to get back on the catwalks after nearly two years during which most brands were forced to retreat online. Despite the complications […]
Unvaccinated father in Quebec temporarily loses visitation rights By: APP on January 13, 2022Montreal: A Canadian father, unvaccinated against Covid and “opposed to health measures,” lost the right to visit his 12-year-old after a Quebec judge ruled his visits would not be in the child’s “best interest.” The decision, initially reported by Quebec newspaper Le Devoir and consulted by AFP, was rendered December 23 and suspends the father’s […]
US cancer death rate dropped by a third since 1991 By: APP on January 13, 2022Washington: The risk of dying from cancer in the United States has fallen by nearly a third in three decades, thanks to earlier diagnoses, better treatments and fewer smokers, an analysis said Wednesday. The cancer death rate for men and women fell 32 percent from its peak in 1991 to 2019, the American Cancer Society […]
Fact-checkers urge YouTube to fight disinformation By: AFP on January 12, 2022More than 80 fact-checking organizations Wednesday urged online video platform YouTube to better combat disinformation, offering to help debunk false statements. “Every day, we see that YouTube is one of the major conduits of online disinformation and misinformation worldwide,” said the groups spanning the globe, from Politifact and the Washington Post in the United States to […]
Taliban FM meets Ahmad Massoud’s son, Ismail Khan in Iran By: AFP on January 11, 2022KABUL: The Taliban’s foreign minister said on Monday he held talks in Iran on the weekend with Ahmad Massoud, son of the late legendary Afghan resistance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud, and guaranteed his security if he returned home. Massoud’s Panjshir Valley forces provided the last resistance in September to the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, weeks […]
Fire at Rohingya camp in Bangladesh leaves thousands homeless By: AFP on January 10, 2022COX’S BAZAR: Thousands of people were left homeless after a fire gutted parts of a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, police said on Sunday. About 850,000 of the persecuted Muslim minority — many of whom escaped a 2017 military crackdown in Myanmar that UN investigators concluded was executed with “genocidal intent” — live in a […]