Camel cloning craze creating beauty contest champ copies
Cloning is in high demand in the competitive world of camel beauty pageants, leaving scientists at a Dubai clinic working round the clock to produce carbon-copy beasts.
Latest
-
Japanese cat lovers donates $2M to kidney research
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 | 08:36Cats may have nine lives, but their time on Earth is often cut short by kidney problems – so people in Japan who want their feline friends to live longer have donated nearly $2 million to the search for a cure.
-
South Korea’s BTS issued diplomatic passports for next UN session
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 | 08:36K-pop sensation BTS have been granted diplomatic passports ahead of the UN General Assembly as they embark on their new roles as presidential special envoys, South Korea’s presidential office said.
+ -
Instagram seeks to curb ‘mental harm’ to teens
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 | 08:35Instagram on Tuesday defended itself against a report that the social network harms the mental health of young girls, saying it plans to play down posts promoting myths about beautiful bodies.
-
Philippines ‘learning crisis’ as children face second year of remote schooling
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 | 09:45Classrooms in the Philippines were silent Monday as millions of school children hunkered down at home for a second year of remote lessons that experts fear will worsen an educational “crisis”.
-
France slave statue defaced in ‘racist’ attack, officials say
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 | 09:43A bronze statue of a black female slave in the French city of Bordeaux, a former slave-trading hub, has been defaced with white paint in an apparent racist attack, the city said on Monday.
-
From opera stage to porn director, former singer seeks to remove stigma
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 | 09:42Seven years ago, Adrineh Simonian bowed out of a successful career as an opera singer to produce pornography instead.
-
US reality show making activism a competition sparks controversy
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 | 09:40A new US reality show that pits activists promoting charitable causes against each other and uses social media as one metric of their success has ignited controversy.
-
Dogs of war: Afghan mutts find home after missing US evacuation
Tue, 14 Sep 2021 | 09:39In a makeshift training centre at Kabul airport, dozens of dogs that were left behind during last month’s chaotic evacuations from Afghanistan have found a new home – and new handlers.
-
A billionaire, a cancer survivor . . . Meet the next four on SpaceX’s mission
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 | 09:10For the first time on Wednesday, SpaceX is due to send into orbit a crew made up entirely of complete novices, without a professional astronaut on board.
-
China finding unlikely allies with foreigner YouTube force
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 | 08:28With YouTube videos “debunking” allegations of human rights abuses and diatribes on Western “conspiracies” against China, an unlikely set of foreigners are loudly defending Beijing from its international critics.
