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'Truly frightening': Pesticides increasingly laced with forever chemicals
'Truly frightening': Pesticides increasingly laced with forever chemicals
Economy
By AFP

Toxic "forever chemicals" are increasingly being used in US pesticides, threatening human health as they contaminate waterways and are sprayed on staple foods, a study said Wednesday. Research suggests that high levels of exposure to forever chemicals weakens human immune systems, making them less responsive to vaccines and more susceptible to infections.

In fuel-guzzling Saudi Arabia, electric cars pique interest
In fuel-guzzling Saudi Arabia, electric cars pique interest
Economy
By AFP

For Hamed al-Rafidain, a Saudi human resources worker, an electric vehicle offers welcome savings, especially since his other car is a fuel-guzzling four-wheeler favoured by motorists in the desert kingdom. "What drove me to buy an electric vehicle was financial considerations," said Rafidain, who spends up to 2,000 riyals ($530) a month on fuel for his off-road vehicle.

France quietly catches rivals in battle for data centre supremacy
France quietly catches rivals in battle for data centre supremacy
Technology
By AFP

At the end of a narrow suburban street north of Paris, a giant structure shrouded in a skin of mesh and steel looks like a football stadium, but is in fact a vast data centre. The capital region's data centre industry is already worth 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion), according to specialist consultancy Structure Research.