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Tokyo, Jul 2 (EFE/EPA).- Years away from the classrooms due to fragile health motivated the Japanese Kentaro Yoshifuji to create the DAWN ver.ß cafeteria, a place run by robots controlled remotely by people with reduced mobility. The place seeks to help remove people with reduced mobility from labor and social seclusion. (Camera: FRANCK ROBICHON / MARIA ROLDAN).SHOT LIST: ROBOTS ATTEND CLIENTS AT THE DAWN VER.ß CAFETERIA, IN TOKYO, JAPAN.SOUND BITE: KUSUMI ATSUMI, BUSINESSWOMAN.TRANSLATION: By not having opportunities to communicate with these people, sometimes we feel embarrassed, because we do not know how far we can go asking about their illness. But by investigating, we're allowed to get closer to them. That may allow them to blend into society.
Paris, Jun 21 (EFE).- (Camera: Maria Valderrama) The iconic Paris department store La Samaritaine will reopen to the public Wednesday after 16 years of construction. What was once a popular bazaar in a 19th century art nouveau building has been transformed into a temple of luxury and beauty products conceived by luxury brands conglomerate LVMH.FOOTAGE OF THE DEPARTMENT STORE.
Masks and mandatory hand wash: At the Printemps Haussmann department store in Paris, winter sales start with staff cheering the first customers. In Paris, as elsewhere in France, shopkeepers hope to end the winter season on a positive note. IMAGES
The US government will pay nearly 3,500 federal employees who contracted COVID-19 at work. According to Business Insider, the Department of Labor made the announcement on Friday. The US government will also grant death benefits to the families of 14 deceased employees on the same grounds. More than 6,600 federal workers are seeking compensation for catching COVID-19 at work. The Labor Department said that more than 2,600 further claims for benefits are pending. The pending claims also include 68 claims for deaths due to Covid-19.
Scientists from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a robot that can play Jenga, but they think it could have more practical uses too.