An EU-wide Covid certificate for easier travel comes into force on Thursday, just in time for Europe's busy summer vacation period, but the more-infectious Delta variant is already threatening to... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged on Thursday to complete "reunification" with self-ruled Taiwan and vowed to "smash" any attempts at formal independence for the island, taking a tough line on the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Inside one of Vancouver's 25 air-conditioned cooling centers on Wednesday, visitors quietly read books or worked on laptops as the death toll in Canada's British Columbia province rose into the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Xi Jinping hailed China's "irreversible" course from humiliated colony to great power at the centenary celebrations for the Chinese Communist Party on Thursday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Former president Donald Trump's company and its long-serving chief financial officer are to be charged on Thursday with tax-related crimes, US media reported. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The UK government on Thursday will detail plans to safeguard the City of London's future under a post-Brexit agenda that requires companies to disclose their impact on the climate. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US House of Representatives voted along party lines Wednesday to investigate the deadly Capitol insurrection of January 6, green-lighting a Democratic-controlled select committee after Senate... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Pakistan would never again partner with the United States in war, said Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday and added that as a Pakistani he had never felt more "insulted" than when his... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Germany's CureVac announced Wednesday that final trial results showed its coronavirus vaccine had an efficacy rate of just 48 percent, far lower than those developed by mRNA rivals BioNTech and... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Donald Rumsfeld, the cocksure and unrepentant defense secretary who led the United States into war in Iraq and Afghanistan, has died, his family announced Wednesday. He was 88. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Two churches in Canada went up in flames Wednesday amid calls for a papal apology over abuse at indigenous residential schools where hundreds of unmarked graves were recently discovered, including 182... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The World Bank announced Wednesday it has increased its Covid-19 vaccine fund for developing countries by $8 billion to $20 billion. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Donald Trump visited the US-Mexico border Wednesday to denounce an immigration crisis he said has become "more dangerous" than ever, using an underlying theme of his presidency to rail against his... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is the "greatest threat" to America's attempt to eradicate the Covid pandemic, the country's leading infectious disease expert and White House... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The World Bank has approved a loan of USD 800 million to cash-strapped Pakistan, financing schemes on clean energy and human capital development, according to a Pakistani media report on Wednesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Donald Trump visits the US-Mexico border Wednesday to denounce what he calls a "catastrophe" of an immigration crisis, using an underlying theme of his presidency -- illegal entries -- to rail against... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Vladimir Putin told Russians on Wednesday to get vaccinated against COVID-19 amid a wave of cases, and said for the first time that he had received Russia's Sputnik V shot. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US State Department on Wednesday made it easier for citizens to select their gender on passports, in the latest effort by President Joe Biden's administration to support LGBTQI rights. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
New York prosecutors are expected to charge the Trump Organization and its long-serving chief financial officer with tax-related crimes on Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A US court overturned comedian Bill Cosby's conviction for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman 15 years ago on Wednesday, allowing his release from prison. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, clarifying his stand on ties with China, said that it is very unfair of the United States and western powers to force countries like Pakistan to take sides and... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Elon Musk's satellite network Starlink is on track to beam broadband internet everywhere in the world except polar regions by August, he said on Tuesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Hong Kong authorities have arrested 117 people under a national security law imposed one year ago, charging more than 60, mostly democratic politicians, activists, journalists and students. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said a "grave" situation stemming from quarantine negligence has created a crisis, hinting at Covid risks that could affect his rule after his regime has denied it has... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Moderna Inc. said its vaccine produced protective antibodies against the delta variant spreading in the U.S. and many other parts of the world. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Australia's New South Wales (NSW), the worst-hit state in the country's latest coronavirus outbreak, reported 22 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Wednesday as four major cities endure a hard... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced plans on Tuesday to launch a second national airline as part of a broader strategy to turn the kingdom into a global logistics hub as it seeks... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un replaced several senior officials after a "crucial" coronavirus incident, state media reported Wednesday, in what analysts said was a signal the disease had breached... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Canada set a record all-time high temperature Tuesday in the town of Lytton, British Columbia, for the third day in a row, its weather service said, as a deadly heat wave broils the country's west and... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
China was certified as malaria-free on Wednesday by the World Health Organization, following a 70-year effort to eradicate the mosquito-borne disease. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
India's Covaxin, developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research, effectively neutralises both Alpha and Delta variants of coronavirus, the US' National... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Projects in development will remove only a fraction of the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air that needs extracting by 2025 to meet the global Paris climate target and avert catastrophic... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday that Pakistan was under "pressure" from the US and other Western powers over his country's all-weather ties with China and vowed to never buckle under... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Brazil will suspend a $324 million Indian vaccine contract that has mired President Jair Bolsonaro in accusations of irregularities, the health minister said on Tuesday, following the guidance of the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Germany has completed its troop pull-out from Afghanistan started in May, the defence ministry announced Tuesday, as the US aims to complete its withdrawal by September 11. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
At least 69 people in the Vancouver area have died in a record-smashing heat wave engulfing western Canada and the US Pacific Northwest, police said Tuesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk said Tuesday he plans to invest up to 30 billion dollars to develop his ambitious Starlink satellite internet service. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden stood in an oily, machinery filled warehouse in Wisconsin to tout his multi-trillion dollar infrastructure plans Tuesday, arguing that America needs everything from better... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Netherlands on Tuesday accused Russian fighter jets of "aggressive" behaviour in an encounter with a Dutch warship in the Black Sea. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
At least six people died and several more are missing after a passenger ferry sank off the coast of Bali, Indonesian authorities said Tuesday, in the latest maritime accident to hit the archipelago. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Dubai's long-haul carrier Emirates on Tuesday said that it has flown around 100 tonnes of COVID-19 relief material, free of charge to India to help the country combat with coronavirus pandemic. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden will visit the site of a deadly apartment building collapse in southern Florida later this week, the White House announced Tuesday, as rescuers scoured the wreckage in an... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The rare and powerful heat wave that's shattering records across the U.S. Northwest is taking a bruising toll on the region's infrastructure, buckling highways, hobbling public transit and triggering... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Multiple users complained about an outage affecting Alphabet Inc's search engine Google as well as its streaming and email services, according to outage monitoring website Downdetector. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In one of the most flexible policies offered yet by a big U.S. tech company as the COVID-19 pandemic eases, Uber plans to say that those working in offices need to spend at least 50% of their time... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Two-time champion Andy Murray won his first Wimbledon singles match since 2017 on Monday with a four-set triumph over Nikoloz Basilashvili and hailed the Centre Court crowd which carried him to... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Canada braced Monday for its highest ever temperature as the country's west and swathes of the United States baked in an unprecedented heat wave, forcing schools and Covid-19 vaccination clinics to... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Diego Maradona's personal physician denied through his lawyer Monday any responsibility for the football icon's death, in which he and six other health care workers are being investigated for... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Mexico's Supreme Court on Monday decriminalized recreational marijuana use for adults, declaring its prohibition under the health law to be unconstitutional, after a legalization bill stalled in... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Joe Biden on Monday reassured Israel's president, ahead of a visit by new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, that the United States will not permit Iran to develop nuclear weapons. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A US judge on Monday dismissed the blockbuster antitrust action against Facebook filed last year by federal and state regulators, saying officials failed to "plausibly" establish that the social... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Three Brazilian senators formally accused President Jair Bolsonaro of malfeasance before the Supreme Court Monday over allegations he failed to have a top ally investigated for suspicions of massive... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Hong Kong is to ban all incoming flights from the United Kingdom from July 1 to curb the more infectious Delta strain of the coronavirus, the financial hub's government said in a statement Monday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The 193 member states of the United Nations have thus far failed to agree on a peacekeeping budget for the year beginning July 1, which could lead to "a freeze on all missions" should a deal not soon... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Pakistan's Punjab government on Monday claimed to have unearthed the network of all 10 suspects, including women, involved in the powerful bomb blast outside the house of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States warned Monday that Russia would put at risk hopes for more constructive relations if it uses its UN veto to shut the sole border crossing for aid into Syria. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Britain's defence ministry on Monday apologised after top secret documents assessing the movements of a Royal Navy warship in the Black Sea were found at a bus stop. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Xi Jinping led the applause at Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium late Monday for a spectacular celebration of Communist Party history, with China's rebound from the coronavirus given special... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Thousands of people were stranded in Bangladesh's capital on Monday as authorities halted almost all public transport ahead of a sweeping lockdown imposed to combat a deadly resurgence of COVID-19... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US Supreme Court on Monday handed a final victory to a transgender student who fought for years to use the boys' bathroom at his high school. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US air safety regulators have notified Boeing that the aviation giant's newest widebody plane will require more than two years of additional testing and analysis before it can be certified. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States on Monday strongly defended weekend strikes against Iran-aligned militias but the fighters vowed revenge and both Iraq and Syria condemned the unilateral US air strikes as violations... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The White House is working on an antitrust executive order that aims to push government agencies to consider how their decisions will impact competition in an industry, according to two sources... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A study measuring water concentration in Venus's atmosphere concluded Monday that life as we know it is not possible among the sulphuric acid droplets that make up the planet's famously cloudy skies. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Iran said Monday it had taken "no decision" to delete footage from surveillance cameras installed at some of its atomic energy facilities by the UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Russia filed new charges against Facebook, Google, Telegram and Twitter on Monday, alleging they failed to delete content deemed illegal, Interfax news agency reported. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Ukraine and the United States launched joint naval exercises in the Black Sea on Monday in a show of Western cooperation with Kiev as it faces off with Russia. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven resigned on Monday, one week after he lost a vote of no confidence, leaving it up to the speaker of parliament to begin the search for a replacement. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
China began operating the world's second-largest hydropower station on Monday in what officials hailed as a milestone towards Beijing's carbon neutrality goals, despite warnings of environmental... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Hong Kong police arrested the lead opinion writer of Apple Daily on national security grounds as he tried to fly out of the city, local media reported, days after the pro-democracy newspaper was... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Britain's senior military commanders and the defence secretary are self isolating after the head of the armed forces tested positive for Covid. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
German police are carrying out a helicopter search for a man who stabbed two passers-by in the eastern city of Erfurt early on Monday morning, police said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The world must adopt transformative change for racial justice and equality, the UN rights chief said Monday in a report on racism commissioned following the death of George Floyd. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US air strikes against Iran-backed armed groups on the Syrian-Iraqi border killed at least seven fighters overnight into Monday, sparking immediate calls for revenge and fears of a new escalation... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Abu Dhabi will use facial scanners to detect coronavirus infections at malls and airports starting Monday, after a trial of 20,000 people showed "a high degree of effectiveness." https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A pair of nude sunbathers who ran into bushland after being "startled" by a deer have been rescued, and promptly fined for breaching coronavirus rules, Australian police said Monday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Danielle Anderson was working in what has become the world's most notorious laboratory just weeks before the first known cases of Covid-19 emerged in central China. Yet, the Australian virologist... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
For over a year they have whipped up outrage against the West, but as China's "wolf warrior" diplomats are told to tone down the fury, they face an unexpected source of opposition: nationalists at... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Australia's COVID-19 response committee is due to hold an emergency meeting on Monday as outbreaks of the highly contagious Delta variant across the country prompted a lockdown in Sydney and renewed... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A fire swept through a marina in Hong Kong in the early hours of Sunday, igniting fuel tanks as it passed along a line of closely moored cabin cruisers, and resulting in at least 10 sinking before... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday reimposed restrictions for two weeks to combat a surge in the highly contagious coronavirus Delta variant. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Saudi Arabia will start inoculating young people aged 12 to 18 against COVID-19 with the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine after it was approved by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority, the health ministry said on... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
There was something fishy about the invoice: why was a company in Singapore billing Brazil $45 million for an Indian Covid-19 vaccine that hadn't been delivered? https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States said on Sunday it carried out another round of air strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq and Syria, this time in response to drone attacks by the militia against US personnel... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A shooting in New York's bustling Times Square on Sunday injured a 21-year-old bystander, police said, in the latest incident of gun violence in the Big Apple. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Israel has serious reservations about the Iran nuclear deal being put together in Vienna, new foreign minister Yair Lapid told his American counterpart, as he pledged to fix "the mistakes made" in... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
At least seven people were killed and another 50 people were injured after a powerful explosion ripped apart a three-storey building in central Dhaka on Sunday, Bangladeshi officials said, citing a... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Israel's foreign minister on Sunday voiced concern over US diplomacy with Iran but promised a less confrontational approach in the new government's first high-level talks with the Jewish state's... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The speaker of Iran's parliament said on Sunday Tehran will never hand over images from inside of some Iranian nuclear sites to the UN nuclear watchdog as a monitoring agreement with the agency had... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Indonesia set a new record for daily coronavirus cases on Sunday with more than 21,000, as hospitals are flooded with patients in Jakarta and other COVID-19 hotspots across Southeast Asia's... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A United Arab Emirates ban on entry from India, South Africa and Nigeria remains in place, the federal aviation authority said on Sunday, after Dubai had announced it would ease entry restrictions... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Britain's government will investigate how footage of former minister Matt Hancock kissing his aide found its way into the media and forced his resignation, in the latest scandal to hit Prime Minister... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Britain's government said Sunday it was investigating how secret defence documents, outlining the movements of a warship that led to Russia firing warning shots off the Crimean coast, were found at a... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Pakistan Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has said that Prime Minister Imran Khan had a "slip of the tongue " when he called former al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden a martyr. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Japan plans to ask Olympic athletes from India and five other countries hit hard by the highly infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus to have daily virus tests for seven days before leaving for... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Israel's new top diplomat Yair Lapid on Sunday, in the United States' first face-to-face meeting with the freshly installed government that seeks a less... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Around 30,000 people turned out for the annual Pride march in Paris Saturday, police said, starting for the first time in one of the capital's working class suburbs. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
British former finance minister Sajid Javid will replace Matt Hancock as the country's health minister, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office said on Saturday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Amid a renewed quest to find the origin of COVID-19, a new study shows that the first cases of coronavirus infections could have appeared in China two months earlier than recorded. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Former US President Donald Trump joined video platform Rumble on Saturday, the same day he will take the stage at a campaign-style rally in Ohio, his first such event since the Jan. 6 attack on the US... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Vaccination and safety measures such as wearing face masks are essential when it comes to fighting the Delta Plus coronavirus variant, World Health Organization (WHO) representative to Russia Melita... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Donald Trump returns to an Ohio stage Saturday for his first big campaign-style rally since leaving the White House, launching a series of appearances before cheering supporters ahead of next year's... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Iran said on Saturday it believes a reinstatement of its 2015 nuclear deal with major world powers is possible but warned that Tehran "will not negotiate forever". https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Pakistani security agencies have identified the key person behind the car bomb blast outside the house of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed and arrested three more persons in... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The British destroyer Defender, which angered Russia by sailing through waters off Crimea, docked at the Georgian Black Sea port of Batumi on Saturday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Johnson & Johnson, one of the pharmaceutical giants accused of fueling the deadly opioid crisis in the United States, will stop making or selling the drugs in the US under a $230 million settlement... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Former US National Security Advisor (NSA) John Bolton on Friday said that Pakistan is directly responsible for the Taliban's return to power. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Four people died and another was seriously injured in a hot air balloon accident in Albuquerque, in the southwestern United States, the city's police announced Saturday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock resigned on Saturday following revelations that he broke the government's own coronavirus restrictions during an affair with a close aide. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The highly contagious Delta variant is driving a surge in South African COVID-19 infections that is testing the capacity of hospitals and forcing authorities to mull tighter restrictions, the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Pakistan is seeking a "civilised" and "even-handed" relationship with Washington like the one that existed between the US and the UK or with India "right now", Prime Minister Imran Khan has said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Bangladesh has announced it will impose a tough new lockdown starting Monday, after a "dangerous and alarming" surge in Delta variant cases of coronavirus. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
NASA shared a captivating image of the International Space Station (ISS) transiting the Sun when two astronauts were out on a spacewalk on Friday. The ISS is seen in silhouette against the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
India is an "incredibly important" partner to the US in the region and globally, the White House has said, underlining that America is working with the country on wide-ranging issues like economic,... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Authorities extended a Covid-19 lockdown to include all of Sydney and surrounding population centres on Saturday as Australia's biggest city battles a surge in the highly contagious Delta variant of... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A mammoth trek across southern China by a herd of elephants that has captivated the world with their playful antics has thrown a spotlight on the loss of their habitat and conservation challenges. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Central Sydney's streets were deserted on Saturday as Australia's largest city began a week-long lockdown to contain the highly contagious Delta coronavirus variant, with authorities warning broader... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A Brazilian congressman who has denounced alleged wrongdoing in a 1.6 billion reais ($323 million) COVID-19 vaccine contract signed by Brazil's government arrived at a Senate commission inquiry on... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Rich countries are opening up societies and vaccinating young people who are not at great risk from COVID-19, while the poorest countries cruelly lack doses, the World Health Organization said on... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A group of influential US lawmakers on Friday urged the Biden administration to take all necessary steps to prevent the deportation of ''documented dreamers''. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A highly awaited US intelligence report on dozens of mysterious unidentified flying object sightings said most could not be explained, but did not rule out that some could be alien spacecraft. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Former policeman Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years in jail Friday for murdering African American George Floyd, a killing that sparked America's biggest demonstrations for racial... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A painting by wartime British Prime Minister Winston Churchill that was gifted to Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis sold for $1.85 million at a Phillips auction in New York on Wednesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The number of Delta variant cases of COVID-19 in the UK have risen by 35,204 since last week to a total of 111,157, representing a 46 per cent increase, health officials said in the weekly report... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Philippines' food and drug agency said on Friday it has approved the emergency use of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Indian company Bharat Biotech. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The virus that causes COVID-19 could have started spreading in China as early as October 2019, two months before the first case was identified in the central city of Wuhan, a new study showed on... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Details of the genetic makeup of some of the earliest samples of coronavirus in China were removed from an American database where they were initially stored at the request of Chinese researchers,... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
EU leaders holding a summit Thursday attacked Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban over a new law in his country banning LGBTQ content in schools, which they view as homophobic and contrary to EU... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A fire tore through a martial arts training centre in China's Henan province on Friday killing at least 18 people, Chinese state media reported. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday said Brazil never paid for or received any doses of a coronavirus vaccine developed by Indian company Bharat Biotech, in response to allegations of irregularities... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Australian authorities Friday ordered residents of four neighbourhoods of central Sydney to remain at home for a week to contain a growing outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant of Covid-19. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Israeli researchers said Thursday they had found bones belonging to a "new type of early human" previously unknown to science, shedding new light on the course of human evolution. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Britain said on Monday that it would not accept unlawful interference with innocent passage at sea, and that its navy would uphold international law, in a written statement to parliament following a... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
An unknown number of people died and dozens were injured after a tornado razed houses to the ground in the Czech Republic's southeast on Thursday, rescuers said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Canada said on Thursday it had found no evidence that Iran's downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane last year had been premeditated, and condemned what it called the incompetence and recklessness of... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Mercedes-Benz USA said on Thursday sensitive personal information of nearly 1,000 customers and interested buyers was inadvertently made accessible on a cloud storage platform. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States plans to evacuate at least some Afghan interpreters who have worked with US forces before the full withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, a senior official said Thursday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Russia's foreign ministry on Thursday summoned the British ambassador to "strongly protest" what it said was a British ship's violation of its territory. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A high-rise oceanfront apartment block near Miami Beach partially collapsed early Thursday, killing at least one person and leaving 99 unaccounted for, with fears the death count may rise much higher... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A Russian military helicopter on a training flight crashed on Thursday evening near Saint Petersburg, killing three people, local authorities said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden on Thursday called the closure of Hong Kong's Apple Daily tabloid a "sad day for media freedom" and said it signaled "intensifying repression" by China. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Questioning the impartiality of Nepal President in the May 22 dissolution of the House of Representatives, lawyers representing petitioners against the move have argued that her actions make it clear... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The World Health Organization (WHO) forecasts that people most vulnerable to COVID-19, such as the elderly, will need to get an annual vaccine booster to be protected against variants, an internal... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday that Canada needed to acknowledge its history of racism against indigenous peoples in order to "build a better future" after a new discovery of unmarked... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, became jammed across the canal in high winds on March 23, halting traffic in both directions and disrupting global trade. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Rolling Stones bass player Bill Wyman said Thursday has been forced to shut his London restaurant because of the coronavirus pandemic. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The UN aviation agency said Wednesday it will release an interim report next week on the diversion of a Ryanair flight by Belarus that caused a global outcry. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Brazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday confirmed its earlier ruling that a lower court judge had failed to treat ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva fairly in graft probes, a decision that could lead... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Some workers in the US will be able to re-submit their applications for H1-B visa, the most sought-after non-immigrant visa among Indian IT professionals, if their petition was solely rejected because... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The coronavirus pandemic is pushing more people into drug use, while illicit cultivation could also get a boost, the UN said Thursday, warning that the crisis's fallout was likely to be felt "for... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Britain on Thursday played down an incident in the Black Sea off the Crimea peninsula in which Russia said it fired warning shots at a British destroyer. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The world's highest luxury hotel, boasting a restaurant on the 120th floor and 24-hour personal butler service, has opened in Shanghai to guests with deep pockets and a head for heights. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Britain wants to allow people to travel abroad again for a foreign holiday but new variants of the novel coronavirus are complicating plans to relax its rules, Environment Secretary George Eustice... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Launching one of the richest individuals on earth into orbit has proved a leap too far for insurers, who are not ready to price the risk of losing Jeff Bezos or his fellow space travelers. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Hundreds of unmarked graves have been found near a former Catholic residential school for indigenous children in western Canada, local media reported late Wednesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Taiwanese edition of Apply Daily assured readers that its operations will continue as the island's government on Thursday denounced the closure of its sister paper in Hong Kong under a national... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily tabloid said it was a "victim of tyranny" in a defiant final edition on Thursday after it was forced to close under a new national security law, ending a 26-year... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Multiple users experienced a brief outage at Amazon.com Inc's platforms including Alexa and Prime Video late Wednesday before services were restored, according to outage monitoring website... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A federal US court in Los Angeles has scheduled on its calendar the in-person extradition hearing of Tahawwur Rana, the Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman who is sought for his involvement in the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Hong Kong will ban passenger flights from Indonesia from Friday, deeming the country's arrivals "extremely high risk" for the coronavirus. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Hong Kong's most vocal pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily, printed its last edition on Thursday after a stormy year in which its tycoon owner and other staff were arrested under a new national... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday will visit the country's border with Mexico, the White House announced, as the Biden administration faces intense scrutiny over its handling of an immigration... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Buckingham Palace, which has come under fire from Queen Elizabeth's grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghan for the way it deals with race, has not done enough to increase diversity among staff, a... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US pop singer Britney Spears urged a judge to end a controversial guardianship that has given her father control of her affairs since 2008 during an emotional court hearing Wednesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Antivirus software pioneer John McAfee was found dead in his jail cell in Spain Wednesday, a prison official said, shortly after a court approved his extradition to the United States where he was... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A Brazilian Health Ministry official has revealed that he alerted President Jair Bolsonaro to internal pressure he was facing to buy a COVID-19 vaccine developed byBharat Biotech, according to a... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A draft UN report on a warming planet unveiled by AFP will allow the world to "face the reality" of climate change, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg said on Wednesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Delta variant of the COVID-19, which now makes up 90 per cent of all new cases, is significantly more transmissible and more dangerous in terms of severity of illness that it causes, America's... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Climate change will fundamentally reshape life on Earth in the coming decades, even if humans can tame planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, according to a landmark draft report from the UN's... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Hunger, drought and disease will afflict tens of millions more people within decades, according to a draft UN assessment that lays bare the dire human health consequences of a warming planet. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The pandemic has helped rebuild a little of the confidence lost in the media, and pushed news companies even more towards digital, according to the annual Reuters Institute report published Wednesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A Swedish information technology firm said on Tuesday a database containing patient data, including COVID-19 test results, had been breached but it was unclear if any contents had leaked. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A group of state attorneys general may file a lawsuit against Alphabet Inc's Google as early as next week, accusing the search and advertising giant of violating antitrust law in running its mobile... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A panel of experts convened by the top US health agency will hold a meeting Wednesday to review data surrounding more than 300 confirmed cases of heart muscle inflammation among adolescents and young... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A panda at Tokyo's Ueno zoo gave birth to twins on Wednesday, weeks after news of Shin Shin's pregnancy sent stocks in nearby restaurants soaring. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Countries like Mongolia, Seychelles and Bahrain had relied on the easily accessible Chinese COVID-19 vaccines to combat the coronavirus pandemic and bring back normalcy. These countries are now... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Under a controversial legal guardianship since 2008, US pop singer Britney Spears is scheduled to address a Los Angeles court on Wednesday in the battle over her father's control of her affairs. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The first trial under Hong Kong's new national security law begins Wednesday without a jury, a landmark moment for the financial hub's fast-changing legal traditions. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A US warship has again sailed through the sensitive waterway that separates Taiwan from China, a week after the Chinese-claimed island reported the largest incursion to date of Chinese air force jets... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A new 50 pound ($70) banknote featuring the mathematician and computer scientist Alan Turing enters circulation in Britain on Wednesday, three months after the Bank of England first unveiled the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Brazilian federal prosecutors have opened an investigation into a contract worth 1.6 billion reais ($320 million) for 20 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine made by India's Bharat Biotech, according... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US Senate will not vote until at least July on a closely watched effort to repeal the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force that allowed the war in Iraq, after Republican senators... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden believes steps are needed to safeguard privacy, bolster innovation and deal with other problems created by big technology platforms, the White House said on Tuesday, signaling... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Amid e-commerce giant Amazon's ongoing crackdown on attempts by sellers to solicit positive consumer reviews, three more Chinese consumer brands have been banned from selling on the platform. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Canada's House of Commons on Tuesday passed a bill criminalizing LGBT conversion therapy 263 to 63, handing a win to the minority ruling Liberal party which promised to ban the practice during an... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
An Egyptian court Tuesday convicted a university student to four years in prison for "spreading false news", rights groups said, in a sentence Amnesty International labelled "outrageous". https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States called Tuesday for an end to violence in Afghanistan, blaming Taliban insurgents for much of the bloodshed, three days ahead of a visit by President Ashraf Ghani to the White House. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US law enforcement seized control of the websites of two Iranian state-controlled news groups, Press TV and Al-Alam, and of the Al-Masirah TV channel of Yemen's Huthis, statements posted on the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Delta variant of the novel coronavirus that was first found in India is the greatest threat to the United States' effort to eradicate COVID-19 in its borders, said US infectious disease expert Dr... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The administration of President Joe Biden on Tuesday conceded it won't meet its goal of administering one or more doses of a Covid vaccine to 70 percent of US adults by July 4. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
An arachnid invasion left swathes of Australia's Gippsland region covered in webs as the spiders sought higher ground to escape flooding. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The founder of TikTok owner ByteDance will donate 500 million yuan ($77.35 million) to the southeastern Chinese city of Longyan for education, the city government's education bureau said on Tuesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Hong Kong resident Tsang Yin-Hung, who made the fastest ascent of Mount Everest by any woman, and dozens of other mountaineers from China are unable to get out of Nepal because of COVID-19... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Britain is working on easing travel restrictions for the fully vaccinated to allow people to enjoy a summer holiday on Europe's beaches but the plans are not finalised yet, Health Secretary Matt... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A Singaporean woman who starved, assaulted and ultimately killed her domestic worker was sentenced to 30 years in prison Tuesday, with the judge describing the case as "among the worst types of... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Repeatedly dubbed the happiest nation on the planet with world-beating living standards, Finland should be deluged by people wanting to relocate, but in fact it faces an acute workforce shortage. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Tuesday that Washington had "wrong" expectations for dialogue with Pyongyang and was facing "greater disappointment", state media... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Starlink, the satellite internet unit of Elon Musk's SpaceX, expects to be able to provide continuous global coverage by around September but will then need to seek regulatory approvals, its president... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
For almost three decades, Michael Larson has quietly shuffled around one of the world's biggest fortunes with a chief priority: Keep his fabulously wealthy bosses out of the headlines. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Australia will strongly oppose a UNESCO plan to list the Great Barrier Reef as "in danger" over its deterioration caused by climate change, the government said Tuesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States and South Korea have agreed to consider scrapping a working group established to coordinate North Korea policy, Seoul's foreign ministry said on Tuesday, after it became seen as a... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Pakistan has assured the US that it would continue to assist America and other countries in recovering their hostages from Afghanistan, but only as "a moral duty" and not under coercion or incentives. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
French President Emmanuel Macron invited music fans to a socially distanced techno party at the presidential palace on Monday, reviving a pre-Covid event to mark the country's annual street music... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US military could slow down its withdrawal from Afghanistan due to the gains made by the Taliban insurgents, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Monday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Russian state prosecutor's office said on Monday it banned Bard College, a US non-governmental organisation, after labelling it "undesirable". https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
More than 8,500 children were used as soldiers last year in various conflicts across the world and nearly 2,700 others were killed, the United Nations said on Monday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
There are currently no plans for US President Joe Biden to meet with Iran's newly elected leader, according to the White House, which downplayed Ebrahim Raisi's influence. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Facemasks will no longer be compulsory in Italy, one of the countries in Europe worst hit by the coronavirus, from June 28, the health ministry said Monday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
South Africa will host the continent's first COVID-19 vaccine production facility, as President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday Africa now understood that doses would "never come" from elsewhere in time... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The medical coordinator in charge of Diego Maradona's home treatment denied responsibility for his death when questioned on Monday by Argentine prosecutors, insisting her role was merely... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The administration of US President Joe Biden on Monday announced its plan for the next tranche of 55 million Covid vaccine doses it plans to send to countries in need. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
On the occasion of the seventh International Day of Yoga, the US Department of State on Monday said that the ancient discipline connects people around the world, including over 37 people from the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
German federal prosecutors said Monday they had arrested a Russian scientist accused of passing sensitive information from a German university to Moscow in return for cash. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Up to 10,000 fans will be allowed at Tokyo Olympic events, organisers said Monday, warning competition could move behind closed doors if infections surge. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will visit the United Arab Emirates, in the first official ministerial visit since the two nations agreed to normalise ties, his office said Monday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A French woman who killed the man who raped her for years as her stepfather before becoming her husband and pimp goes on trial for murder on Monday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
India's cricket board BCCI has offered $1.35 million in financial support to the country's National Olympic Committee, which dropped Chinese sportswear maker Li Ning as its official kit partner citing... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Israel allowed a limited resumption of commercial exports from the Gaza Strip on Monday in what it called a "conditional" measure one month after a truce halted 11 days of fighting with the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A German trade union called on workers at seven Amazon warehouses to go on strike on Monday for several days to coincide with the global Prime Day promotion. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Bitcoin tumbled more than 10 per cent Monday after China broadened a crackdown on its massive cryptocurrency mining industry with a ban on mines in a key southwestern province. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A climate change revolt in Australia's governing coalition on Monday brought in a new deputy prime minister likely to challenge the country's already hesitant moves to cut greenhouse gas emissions. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Australian government has rejected plans for a $36 billion wind, solar and hydrogen project in a remote area of Western Australia, leaving what would have been one of the world's largest green... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Iran's southern Bushehr nuclear power plant has been temporarily shut down over a "technical fault", the country's atomic energy body said in a statement. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Over 3,000 people spread their mats at the iconic Times Squareand performed Yoga asanas keeping in mind social distancing guidelines to celebrate the International Yoga Day as the city opens up... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US special representative for North Korea on Monday offered to meet with Pyongyang "anywhere, anytime, without preconditions", with no public contact so far between the Biden administration and... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US Navy has started a series of tests on its newest and most advanced aircraft carrier by detonating powerful explosions to determine whether the ship is ready for war. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
After more than a year of obsessively tracking Covid-19 case numbers, epidemiologists are starting to shift focus to other measures as the next stage of the pandemic emerges. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
As some governments and pharmaceutical officials prepare for Covid booster shots targeting more-infectious virus variants, health authorities say it's too early to tell if they will be required. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A $600 billion sovereign wealth fund is caught in the crosshairs of a political power struggle that's roiling one of the world's richest countries. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The seventh International Yoga Day was celebrated at the iconic Times Square in New York on Sunday. The day-long yoga festival with the theme of "Solstice in Times Square 2021" was attended by more... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
One man was killed and another injured in what US authorities said Sunday was a "tragic accident" at a Pride parade in Florida where a pickup truck driver unintentionally accelerated, striking... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A downsizing of US military assets in Saudi Arabia will not affect its defence capabilities, the Riyadh-led coalition said Sunday, after it intercepted the largest number of Yemeni rebel drones in a... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States on Sunday said it saw as an "interesting signal" North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's comments this week saying he is ready for "dialogue and confrontation". https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Nine children and an adult were killed in a fiery multi-vehicle crash on an Alabama highway as heavy storms lashed the southeastern US state, a county coroner confirmed Sunday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Afghan leader Ashraf Ghani and the head of the country's peace process will meet President Joe Biden at the White House on Friday, as the planned American military withdrawal accelerates. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US national security advisor said Sunday that even with the election of an ultra-right president in Iran, the "ultimate decision" on recommitting to the 2015 nuclear deal lies with that country's... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States is preparing new sanctions against Russia over the poisoning of critic Alexei Navalny, who blames the Kremlin for the near-fatal incident. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Under the new rules, from July 1 people in England and Wales will be able to have non-religious weddings and civil partnership ceremonies outside or "under a partially covered structure" at approved... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Public Health England (PHE) on Thursday published population surveillance data on possible coronavirus (COVID-19) reinfections and said that the new data suggests a low risk of virus in the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Negotiators for Iran and six world powers will on Sunday adjourn talks on reviving their 2015 nuclear deal and return to respective capitals for consultations as remaining differences cannot be easily... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The number of Covid-19 jabs administered in China has passed the one billion mark, health officials said Sunday, more than a third of the doses given worldwide. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Dubai's state airport operator on Sunday said it would reopen Terminal 1 at Dubai International Airport on Thursday after a 15-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The colourful former speaker of Britain's House of Commons John Bercow said he has left the Conservatives to join the opposition Labour Party, launching a blistering attack on Prime Minister Boris... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Muezzins issuing high-decibel calls to prayer have long been part of Saudi identity, but a crackdown on mosque loudspeakers is among contentious reforms seeking to shake off the Muslim kingdom's... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Brazil's death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 500,000 on Saturday as experts warn that the world's second-deadliest outbreak may worsen due to delayed vaccinations and the government's refusal to back... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has made it clear that the country would "absolutely not" permit any of its bases or use of its territory to the United States for any kind of action inside... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Google is celebrating Father's Day today with an animated doodle. Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June in most parts across the world, this year the date being June 20. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Five building workers were confirmed dead Saturday, a day after a school construction site partially collapsed in the Belgian city of Antwerp. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Authorities in Dubai have eased travel restrictions for its residents from certain countries, including India, if they have received two doses of a UAE-approved COVID-19 vaccine, according to a media... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Russia's capital Moscow on Saturday reported a pandemic high for new coronavirus cases for the second straight day, while Saint Petersburg introduced fresh restrictions ahead of its Euro 2020 matches. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Joe Biden went to church Saturday in his hometown a day after US Roman Catholic bishops issued a challenge to him over his support for abortion rights. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden plans to host Israel's president, Reuven Rivlin, at the White House on June 28, the White House said on Saturday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States said Saturday it regretted Iranians were not able to participate in a "free and fair electoral process" in the country's presidential election. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Brazil on Saturday crossed the grim threshold of 500,000 coronavirus deaths, the country's health minister said, trailing only the United States in lives lost to COVID-19. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Israel said Saturday the international community should be alarmed by hardliner Ebrahim Raisi's election as Iranian president because of his commitment to a "rapidly advancing military nuclear... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Footprints from at least six different species of dinosaur - the very last dinosaurs to walk on UK soil 110 million years ago - have been found in Kent, a new report by researchers has claimed. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Champ, one of the two family dogs of Joe Biden, has died, the US President announced on Saturday. "We love our sweet, good boy and will miss him always," the US president and first lady remembered... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The UK is undergoing a third wave of coronavirus infections as a result of the highly transmissible Delta variant, an expert who advises the government on its vaccination programme said on Saturday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Saturday hailed a presidential election won by an ultraconservative as a victory for the nation over "enemy propaganda". https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
World Refugee Day: The day is observed around the globe to draw attention to the plight of refugees and mobilize political will and resources to urgently help these people rebuild their lives. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Two more Indo-Canadian politicians have been appointed as ministers in a Cabinet reshuffle in Canada's Ontario province, taking the representation of the community members in the Executive Council to... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Four people were killed and four badly injured on Saturday when a small plane crashed in Russia's Kemerovo region in southwestern Siberia, the local emergency medical service said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A piece of art weaving together one of the great statesmen of the 20th century, an icon of the jet set and the world's first "superyacht" will go under the hammer at New York auction house Phillips on... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Two executives of Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, charged under a national security law, were denied bail on Saturday in a case that has drawn international condemnation and stoked... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Iran's moderate presidential candidate congratulated his hardline rival hardline judge Ebrahim Raisi for winning the election, Iranian state media reported on Saturday, as the interior ministry said... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
At least 16 people have died, while 22 are still missing due to flooding and landslide incidents in Nepal since Sunday, as monsoon rain battered the Himalayan nation. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Anti-coup protesters in Myanmar donned flowers in their hair Saturday to mark the birthday of ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who remains under house arrest and is due to face court again... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
In order to counter new foreign sanctions, China started with ''Wolf Warrior'' diplomacy to dissuade G7 member states from imposing new sanctions against Beijing under pressure from the US. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Australia will take China before the World Trade Organization over Beijing's imposition of crippling tariffs on Australian wine exports, it announced Saturday, in the latest sign of worsening tensions... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reinforced the ruling Workers' Party discipline and appointed new members of its powerful politburo, state media KCNA reported on Saturday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Alphabet Inc's Google told Reuters this week it is developing an alternative to the industry standard method for classifying skin tones https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Alphabet unit Google could face its biggest regulatory threat, with EU antitrust regulators set to open a formal investigation into its lucrative digital advertising business before the end of the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Pentagon said Friday it was cutting the number of troops and air defense units deployed to the Middle East, confirming a Wall Street Journal report that eight Patriot batteries were being moved... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The coordinator in charge of the nurses that treated Diego Maradona at his home denied any involvement in the football icon's death when interviewed by Argentine prosecutors on Friday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Hubble Space Telescope, which has been peering into the universe for more than 30 years, has been down for the past few days, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said Friday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Palestinian Authority (PA) cancelled a deal on Friday to receive soon-to-expire COVID-19 vaccines from Israel after an initial Israeli shipment showed an expiration date sooner than had been... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday called for a stop to the flow of arms to Myanmar and urged the military to respect November election results and release political detainees, including... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A British MP faces trial over accusations he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old boy in 2008, it was revealed on Friday after reporting restrictions on the case were partially lifted. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Iranian voters went to the polls Friday in a presidential election in which ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi is seen as all but certain to coast to victory over his vetted rivals. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Banished at the start of the pandemic, the handshake is making something of a comeback, thanks to vaccinations and the lifting of social restrictions -- but "pressing the flesh" faces an uncertain... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Snapchat said Thursday it is putting the brakes on a controversial feature that let users of the social network share how fast they were moving. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
For generations of children, British children's author Enid Blyton conjured up a cosy world of boarding schools, beaches and freedom from parents. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
For his first meeting with Vladimir Putin in Geneva this week, President Joe Biden gifted his Russian counterpart a pair of American-made sunglasses in the US leader's signature aviator style. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Veteran Malaysian diver Pandelela Rinong has competed in three Olympics and is no stranger to the rigors of competitive sports. But never before has she experienced anything like the preparations for... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday nominated the first person of color to the top court in Canada, a country in which nearly one in four people identify as a minority. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Coronavirus-related deaths worldwide passed a grim milestone of 4 million on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, as many countries struggle to procure enough vaccines to inoculate their... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A 1,098-carat diamond believed to be the third-largest gem-quality stone ever to be mined has been discovered in Botswana, according to a joint venture between Anglo American's De Beers and the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States Department of Justice in late 2018 launched the "China Initiative" to stem the theft of trade secrets by Chinese entities and keep technology developed at U.S. universities secure. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Dozens of turtles and dolphins were killed by intense heat and chemical poisoning from a container ship that burned for almost two weeks off Sri Lanka, authorities said Thursday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Joe Biden's executive order aimed at safeguarding Americans' sensitive data would force some Chinese apps to take tougher measures to protect private information if they want to remain in the US... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Joe Biden's executive order aimed at safeguarding Americans' sensitive data would force some Chinese apps to take tougher measures to protect private information if they want to remain in... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
One person was killed and a dozen injured in a drive-by shooting spree Thursday as a gunman roamed the streets in the southwestern US state of Arizona, police said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US lingerie giant Victoria's Secret has signed a new roster led by American soccer star Megan Rapinoe to replace the brand's hypersexualized models. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Israeli jets launched air strikes on Gaza overnight Thursday to Friday after militants in the Palestinian territory again launched incendiary balloons into southern Israel, the army and AFP... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said his country needs to prepare for "both dialogue and confrontation" with the United States under President Joe Biden, state media reported Friday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States on Thursday issued guidance easing the way for delivery of products such as face masks, ventilators and vaccines to combat the coronavirus pandemic to heavily sanctioned countries... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US Supreme Court tossed out a lawsuit on Thursday against Cargill and Nestle USA that accused the food giants of aiding and abetting slavery by using cocoa harvested from plantations in the Ivory... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Security teams at Britain's Manchester Arena "should have prevented or minimised" the impact of the 2017 terror attack at an Ariana Grande concert that killed 22 people, a public inquiry found... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US announced plans on Thursday to spend $3.2 billion to accelerate the development and discovery of antiviral treatments against Covid-19 and future threats. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Hong Kong police arrested the chief editor and four executives of pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily on Thursday, raiding its newsroom for a second time in the latest blow to the outspoken tabloid. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Japan said on Thursday it will make a vaccine passport available from next month for Japanese travellers, as governments around the world experiment with ways to relaunch tourism and business trips. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday issued a directive for Boeing Co requiring operators of 737 MAX airplanes to conduct additional inspections for the plane's automated flight... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Putin's first summit with the fifth US president of his tenure, Joe Biden, was about mutual respect -- and the meeting in Geneva could, both of them said, lead to a more predictable, if still tense,... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A senior Chinese expert said the United States should be the priority in the next phase of investigations into the origin of COVID-19 after a study showed the disease could have been circulating there... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Japan plans to lift Tokyo's virus emergency on June 20, a month before the Olympics, the government announced Thursday as reports said only 10,000 spectators would be allowed at Games events. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin sought to cool tensions in the combustible US-Russian relationship at their first summit in Geneva on Wednesday, but the US president drew a red line at cyberattacks,... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Russian President Vladimir Putin batted away a question about his crackdown on political rivals on Wednesday by saying he was trying to avoid the "disorder" of a popular movement such as Black Lives... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The first astronauts for China's new space station blasted off Thursday for the country's longest crewed mission to date, a landmark step in establishing Beijing as a major space power. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A lawyer for a nurse under investigation in the death of Argentine football great Diego Maradona said Wednesday that doctors killed him through negligence. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Robots began handing out bottles of sacred water in Mecca this week in preparation for a socially distanced Hajj pilgrimage in Islam's holiest city, due to the coronavirus pandemic. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden said China was trying to project itself as a responsible nation in regard to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it remained unclear whether Beijing was really trying to understand the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The World Bank said on Wednesday it could not assist El Salvador's bitcoin implementation given environmental and transparency drawbacks. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Microsoft on Wednesday named chief executive Satya Nadella as chair of its board, strengthening his grip on a pioneering US technology company he rejuvenated for a new age. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A nurse accused of neglecting Diego Maradona during the last days of his life will tell prosecutors the football icon wouldn't let her check up on him, her lawyer said on Wednesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
German biotech CureVac NV said on Wednesday its COVID-19 vaccine was only 47% effective in a late-stage trial, missing the study's main goal and throwing in doubt the potential delivery of hundreds of... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
El Salvador has sought assistance from the World Bank as it implements its move to use bitcoin as a parallel legal tender alongside the U.S. dollar, Finance Minister Alejandro Zelaya said on... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden voiced confidence Wednesday that his Russian counterpart did not want a new Cold War, and also said he had told him critical infrastructure must be "off limits" to cyber... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that he discussed a possible prisoner swap with US counterpart Joe Biden and that "compromises" may be possible. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday dismissed Washington's concerns over Moscow's growing military presence in the Arctic. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that his first face-to-face meeting with US counterpart Joe Biden was constructive and the two sides had agreed to discuss cybersecurity. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said the country's economy improved this year but called for measures to tackle the "tense" food situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic and last year's... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Nineteen staff members of a fast-food restaurant in Pakistan's Lahore were allegedly detained last weekend after they refused to give free burgers to the police. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Jailed ex-filmmaker Harvey Weinstein, who is serving a 23-year prison sentence for rape and sexual assault in New York, can be transferred to Los Angeles, a judge ruled Tuesday, paving the way for a... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A car bomb explosion at a military base in the Colombian border city of Cucuta injured 36 people on Tuesday, the defense minister said, casting blame for the attack on leftist rebels. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The tipping point for irreversible global warming may have already been triggered, the scientist who led the biggest-ever expedition to the Arctic warned on Tuesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Racing "fanatic" Queen Elizabeth II could attend Royal Ascot this week even though there will be no traditional carriage procession should the British monarch make an appearance. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Two Javan rhinoceros calves have been spotted at an Indonesian national park, offering a rare sighting of one of the world's most endangered mammals. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
At least 12 people were killed and 10 injured when a bus overturned on Tuesday on a highway in northeastern Mexico, the authorities said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Israeli air force launched air strikes on the Gaza Strip early Wednesday after militants in the Palestinian territory sent incendiary balloons into southern Israel, security sources and witnesses... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Lina Khan was sworn in on Tuesday as chair of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, a victory for progressives seeking a clampdown on tech firms who hold a hefty share of a growing sector of the economy. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US carrier Southwest Airlines grounded its flights on Tuesday due to a problem with its reservation system, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Almost a fifth of Covid patients without symptoms went on to experience conditions consistent with long Covid a month after their initial diagnosis, according to a huge study published Tuesday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Several Republican lawmakers, eager to blame a US government official for the response to the coronavirus pandemic, introduced a bill Tuesday to fire Anthony Fauci, the face of American efforts to... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Former US president Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he will visit the US border with Mexico in a move to contrast his tough stance against immigration with successor Joe Biden's more humane... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A new antibody testing study published Tuesday has found further evidence that the coronavirus was present in the United States from at least December 2019, weeks before the first confirmed case was... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US death count from Covid-19 surpassed 600,000 on Tuesday, although officials hailed progress towards a return to normality as its world-leading vaccination program promised to turn the page on... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Fox News Breaking News Alert Israel launches new airstrikes on Hamas targets after terrorists launch 'incendiary balloons,' IDF announces 06/15/21 4:48 PM
President Joe Biden on Tuesday used his first major batch of foreign ambassador nominations to signal a desire to strengthen U.S. relationships to deal with challenges in the Middle East, Central... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The cathedral school behind Germany's renowned Regensburger Domspatzen boys' choir said Tuesday it will open its ranks to girls for the first time in its history spanning more than a millennium. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Expectations for a major breakthrough at a summit on Wednesday between US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are low with ties between Washington and Moscow at their most... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, said the effort is motivated by a desire to address growing inequalities. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Pakistan's Parliament on Tuesday touched a new low when lawmakers from the treasury and Opposition hurled abuses and threw copies of official budget documents at each other, injuring one of the female... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Britain has agreed to its first major post-Brexit free trade deal with Australia, London announced Tuesday, adding that they plan to "intensify cooperation on security, climate change and science and... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
AstraZeneca Plc's antibody cocktail was only 33% effective at preventing COVID-19 symptoms in people who had been exposed to the virus, failing a study that was key to the drugmaker's pandemic push. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A herd of elephants on a mammoth trek across China is taking an enforced break -- as they wait for a wayward youngster to catch-up. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden in Geneva on Wednesday is unlikely to yield concrete deals but the talks will still be useful, a Kremlin aide... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, known for his love for memes, has a hilarious one as a response to a video targeting him by hacker group 'Anonymous'. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A huge red banner welcomed more than 11,000 students in Wuhan for a massive graduation ceremony over a year after the city was battered by the first global outbreak of Covid-19. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Canada's number-two military official, Lieutenant General Mike Rouleau, announced his resignation Monday after playing golf with a retired former Chief of Staff being investigated for alleged sexual... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Beijing on Tuesday accused NATO of exaggerating the threat from China and "creating confrontation", after a vow from the Western allies to work together to counter the challenges posed by its... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A U.S. aircraft carrier group led by the USS Ronald Reagan has entered the South China Sea, the U.S. Navy said on Tuesday, at a time of rising tensions between Washington and Beijing, which claims... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Chinese scientist at the center of theories that the coronavirus pandemic originated with a leak from her specialized lab in the city of Wuhan has denied her institution was to blame for the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
NATO leaders warned on Monday that China presents "systemic challenges," taking a forceful stance towards Beijing in a communique at Joe Biden's first summit with an alliance that Donald Trump openly... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Delta coronavirus variant doubles the risk of hospitalisation compared with the previously dominant variant in Britain, but two doses of vaccine still provide strong protection, a Scottish study... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday he held a "fruitful and sincere" meeting with his US counterpart Joe Biden on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Brussels. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A nurse accused of neglect in Diego Maradona's death told Argentine prosecutors on Monday that he was following orders "not to disturb" the football icon while he slept. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A nurse who was among the last people to see Diego Maradona alive was questioned on Monday by Argentine prosecutors over accusations of neglect in the football icon's final days. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday that low-level crack cocaine offenders are not eligible to have their prison sentences reduced. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden on Monday signalled his determination to take a firm stance two days ahead of meeting his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, vowing to lay down "red lines". https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday announced a four-week delay to the full lifting of coronavirus restrictions in England due to a surge of infections caused by the Delta variant. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Five people died when a glider and a small plane crashed in the Swiss Alps at the weekend, police said Monday, adding that they were investigating whether the two accidents were linked. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Two doses of COVID-19 vaccines are "highly effective" in preventing hospital admission with the Delta variant, Public Health England said on Monday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A group of police officers in Pakistan flipped out when a takeaway joint refused to hand over free burgers, detaining all 19 staff at the branch. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Novavax's COVID-19 jab is more than 90 percent effective, including against coronavirus variants, the vaccine maker said Monday after a large-scale US study. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Benjamin Netanyahu's ousting as prime minister of Israel closes the chapter on one of the "worst periods" of Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian prime minister Mohammed Shtayyeh said on Monday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Several people showed extraordinary courage to climb up a drain pipe outside a building to form a human chain to save two children trapped in a fire on the third floor. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Israel's new government will work to "advance strategic relations" with India, Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said on Monday, a day after Naftali Bennett became the new... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The trial of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was expected to hear its first testimony Monday, more than four months after a military coup ousted her government. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
French European Affairs junior minister Clement Beaune said on Monday that current tensions over Brexit between British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government and the European Union were "a test"... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A French nuclear firm said Monday it was working to resolve a "performance issue" at a plant it part-owns in China's southern Guangdong province following a US media report of a potential leak there. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
With Angela Merkel preparing to exit the international stage, the longest-serving leader of the Group of Seven is Canada's Justin Trudeau. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
America isn't quite back. Europe isn't that united. Brexit still isn't done. There was a lot riding on the Group of Seven summit, and a fair few telling moments came out of it. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The internet is filled with memes on just how tough it is to impress Indian parents and there is no denying the tinge of truth in it. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
China on Monday accused the G7 of "political manipulation" after it criticised Beijing over its human rights record in Xinjiang and Hong Kong. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Diego Maradona's personal physician and six other caregivers accused of neglecting the football icon in his final days, will be questioned by Argentine prosecutors from Monday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Denmark's team doctor said Sunday there was still "no explanation" for why midfielder Christian Eriksen collapsed during his country's opening Euro 2020 game against Finland, but confirmed he had... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden arrived Sunday in Brussels for two days of summits with leaders from the NATO military alliance and the European Union. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday G7 leaders rallied around the need to "counter and compete" with China on challenges ranging from safeguarding democracy to the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Leaders of NATO countries should forge a stronger common policy toward an increasingly dominant China, the alliance's secretary-general said Sunday on the eve of a NATO summit in Brussels. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk tweeted on Sunday that the electric carmarker will resume allowing bitcoin transactions when miners who verify transactions use more renewable energy. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
U.S. President Joe Biden said the United States remained committed to Israel's security and would work with its new government after Israel's parliament ended Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year run as prime... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US President Joe Biden said Britain's Queen Elizabeth reminded him of his mother and that she had asked about Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A motley alliance of Israeli parties on Sunday ousted Benjamin Netanyahu, the country's longest-serving prime minister, and formed a new government in a seismic shift in the country's turbulent... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US House speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday demanded that two former attorneys general testify about what she called a "rogue" Justice Department attempt to secretly obtain data from Democrat lawmakers... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Jordan's Prince Hamzah hoped to overthrow King Abdullah II with the backing of Saudi Arabia, according to court indictments against two alleged accomplices released Sunday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said Turkey would be the "only reliable" country left to stabilise Afghanistan after the US pulls out its troops, indicating Washington could rely on its NATO... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
South Africa, which is struggling to roll out its inoculation programme as it enters a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, said Sunday it will pull two million of doses Johnson & Johnson vaccine. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A top official in the European Medicines Agency said it might be worth abandoning AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine for all age groups where alternatives are available, in an interview published... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
French President Emmanuel Macron stepped into the Brexit maelstrom on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit by sparring with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson over the post-Brexit geography of... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
U.S. President Joe Biden and his wife Jill will have tea with Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle on Sunday at the end of the G7 summit and as he wraps up the British leg of his first international trip... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A gas pipe explosion in a residential community in a central Chinese city killed 12 people and injured 138, state media CCTV reported Sunday. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Israeli lawmakers are to vote Sunday on a "change" coalition government of bitter ideological rivals united by their determination to banish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from power. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
China on Sunday pointedly cautioned Group of Seven leaders that the days when "small" groups of countries decided the fate of the world was long gone, hitting back at the world's richest democracies... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Britain's Queen Elizabeth used a sword to cut a cake on Saturday at a Big Lunch get together in Cornwall on the sidelines of G7 summit. She remarked "I know there is...this is something that is more... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
What if China were to cut off the United States and Europe from access to rare minerals that are essential to electric vehicles, wind turbines and drones? https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
At least two soldiers and a police officer were killed Saturday when their vehicle hit an explosive device in northeast Ivory Coast near the border with Burkina Faso, a security source told AFP. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Denmark's team doctor described the harrowing moment he realised Christian Eriksen's pulse had stopped as medics worked desperately to save him in front of traumatised players and a stunned crowd on... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
G7 leaders on Saturday confronted China and the threat of future pandemics as the elite club of wealthy nations advertised a newfound Western unity at its first physical summit since 2019. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was fined $100 Saturday for violating Covid-19 containment measures in Sao Paulo state by failing to wear a face mask and provoking huge crowds at a motorcycle rally... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Three people died after a sightseeing plane crashed in northern France Saturday, following what is thought to have been an engine failure, the local prosecutor said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Shelling of the rebel-held city of Afrin in northern Syria killed at least 18 people on Saturday, many of them when a hospital was hit, a war monitor said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A Group of Seven plan to donate 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorer countries lacks ambition, is far too slow and shows Western leaders are not yet on top of tackling the worst public health... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A flight en route from Los Angeles to Atlanta was diverted for an emergency landing when a passenger attacked two flight attendants and threatened to bring down the plane, authorities said. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
An unnamed bidder paid $28 million at auction Saturday for a seat on board the first crewed spaceflight of Jeff Bezos' company Blue Origin on July 20, as one of four passengers including the Amazon... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The United States is back as a cooperative leader of the free world under President Joe Biden, France's Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday, illustrating the relief felt by many key US allies that the... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Want to bid for a seat on a spaceship ride with Jeff Bezos? You'll need to be quick - and you'll probably need more than $4 million. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Saudi Arabia announced Saturday it will allow 60,000 vaccinated residents of the kingdom to perform the annual hajj, state media reported. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Amid renewed calls to probe into the origins of COVID-19, Chinese researchers said they had found a batch of new coronaviruses in bats. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The subsequent socio-economic fallouts of the pandemic have had a tremendous impact on the lives of millions of children who are victims of child labour, in particular, the United Nations has... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Megha Rajagopalan, an Indian-origin journalist, won the Pulitzer Prize for innovative investigative reports that exposed a vast infrastructure of prisons and camps secretly built by China for... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The main representative of the Chinese government in Hong Kong said on Saturday people trying to turn the city into a "pawn in geopolitics" were the "real enemies" and Beijing was the true defender of... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
The Group of Seven rich nations will announce on Saturday a new global infrastructure plan as a response to China's belt and road intiative, a senior official in U.S. President Joe Biden's... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Japanese chemist Ei-ichi Negishi who won the Nobel prize for developing a method for creating complex chemicals necessary for manufacturing drugs and electronics has died aged 85, his US university... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
27 people, including senior municipal government officials, faced disciplinary punishment or criminal charges after being held responsible for hosting an "unprofessional" ultra-marathon race in China... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Google honoured Italian astrophysicist Margherita Hack with a doodle on her 99th birth anniversary on Saturday. She had discovered the asteroid 8558 Hack, which was named in her honour. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the US House of Representatives introduced four bills on Friday aimed at reining in the power of the tech giants, with one potentially leading to their break-up. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Britain's Queen Elizabeth met U.S. President Joe Biden under the canopy of the world's largest indoor rainforest on Friday as she hosted a reception for leaders of the Group of Seven richest nations,... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Japanese researchers found mouse sperm exposed to high levels of cosmic radiation for nearly six years produced a large brood of healthy, unremarkable "space pups." https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Russian President Vladimir Putin voiced hope Friday that Joe Biden will be less impulsive than his predecessor Donald Trump ahead of his first summit with the new US leader. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an interview with NBC News ahead of his meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden next week, said US-Russia relations are at their lowest point in recent years. https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un chaired a Central Military Commission meeting, state media KCNA said on Saturday, where he called for boosting military power, but KCNA did not have details of any... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed the need for cooperation and transparency over the origins of COVID-19 in a call with Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi on Friday and raised other... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J