Facebook signs pay deals with three Australian news publishers
Facebook announced on Friday preliminary agreements with three Australian publishers, a day after the...
South Africa COVID variant-specific vaccine ready for testing: Moderna
United States biotech firm Moderna said Wednesday that doses of its new Covid-19 vaccine candidate aimed...
Joe Biden lifts Trump-era freeze on Green Card applicants
President Joe Biden on Wednesday lifted a freeze on green cards issued by his predecessor during the...
Superspreading drives the COVID pandemic — and could help to tame it
Superspreading events, in which many people are infected at once, typically by a single individual, are a...
Fuel for world’s largest fusion reactor is set for test run
A pioneering reactor in Britain is gearing up to start pivotal tests of a fuel mix that will eventually...
Delhi to insist on COVID negative report for arrivals from 5 states
With a spurt in coronavirus cases in five states, Delhi will make it essential for those arriving from...
Tiger Woods’s hurt in motor accident
Tiger Woods suffered serious injuries to both legs as his car flew off the road and flipped several times...
Chinese President Xi Jinping likely to visit India for BRICS summit
Chinese President Xi Jinping may visit India in the second half of this year to attend BRICS Summit 2021....
Your face is now your passport at Dubai airport
Dubai airport has now officially rolled out the ‘smart travel’ system that enables passengers to...
Facebook to lift ban on news pages Down Under
Facebook on Tuesday it will lift a contentious ban on Australian news pages, after the government agreed...
NASA Releases first audio from Mars, video of landing
The US space agency NASA on Monday released the first audio from Mars, a faint crackling recording of...
US COVID-19 deaths rise over 5 lakh, matching the toll of 3 wars
The COVID-19 death toll in the United States has topped 500,000, a staggering number that all but matches...
UN Chief demands immediate halt to Myanmar “Repression”
UN chief Antonio Guterres on Monday condemned the “brutal force” used by those behind...
Ford to go ‘all electric’ in Europe by 2030
Car giant Ford has pledged to make all its European passenger vehicles electric by 2030, in keeping with...
Boeing 777s grounded around the world after engine failure incident
Boeing 777s have been grounded around the world after the United States aviation regulator announced an...
UK to lift lockdown in phases
All schools in England are expected to reopen on 8 March as part of the prime minister’s...
Bitcoin “less dumb” than cash, says Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk syas Bitcoin is “less dumb” than cash. Musk, who never minces his words on social...
WHO experts believe badgers and rabbits could have spread coronavirus to humans
The World Health Organization (WHO) experts, who are investigating the Covid-19 pandemic origins, suggest...
AstraZeneca vaccine faces resistance in Europe
Health authorities in some European countries are facing resistance to AstraZeneca’s COVID-19...
Texas weather: Residents told to boil tap water amid blackouts
Nearly seven million people in the state of Texas in United States have been told to boil tap water...
Facebook blocks users in Australia from finding or sharing news
People in Australia can no longer find news on Facebook (FB). Facebook said Wednesday that people and...
Myanmar military denies coup, guarantees election
Myanmar’s military junta guaranteed on February 16 that it would hold an election and hand over...
New Zealand reports two new local COVID-19 cases
New Zealand reported two new locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, just hours before...
Australia to amend laws to make Google and Facebook pay for news
Australia’s government said on Tuesday it will amend draft laws that would make Google and Facebook...
Myanmar Coup: UN warns military of ‘severe consequences’
The United Nations has told Myanmar’s military junta that “the right of peaceful assembly...
Australian PM apologises after woman alleges she was raped in Parliament
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Defence Minister Linda Reynolds have apologised after...
Independent commission to probe Capitol riot
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said that Congress will establish an independent, September 11-style...
White House restricts Meena Harris from using Kamala Harris’ name to build personal brand
Kamala Harris’ niece Meena Harris who wears many hats — as a lawyer, entrepreneur, and social...
Pfizer covid vaccine becomes first to get approval in Japan ahead of Tokyo Olympics
Japan on February 14 formally approved its first COVID-19 vaccine and said it would start nationwide...
NZ’s largest city Auckland going into three-day COVID lockdown
New Zealand’s largest city of Auckland will be placed in a three-day lockdown beginning just before...
US expresses ‘deep concerns’ about WHO COVID-19 report
The White House on Saturday called on China to make available data from the earliest days of the Covid-19...
Donald Trump acquitted by US Senate in second impeachment trial
Former US President Donald Trump was acquitted on charges of inciting an insurrection at the US Capitol,...