US, Japan, Australia, NZ, UK form Pacific group
The White House said on Friday that an informal group was formed by the United States, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom...
$100 million stolen from crypto firm Harmony
The latest in a line of cyber heists on a sector that has long been targeted by hackers, U.S. cryptocurrency business Harmony said on...
School education of children badly affected in Latin America during pandemic
The children of Maribel Sanchez spent the majority of the past two years in La Paz, Bolivia's mountain metropolis, hunched over a tiny smartphone...
Rice planting dips by 46% from last year in India
According to agricultural ministry data released on Friday, Indian farmers have so far planted 1.96 million hectares of summer-sown rice, a 46 percent decrease...
3.5 million children need clean water in Bangladesh after floods
According to UNICEF's national representative, fifteen children have perished in Bangladesh's recent flash floods, and another 3.5 million people urgently require access to safe...
Italian spyware hacks Apple, Android phones
According to a study released on Thursday by Alphabet Inc.'s Google, a hacking tool developed in Italy was used to spy on Apple Inc....
United Airlines to increase pilot pay by 14%
Under a new agreement struck with the firm, United Airlines pilots would get wage increases of more than 14% over the course of 18...
Boris Johnson faces UK election defeats
On Friday, Boris Johnson's Conservatives lost two seats in parliament, dealing a fresh blow to the British prime minister who had already lost a...
Months after making law, Austria scrap mandatory Covid vaccination
Just months after it was passed into law, the Austrian government said Thursday that it will abandon the contentious national policy requiring coronavirus immunization.The...