Jordan trying to restore Jerusalem mosque status quo
Jordan has stepped up efforts to persuade Israel to preserve Jerusalem's Al Aqsa mosque's ancient status quo and avoid violent clashes that could escalate...
Australia: Inflation, rate rise jolt Morrison’s election campaign
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison blamed a record surge in living costs on the war in Ukraine and Covid-related supply chain problems, which could...
Children getting killed, injured by discarded explosives in Ethiopia
Eysa Mohammed, a fifteen-year-old girl from northern Ethiopia's Afar region, was collecting water near her home when an explosion underfoot tore shrapnel into her...
Facebook’s user growth resulted in hiked Meta shares
Facebook's parent company, Meta (FB.O), rebounded from a decrease in users early this year, posting a profit ahead of Wall Street estimates and confounding...
Google starts removing users’ personal, contact data from search results
Google (GOOGL.O) of Alphabet Inc. has begun to consider requests to remove search results containing people's home addresses, phone numbers, and email accounts, marking...
Around 80% of EU’s population have already got infected with Covid
The coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is thought to have infected about 80% of the European Union's population, according to the bloc's executive body. According to...
Two million children at risk of starvation in Africa
Nearly 2 million children are at risk of starvation, according to UN assistance head Martin Griffiths, as the Horn of Africa suffers from one...
Poverty declined in Colombia in 2021; but still above pre-Covid times
Colombian poverty levels reduced last year compared to 2020, owing to the Andean country's economic recovery, but have yet to return to levels observed...
Alphabet’s revenues drop after YouTube’s ad business hit by Ukraine war
After the turmoil in Ukraine impacted YouTube ad sales, Google parent Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) disclosed its first quarterly revenue miss of the epidemic on...