9 million people dying of pollution every year: Study
A team of scientists announced Tuesday that worsening outdoor air pollution and lethal lead poisoning have kept worldwide fatalities from environmental contamination at an...
Gold purchase programme started in Ghana to boost currency
Ernest Addison, the governor of Ghana's Central Bank, announced on Tuesday that the country has begun a bulk purchase program to buy gold locally...
Hyundai to invest $16.5 bln in S.Korea EV business
Hyundai Motor Group said on Wednesday that it will invest a total of 21 trillion won ($16.54 billion) in South Korea's electric vehicle (EV)...
Half million flee floods in India’s northeast
Authorities in India's northeastern state of Assam reported on Wednesday that more than 500,000 people have fled their homes to avoid massive floods produced...
Microsoft plans changes to dodge EU cloud computing probe
Microsoft's license agreements would be revised to make it simpler for cloud service providers to compete, the company's president Brad Smith said on Wednesday,...
Imperial record rise in sale of duty-free cigarettes as air travel returns
As Covid-19 restrictions loosen and people begin to travel more, Imperial Brands said on Tuesday that sales of cigarettes in duty-free stores at airports...
To print money, sell airlines to pay wages: New Sri Lanka PM
Sri Lanka's new administration intends to sell the national airline to reduce losses as part of its efforts to stabilize the country's finances, despite...
North Korea says over 1 million recovered from Covid in a week
North Korea announced on Wednesday that more than a million individuals have recovered from suspected COVID-19, only a week after announcing an epidemic it...
Since 2005, traffic deaths highest in US in 2021
According to a preliminary estimate released on Tuesday, traffic deaths in the United States increased by 10.5 percent to 42,915 in 2021, the largest...