North Korea reports first Covid-19 death ever
At least one person in North Korea has died from COVID-19, and hundreds of thousands have developed fever symptoms, indicating the potentially deadly extent...
South Africa’s recent floods result of global warming: Study
Scientists stated on Friday that global warming made the torrential rains that caused South Africa's disastrous floods last month twice as likely as they...
UN holds emergency meeting as Taliban crackdown on women continues
The United Nations Security Council held emergency closed consultations on Thursday on the Taliban's latest crackdown on Afghan women, as it considered a presidential...
New 10-shade skin tone scale to test Google’s AI for bias
Google of Alphabet Inc. revealed a palette of ten skin tones on Wednesday, touting it as a step forward in creating gadgets and applications...
Toyota launches first battery electric car
Toyota Motor Corp will begin rolling out its first mass-produced battery electric car in Japan on Thursday, a plan the carmaker claims would alleviate...
After pilot falls ill, passenger with ‘no idea how to fly’ takes over, lands plane
When the pilot of a plane suddenly became ill near Florida's Atlantic coast, a passenger with no flying experience radioed an urgent request for...
Google to ban call-recording apps from Play Store from May 11
Google is introducing new Play Store restrictions to ban third-party apps from utilizing the Accessibility API in order to improve user safety and privacy.Android's...
Ukraine war: Distant Africa faces acute food crisis
Before a crisis 11,000 kilometers (6,800 miles) away in Ukraine caused global prices for cereals, cooking oils, fuel, and fertilizer surging, Zimbabwean security officer...
Over 6 million refugees flee Ukraine war
A UN refugee agency reported on Thursday that the number of people fleeing Ukraine to avoid Russia's invasion had surpassed 6 million, making it...