A worker performs a quality check in the packaging facility of Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech in Beijing, China, September 24, 2020. /Reuters Almost 98 percent of the adult population o
Experts urge a "paradigm shift" in the building standards to incorporate increased ventilation and air-cleaning measures. /CFP Building standards need to undergo a "paradigm shift" to better p
Concerns around inflation are on the rise in the U.S., after the government released the latest data on consumer prices for goods and services in April, which shot up 0.8%.The year-over-year inflatio
Claudia Blum's resignation comes following widespread protests against a now-cancelled tax reform proposal fronted by President Ivan Duque./Getty Images Colombia's Foreign Minister Claudia Blu
A potentially worrisome variant of the coronavirus detected in India may spread more easily. But the country is behind in doing the kind of testing needed to track it a
A co-author of the study says this was "yet another reason that we should all do our best to avoid COVID-19".
Seeing someone mention their pronouns in their Instagram bio has become commonplace — so much so that the app now has a dedicated location where users can put pronouns without taking up that valuable
By APD writer Shristi KafleNepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli faced motion of confidence at the House of Representatives on Monday, in which he lost the vote of confid
Tesla’s advanced driver assistance system known as Autopilot could not have been engaged on the stretch of road where a Model S crashed last month in Texas, killing the two occupants, according
Two southern states in India became the latest to declare lockdowns, as coronavirus cases surge at breakneck speed across the country and pressure mounts on Prime Minis
Months after Apple’s App Store introduced privacy labels for apps, Google announced its own mobile app marketplace, Google Play, will follow suit. The company today pre-announced its plans to in
Australia will create a new disaster relief department to hasten the delivery of government aid, Prime Minister Scott Morrison will say on Wednesday.Australia has been
The peak of the second coronavirus wave in India will come around mid-May (around 20 days from now) with active cases reaching around 36 lakhs, SBI Research in its latest report has said. /Xinhua
Wasps are expert pollinators, useful for medication and even as a source of food, the researchers found.
Let’s be clear: The venture capital industry has lacked diversity. The good news is the industry is working to improve itself.To begin with, as an industry, venture capital can only improve what we me
Albania's ruling Socialist Party looked set to win Sunday's national election and secure a third term for Prime Minister Edi Rama, an exit poll showed. According to Top
04:20 Editor's note: The Japanese government's decision to discharge nuclear polluted water in Fukushima Prefecture into the sea has drawn widespread criticism. While Japan's Environmen