The British government's science advisers have warned that reinfections with COVID-19 are "to be expected" as the virus continues to spread in the country, local media reported Saturday.The conclu
A UNHCR official attends to some of the 153 evacuees before their flight from Libya to Niger on Thursday, 15 October 2020. /Photo courtesy: UNHCR Libya. The United Nations refugee agency has r
/Xinhua Near-term global financial stability risks have been contained for now, but vulnerabilities are rising, intensifying financial stability concerns in some countries, said the Internatio
FILE PHOTO: Healthcare workers from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment check in with people waiting to be tested for COVID-19 at the state's first drive-up testing center. (
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. /Getty Images The United States on Thursday blacklisted 18 Iranian banks adding further strain to an economy already struggling with the burd
France's Minister of Health Olivier Véran on Thursday warned that the capital Paris may go on maximum virus alert from Monday.France, like a number of other countries i
VCG Image The number of COVID-19 deaths globally are closing in on the one million mark as some regions continue reporting a resurgence in new cases.According to data from the United States-ba
Sharks produce squalene, a natural oil made in their livers, which is an ingredient in several COVID-19 vaccine candidates.
FILE PHOTO: G7 finance ministers on Friday called on private lenders to participate in a debt suspension program for the poorest nations that was announced in April as the coronavirus attacked gl
Democratic donors smashed fundraising records after the death on Friday of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, funneling more than $90 million to candidates
Homeland Security’s cybersecurity advisory unit has issued a rare emergency alert to government departments after the recent disclosure of a “critical”-rated security vulnerability i
Kenya's economic growth is expected to drop to 2.6 percent in 2020, down from the previous year's 5.4 percent, mainly due to COVID-19, a senior government official said on Friday. /Xinhua Keny
TikTok has fixed four security bugs in its Android app that could have led to the hijacking of user accounts.The vulnerabilities, discovered by app security startup Oversecured, could have allowed a
A robot called Pepper, which can engage in conversation and learn people's tastes, has been tested in care homes.
03:22 Anemia which is caused by iron deficiency affects nearly half the children under five in Peru. Kids in low-income neighborhoods are especially vulnerable. One university graduate
A security vulnerability in Android could have allowed malicious apps to siphon off sensitive data from other apps on the same device.App security startup Oversecured found the flaw in Google’s
Cases of the novel coronavirus infection in France surpassed 200,000 on Monday, with 4,854 new infections confirmed over the last three days. The total of confirmed cases rose to 202,775 and 332 clu