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U.S. officials use data to help boost vaccination rates

01:46 Local officials in the U.S. are using data to help boost coronavirus vaccination rates in communities hit by a double problem: high numbers of COVID-19 cases followed by a slow s

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'The one who causes fear' - Scientists discover new dinosaur in Argentina

The dinosaur lived around 80 million years ago, at the same time as the Tyrannosaurus Rex in the northern hemisphere.

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Russian Foreign Ministry Says Biden's Press Conference Was 'Staged'

The Russian foreign ministry's spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said on Friday that she believes that the first press conference of US President Joe Biden was staged, addi

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UK father and son experience China's tech at MWC Shanghai 2021 (2)

10:00 Lee and Oli Barrett, a father and son from the UK, have been invited by Huawei to attend the 2021 Mobile World Congress in Shanghai. At the exhibition, they exper

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UK to pilot COVID-19 certificates to reopen sports events

Britain will pilot using COVID-19 certificates to re-open sport to fans, culture minister Oliver Dowden said on Friday, saying it was crucial to get crowds back to majo

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French prime minister receives Oxford-AstraZeneca jab

French Prime Minister Jean Castex was inoculated with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine on Friday.France is among countries that have said they will resume using the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

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Barcelona taxi drivers protest against UBER

01:30 Taxi drivers in Barcelona are telling UBER to take a hike. The cab hailing app returned to the city after a two years hiatus.Back in 2019, the regional government imposed limits

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Rio resumes vaccination rollout as China's Sinovac vaccines arrive

Brazil's Rio de Janeiro has resumed its COVID-19 vaccination rollout as a new batch of 444,000 doses of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine landed in the city, mayor Eduardo Paes announced on Tuesday.Th

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WHO recommends countries to continue vaccination with AstraZeneca shot

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday recommended vaccination using the AstraZeneca shot to continue, saying the benefits of the vaccine outweigh its risks at this time.Some EU countries h

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Farmland could be the next big asset class modernized by marketplace startups

Jim Jackson developed timber and farmland in Eastern Washington, protected from coastal rains by the peaks of the Cascade mountains, building out a clutch of apple farms and other properties on the st

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Italy latest county to suspend use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine

By Wednesday last week, around five million people in Europe had received the AstraZeneca vaccine. /VCG Italy on Monday suspended the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine nationwide as a "p

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Bad news for people who share a Netflix account with another household

The scheme could also be used to increase account security, with the company stating "hundreds" of similar tests are done yearly.

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Ohio judge asked to apologize for tying COVID-19 to China

An Ohio judge who wrote an article using the term "China virus" has been asked to apologize by multiple regional organizations. The article, distributed on March 3, came amid studies showing that dis

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Spain's Tourism minister says vaccine passport could start in May

Spain’s Tourism minister Reyes Maroto said on Wednesday that the country could start using the vaccine passport in May, when the international tourism fair FITUR is due

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Epic Games buys photogrammetry software maker Capturing Reality

Epic Games is quickly becoming a more dominant force in gaming infrastructure MA after a string of recent purchases made to bulk up their Unreal Engine developer suite. Today, the company announced th

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'Hi, Mom' grabs 2nd place on China's all-time box office chart

The tear-jerker film Hi, Mom on Saturday overtook the 2019 animated fantasy Ne Zha to become the second highest-grossing film ever screened in China.The maiden directorial project of comedian and actr

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China slams UK's remarks on decision to charge 47 HK activists

China expressed strong opposition to the UK's remarks on the decision to charge 47 Hong Kong politicians and activists, the spokesperson of the Chinese embassy in the UK said in a statement on Tuesda