03:00 The traditional wisdom has been that the world is too populated. But now many countries are concerned about the opposite, declining birth rates.Countries like Japan face a crisis
The number of new Delta variant cases has increased by more than 240% in the past week.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General (L) and Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi of Tunisia. /AP Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi of Tunisia has receive
A total of 168 learners in Uganda's Gulu District carried out abortions in 2020, Daily Monitor has learnt. Data compiled by the district's health office, indicates that 4,058 abortions were condu
The number of COVID-19 infections in Africa reached 4,925,978 on Monday as various amid a World Health Organization (WHO) warning that the continent's healthcare systems are "far from ready" to co
The asparagus recipe was probably a copy-and-paste error while updating the online database of legal documents. /CFP Asparagus is still in season in Belgium, and the shoots have sprung up in a
Work looks wildly different today than it did a year ago. In tech, every bit of the workplace has been tweaked to fit our new remote world. From scaling accountability and onboarding remotely to figur
Each city has its own DNA, and their microbial make-up isn't any different. /CFP No two cities are the same – even under the microscope.A new study investigating the communities of germs in 60
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“Battle for the Soul: Inside the Democrats’ Campaigns to Defeat Donald Trump” is a new book by political journalist for The Atlantic Edward-Isaac Dovere, which will be
VCG The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday will ease indoor mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people in the U.S., allowing them to safely stop wearing masks inside
A startup that has built a neobank specifically to address the needs of freelancers and sole traders has picked up a growth round to continue expanding its business after seeing its usage grow by 1500
Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee. /CFP Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), was scheduled to visit Japan this month, but his
As its meandering route to monetization will demonstrate, Duolingo isn’t mission-oriented, it’s mission-obsessed.Co-founders Luis von Ahn and Severin Hacker never wanted to charge consumers for access
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Queen Elizabeth II was embroiled in another major security scare on 25 April, when two intruders scaled fences and broke into her Windsor estate, the British media repo
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 28, 2021. /Getty Editor's note: Richard N. Haass, President of the Counc