Divert arms money to fight COVID-19, ensure vaccine for all, pope says
Author: Fri, 2020-12-18 02:31 VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis urged world leaders on Thursday to divert funds used for armaments to confront problems such as...
New Delhi says ‘no decision made’ on voting rights for Indians in Gulf
Author: Fri, 2020-12-18 04:10 NEW DELHI: The Indian government on Thursday said it has not yet decided whether citizens living in foreign countries will...
Alibaba facial recognition tech specifically picks out Uighur minority
Author: Reuters ID: 1608257479949280000 Fri, 2020-12-18 05:46 SHANGHAI: Technology giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has facial recognition technology which can specifically pick out members...
Hack against US is ‘grave’ threat, cybersecurity agency says
Author: AP ID: 1608257479889279800 Fri, 2020-12-18 05:07 WASHINGTON: Federal authorities expressed increased alarm Thursday about a long-undetected intrusion into US and other computer systems...
In historic pick, Biden taps native American as interior secretary
Author: By ELLEN KNICKMEYER | AP ID: 1608255695229226600 Fri, 2020-12-18 05:37 WASHINGTON: President-elect Joe Biden selected New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as his nominee...
It’s not just renters. Landlords are running out of money, too
Over the past 30 years, Maral Boyadjian has built up a family real estate business consisting of eight homes in Southern California that she...
For the first time, there’s a woman on every S&P 500 board. But they’re still in the minority
Women in the corporate boardroom have broken some big barriers this year.
How Slutty Vegan is growing during the pandemic
Becoming a vegan didn’t stop Pinky Cole’s cravings for fast food. When she got sick of not being able to find the vegan options...
Latin American Electric Utilities COVID-accelerated Evolution
BUENOS AIRES, Dec 17 (IPS) – Andrés Chambouleyron is Non-Resident Fellow at the Institute of the Americas and Managing Director at Berkeley Research GroupThe...
344 kidnapped Nigerian boys freed, says state official
Hundreds of schoolboys who were abducted last week in northwestern Nigeria have been freed, according to a state official.
A new treatment could restore some mobility in people paralyzed by strokes 
What has Perseverance found in two years on Mars? 
This robot automatically tucks its limbs to squeeze through spaces 
Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now