2020-12-18

Suspected Russian cyber-attack growing in scale, Microsoft warns - Government agencies around world among targets in SolarWinds ‘espionage-based’ hack

2020-12-18

Mexico: assassin shoots former state governor in restaurant bathroom

2020-12-18

Indian troops target UN vehicle from across LoC in 'new low'

2020-12-17

France to Become the First Country to Label Electronics With Repairability Tags

2020-12-17

Tiny Pacific nation of Palau detains 'illegal' Chinese fishing vessel - The archipelago nation, whose close relationship with Taipei has angered Beijing previously, stops boat alleged to have been harvesting sea cucumber in its waters

2020-12-17

New Zealand’s economy bounces out of recession with 14% gain in GDP

2020-12-17

Australia's newest $1.2B coal plant written off as worthless

2020-12-17

Saudi prosecutor seeks maximum jail sentence for women's rights activist: Loujain al-Hathloul, one of kingdom’s most prominent human rights campaigners, may face 20 years behind bars

2020-12-17

French president Emmanuel Macron tests positive for coronavirus

2020-12-17

Sweden's king on coronavirus strategy: 'We have failed'

2020-12-17

Boris Johnson’s father caught getting on tube without mask in fourth breach of Covid rules

2020-12-17

Denmark: Reform recognizes sex without consent as rape

2020-12-17

Pope Francis: Divert arms money to fight COVID-19, ensure vaccine for all

2020-12-17

A rural Japanese town voted its sole female councillor out of her seat after she accused its mayor of sexual assault. The public referendum over whether she had damaged the town’s reputation highlighted the backlash against women who come forward with allegations of sexual abuse

2020-12-17

Doris the lady lizard now appears to be male: A small reptile at Melbourne Aquarium appears to have changed its sex from female to male, a discovery which would be world first. Aquarium keepers noticed one of their female Boyd’s forest dragons change colour, grow larger crest, and stop laying eggs.

2020-12-17

Lloyd's market to quit fossil fuel insurance by 2030. World’s biggest insurance market to end new investments in coal, oil sands and Arctic energy by 2022

2020-12-17

Spain's parliament votes to legalize euthanasia

2020-12-17

Pulse oximeters that measure blood oxygen levels are FOUR times more likely to be inaccurate in black patients than white patients, study finds, as scientists worry the devices weren't designed to scan blood color through darker skin

2020-12-17

Russia banned from using its name, flag at next 2 Olympics

2020-12-17

Spain's parliament votes to legalize euthanasia.Spain’s parliament voted Thursday (Dec 17) to approve a bill that will allow physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia for long-suffering patients of incurable diseases or unbearable permanent conditions.