OCTOBER 13, 2021
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the WHO. NETFLIX © 2021
In a new Netflix documentary, the director general of the WHO says "we don't have vaccines for misguided nationalism."
The gap between COVID-19 vaccine availability in rich and poor countries is only growing wider.
COVID-19 should be a wakeup call, he says, for us...
OCTOBER 12, 2021
Tension between Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and Pakistani army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has reached a peak over the appointment of Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum as the new chief of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). In a long meeting between the two on Monday night, Gen Bajwa categorically told the Pakistani PM that the government cannot interfere...
OCTOBER 12, 2021
A Moderna booster shot would contain the equivalent of a half-dose of the original regimen. (Steven Senne/AP)
A Food and Drug Administration review released Tuesday found that a booster shot of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine enhanced virus-fighting antibodies in people who had received the standard two-dose regimen at least six months earlier.
The document, like a previous review...
OCTOBER 12, 2021
India are bidding to end their 8-year-long wait for an ICC title when they take the field under Virat Kohli's captaincy at the T20 World Cup 2021 in the UAE. The Asian giants last won a major title in 2013 and their last T20 World Cup title in the inaugural edition of the tournament.
Virat Kohli has confirmed...
OCTOBER 12, 2021
Industrial smoke stack. - Getty Images
A new report released by the World Health Organization on Monday warns that climate change is the "single biggest health threat facing humanity."
The report points out that climate change is already impacting the lives and health of millions of people in various ways, and that while "no one is safe from these...
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (left) and former Facebook employee Frances Haugen. Matt McClain-Pool/Getty Images/Andrew Harnik/AP
Facebook told staff how they should speak to their families about criticism of the company, The NYT reports.
A memo reportedly gave staff talking points, including denying that Facebook puts profit over people.
It follows former Facebook employee Frances...
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo
The developer Louis Barclay made a tool called Unfollow Everything for Facebook users.
The extension removed Facebook users' News Feed by mass-unfollowing friends and pages.
Barclay says he got a cease-and-desist letter from Facebook in July and was kicked off its platform.
A developer who designed a tool...
OCTOBER 11, 2021
FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2020 file photo, Fulton County Georgia election chief Rick Barron talks to reporters as workers scan ballots during a presidential recount in Atlanta. Officials in Georgia's most populous county, where election operations are already under review by the state, have fired two workers accused of shredding paper voter registration...
OCTOBER 11, 2021
A Chinese honor guard raises the national flag of China at dawn on Tiananmen Square in Beijing. - (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Looking at unfolding world events, from the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan to China’s menacing of Taiwan, there is much reason for cynicism. But there is good news where one least expects it: China.
U.S. attitudes toward China...
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian attends a news conference in Beijing, China. - Reuters/CARLOS GARCIA RAWLINS
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday that China has lodged stern representations with Australia over "inappropriate" comments by former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott about Taiwan.
Abbott last week visited Taiwan, which is claimed by China, in...
