JANUARY 27, 2021
Technology companies led a broad sell-off in stocks Wednesday, knocking more than 600 points off the Dow Jones Industrial Average and handing the market its worst day in nearly three months.
The S&P 500 fell 2.6%, its biggest single-day drop since it lost 3.5% on October 28. It had set a record high just two days earlier. The...
JANUARY 27, 2021
Image: Protesters in Moscow (Kirill Kudryatsev / AFP - Getty Images)
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — The tens of thousands of protesters who flooded Russia's streets over the weekend not only piled pressure on Vladimir Putin, but they also put another president on the spot: Joe Biden.
Biden's new foreign policy team is grappling with a myriad of domestic...
JANUARY 26, 2021
In October 2020, LocalCircles survey had indicated that 61 per cent of citizens were hesitant to get the vaccine shot. (Image: AFP)
The percentage of Indian citizens hesitant to take the Covid-19 vaccine has dropped from 69 per cent to 60 per cent in 3 weeks, a survey conducted by LocalCircles revealed.
According to the findings, now 60...
JANUARY 26, 2021
A man holds a flag as he stands on the top of the historic Red Fort during a protest against farm laws introduced by the government, in Delhi, India, January 26, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Chaotic scenes of rampage unfolded in the national capital on a day that saw India celebrate its military might at the Republic Day parade...
JANUARY 24, 2021
'African Gene Theory' is a myth and its entrenchment in the medical community may be harming the heart health of Black men. Here's why sodium is not to blame. - Mark Harris, Men's Health
YOU WOULD never think that a 1988 American Heart Association (AHA) conference would set the stage for decades of debate around—of all things—sodium...
JANUARY 24, 2021
Representational photo. - Nathan Stirk/Getty Images
Last week, Elon Musk confirmed his India plans for Tesla with a two-word tweet.
"As promised," wrote the world’s richest man in a thread, linking to a blog that said Tesla cars will be expensive, but may eventually become more affordable for the Indian middle class when the company starts its own...
JANUARY 24, 2021
Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Florida is mighty chilly these days… if you're former president Donald Trump, that is.
Hours before Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president, Donald Trump left the White House and headed down to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, which he plans to make his primary residence. But his welcome...
JANUARY 24, 2021
The emergence of new variants of the virus that causes Covid-19—including one in the U.K. that British officials say could be more deadly than earlier versions—signals a future in which health authorities are locked in a cat-and-mouse battle with a shape-shifting pathogen.
Faster-spreading coronavirus strains that researchers fear could also make people sicker or render vaccines less effective...
JANUARY 24, 2021
Dr. Fauci delivered remarks on the coronavirus last April during a daily White House briefing, as President Donald Trump looked on. - Doug Mills/NY Times
For almost 40 years, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci has held two jobs. As director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, he has run one of the country’s premier research...
JANUARY 23, 2021
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has said Australia will be a world leader in tech regulation by putting in place a code forcing Google and Facebook to pay news publishers. - Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP
Josh Frydenberg has warned the internet giants it is “inevitable” they will pay for news content and their threats to shut down core functions in Australia...
