LONDON – Climate change-driven snowmelt in the Alps is triggering abrupt seasonal change, a study led by the University of Manchester revealed on Thursday. The…
Advertising spend on broadcast television, excluding political ads, fell by $34 billion worldwide in 2020 as the novel coronavirus paralyzed production and brands moved money…
The annual financial results of one of the world’s leading tobacco companies have shown a transformation of the industry during the pandemic and raised questions…
A special department will be set up by the government of Uttarakhand state in India to “monitor and study all the glaciers through satellite”, according…
LONDON – Britain’s Supreme Court on Friday ruled that Uber drivers are “workers” entitled to the rights including a minimum wage and paid holidays. According…
COPENHAGEN – Citing statistics that COVID-19 is slowing in the European Region, Hans Kluge, Regional Director for Europe of the World Health Organization (WHO), on…
NEW YORK－Plant-eating dinosaurs probably arrived in the Northern Hemisphere millions of years after their meat-eating cousins, a delay likely caused by climate change, a new…
ARBIL, Iraq－The United Nations warned on Tuesday that tensions in Iraq could escalate after a rocket attack killed a foreign contractor for the US military…
TORONTO, Canada－The World Health Organization has granted an emergency authorization to AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine, a move that should allow the UN agency’s partners to ship…
WASHINGTON — US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday announced plans for establishing an independent “9/11-type commission” to investigate the deadly Jan 6 Capitol riot,…