Google Maps launches new design as it turns 15
Alphabet Inc’s Google Maps on Thursday launched a redesign that prominently solicits users’ reviews and photos of places they visit, seeking to grow its data in a field led by…
WHO puts global spending on treatment of FGM at $1.4 bnÂ
Female genital mutilation (FGM) exacts a crippling economic as well as human cost, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. WHO made the announcement as part of activities organised…
Lead by example, Green Groups urge Britain ahead of UN climate summit
Britain, as host of November’s U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, should set an example to other countries by outlining a detailed plan for how it will cut its planet-heating emissions…
Six central banks to hold digital currency meeting in April -Nikkei
Leaders of six major central banks undertaking joint research on digital currencies are considering holding their first meeting in mid-April in Washington, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Thursday. A Bank…
Trump remains in office, impeachment plot fails at Senate
U.S. President Donald Trump was acquitted by the Senate on both articles of impeachment on Wednesday. This means he’s going nowhere and would remain in office. The acquittal allows him…
Coronavirus: Thousands on 2 cruise ships quarantined as death toll nears 500
Thousands of passengers and crew on two cruise ships in Asian waters were placed in quarantine on Wednesday, as the death toll from an outbreak of a fast-spreading coronavirus rose…
Japan to quarantine vessel on which coronavirus patient sailed
Japan’s government said on Monday it would quarantine a Yokohama-bound cruise ship, after a Hong Kong man who sailed on it last month tested positive for coronavirus. The 80-year-old man…
Coronavirus: Second death announced outside China, death toll rises to over 420
Hong Kong reported its first death from the newly identified coronavirus on Tuesday, the second fatality outside mainland China from an outbreak that has killed over 420 people, spread around…
Coronavirus: Chinese citizens turn to tracker apps to avoid infected neighborhoods
Chinese citizens are using mapping programs and travel trackers in a bid to avoid neighborhoods with infections of the coronavirus and to better prepare for the dangers they face. Both…
Coronavirus: WHO taking steps to address spread of misinformation
The World Health Organisation said Monday it was working around the clock with internet and social media giants to combat widespread misinformation surrounding the deadly novel coronavirus outbreak. WHO chief…