Amid pushback over platform-merging update, WhatsApp backpedals on threat to lobotomize messenger for refuseniks
WhatsApp functionality will not be limited for users who did not accept the messenger’s new…More
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Hybrid of UK and Indian coronavirus variants found in Vietnam – health minister
A new mutation of the coronavirus with characteristics of both the UK and the Indian…More
Vaccine passports for cross border travel take off in Europe as US looks ‘very closely’ at concept, but promises ‘no mandates’
Greece and Denmark have become the first to launch Covid-19 vaccine passports for travel within…More
Autonomous drones may have ‘hunted down’ and attacked troops in Libya without human control – UN report
A UN report found that autonomous drones armed with explosive devices may have “hunted down”…More
Russia & Pakistan agree to build gas pipeline from Karachi to Lahore in biggest deal in decades
Russia has signed a deal with Pakistan to build a major gas pipeline linking the…More
‘Poisoned by politics’: WHO’s emergencies chief calls for end to ‘disturbing’ discourse around probe into pandemic origins
Efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus are being “poisoned by politics,” the head…More
Massive oil tanker BLOCKS Bosphorus after steering controls reportedly malfunction (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
Technical problems onboard a 249-meter-long oil tanker have led to a suspension of traffic in…More
Israeli soldiers shoot Palestinian dead during clashes in occupied West Bank, health officials say
Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian protester during clashes in the occupied West Bank,…More
Cargo ship BREAKS DOWN in Suez Canal – but it’s not as bad as last time
A cargo ship stalled on the Suez Canal this week, media reports have revealed. Unlike…More
Reforesting the entire tropics would have little to no impact on climate change, new research finds
A group of international researchers has come to the surprising conclusion that reforesting the entire…More