May2018

Twitter Inc urged its more than 330 million users to change their passwords after a glitch caused some to be stored in readable text on its internal computer system rather than disguised by a process known...

Cohu Inc will buy rival Xcerra Corp for about $796 million, the semiconductor testing company said on Tuesday, two months after a U.S. security panel blocked Xcerra’s sale to a Chinese state-backed fund. The deal also...

The 2018 World Robot Conference will be held in Beijing from Aug. 15 to 19, authorities said Tuesday. The event will see more than 12,000 competing teams from more than 10 countries and regions take part....

The first vaccine campaign against cholera in Yemen has started, 18 months after war and a sanitation crisis triggered an epidemic, but the World Health Organization said it did not yet have permission nationwide to do...

For teen girls, being called “fat” by friends or family may contribute to later developing eating disorders, and the harsh word from family members seems to carry the most weight, a recent U.S. study suggests. Weight...

Congo has confirmed two cases of Ebola in the northwestern town of Bikoro, two government health official said on Tuesday, and one of them added that at least 10 more cases were suspected. Jean Jack Muyembe,...

FIFA can today confirm that the Russian Football Union has been sanctioned with a fine of CHF 30,000 for discriminatory chants by fans during the international friendly match between Russia and France played in Saint Petersburg...

Walmart is expected to announce that it is buying a majority stake in Indian e-commerce firm Flipkart later this week, despite reports that rival Amazon tried to disrupt the transaction. The US grocery giant has agreed...

Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) expresses shock over the incident of physical attack over a lady reporter in Guwahati on Sunday morning and urges stern action against the culprit. According to the young reporter, a mason engaged in her...

MetLife Foundation and Verb announced Apon Wellbeing Ltd. as the winner of the MetLife Foundation Inclusion Plus competition in Bangladesh. The competition was open to entrepreneurs, nonprofits and other social impact organizations focused on addressing the...