November2018

Rwandan Prime Minister Édouard Ngirente has called for continued investment in family planning at the opening of the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) convening in Rwanda from 12-15 November. During his keynote address, the Right...

Grameenphone, the most preferred digital service provider in Bangladesh, now has 15 million fans on its Facebook page. This has made Grameenphone page the most liked page among all Bangladeshi fan pages on Facebook. Since the...

Apple Inc has announced a program to help human trafficking victims get behind-the-scenes jobs at its stores. The technology company has teamed up with an NGO that will help the victims pass interviews for caretaker and...

Ride-share company Uber on Wednesday said that its net loss topped a billion dollars in the recently ended quarter as it pumped money into bikes, scooters, freight and food delivery. While a private company, Uber has...

From Tuesday to Thursday, heavy smog will envelop parts of northern China due to poor weather conditions, according to the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE). Beijing, Tianjin and surrounding regions including provinces of Hebei, Shanxi,...

The Pentagon on Wednesday announced it had awarded Lockheed Martin a $22.7 billion contract for 255 F-35 fighter jets. Of the aircraft, 106 are destined for the US military: 64 F-35As for the Air Force, 26...

HBO’s hit Emmy-winning drama “Game of Thrones” will debut its eighth and final season starting in April, the network announced in a trailer released online on Tuesday. The video featured footage from previous seasons of the...

Victims of California’s deadliest wildfire have filed a lawsuit against PG&E Corp alleging negligence and health and safety code violations by the utility company in the blaze that has killed at least 48 people. The lawsuit...

Three months after her death and 46 years after she first recorded it, Aretha Franklin’s live gospel concert is coming to the big screen. “Amazing Grace,” filmed in January 1972 when the Queen of Soul was...

Volkswagen will convert three German factories to build electric cars, as Europe’s largest automaker by sales starts mass producing zero-emission vehicles in a major strategy shift following its emissions cheating scandal. The German company said on...