December2018

A justice foundation created by George and Amal Clooney is set to announce on Wednesday a global initiative called TrialWatch to monitor court trials where there is a risk of abuse and to rank countries’ judicial...

Campaign groups representing citizens from across the world demanded Tuesday that big energy leaves coal in the ground as COP24 host Poland pushed for protections allowing it to continue burning fossil fuel. With nations locked in...

Serena Williams will make her return to the Australian Open for the first time since winning in 2017 when eight-weeks pregnant, it was confirmed Wednesday, with virtually all the world’s top 100 players due at Melbourne...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated the country’s Space Research Organisation (ISRO) as it overnight launched into orbit India’s heaviest ever satellite to help boost broadband internet services. “Congrats to ISRO for the successful launch...

Chip supplier Qualcomm Inc on Tuesday unveiled a new generation of mobile phone processor chips that will power 5G smartphones in the United States as soon as next year. The key feature of the Snapdragon 855...

Alphabet’s Waymo on Wednesday launched a significant development in its costly, decade-long quest for autonomous transportation: self driving taxi that actually generate fares. With little fanfare, the company has begun charging passengers to use its driverless...

Patients with irritable bowel syndrome may find that hypnotherapy helps them cope with their symptoms, a new study shows. Irritable bowel syndrome is a chronic gastrointestinal disorder with abdominal pain, stomach discomfort, altered bowel habits and...

A woman in Brazil who received from a deceased donor a womb transplant has given birth to a baby girl in the first successful case of its kind, doctors reported. The case, published in The Lancet...

Swiss group Roche Holding AG said on Wednesday its Tecentriq immunotherapy mixed with chemotherapy won priority review from the U.S. regulator for treating a type of lung cancer, a potential boost to the drug that has...

US-Bangla Airlines, one of the Bangladeshi private carriers, will resume its flight operations to Bangkok from February 01 after suspension of four months. From February, the carrier will operate four flights to Bangkok from Dhaka on every Sunday,...