October2019

Human activity churns out up to 100 times more planet-warming carbon each year as all the volcanoes on Earth, says a decade-long study released Tuesday. The Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO), a 500-strong international team of scientists,...

Assam’s Dispur Hospitals and ‘The Heart, Sahridoy Gosthi’, a premier non-government organization organized an awareness rally on the occasion of World Heart Day on the streets of Guwahati. Braving the rain in morning hours, over 300...

Visa, the global leader in digital payments technology, announced its plans to launch QR payments in Bangladesh, enabling consumers to link their credit, debit and prepaid cards to their mobile banking apps to ‘scan and pay’...

Police used tear gas, water cannon and live fire to disperse demonstrators in Baghdad on Tuesday, wounding several people as thousands of Iraqis rallied in protest against unemployment, government corruption and poor services. Police initially opened...

The British-led Bloodhound supersonic car is virtually ready to start its high-speed trials. The vehicle is due to leave its Gloucestershire base in the next fortnight to be air freighted to South Africa’s Northern Cape. Bloodhound...

A team at Imperial College, London, has developed the sensor that constantly samples patients’ antibiotic levels. The sensor can show how a patient has reacted to the type of antibiotic they have been given. Experts said the technique...

Thirty years ago, they were the must-have accessory for every sharp-elbowed business executive. But now, Japan’s pagers have beeped for the final time. The country’s last pager provider, Tokyo Telemessage, closed its service on Tuesday. Fewer...

Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon at petrol-bomb throwing protesters and shot a teenage demonstrator, as pro-democracy activists defied the city’s Chinese rulers on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pitched new proposals on Tuesday for an amended Brexit agreement that would remove the contested insurance policy for the Irish border, but EU officials sounded skeptical about the chances of a...

Celebrated opera singer Jessye Norman, an American soprano who showcased her majestic voice in performances around the world, died Monday, her family said. She was 74 years old. The Grammy winner died “surrounded by loved ones”...