June2021

Microsoft has officially announced Windows 11, its new operating system which will replace the current version over the next few years. Among all the new features are two seemingly small but related things that jumped out,...

Bangladesh is set to receive 2.5 million doses of the Moderna vaccine under Covax facilities within the next 7-10 days. Health Minister Zahid Maleque confirmed the matter to DBC, a national television channel, on Friday. He...

The bloody conflict in Myanmar has displaced an estimated 230,000 people since the military coup began in February, and a UN agency says it needs urgent assistance. A report by the United Nations Office for the...

New Zealand has made history by defeating India and winning the World Test Championship. The Kiwis secured the trophy by defeating India by a massive margin of 7 wickets in a rain-interrupted Test in Southampton, England....

The minority government of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has won a no-confidence vote in parliament on Wednesday over a proposed budget. In doing so, he avoided a possible early election this summer. News from AFP....

On Friday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that European Union leaders had also rejected France’s move to resume talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. News from AFP. After talks between the bloc’s leaders at the EU...

Affordable, quality childcare is inaccessible in many of the world’s wealthiest countries, UNICEF said in a new report released on June 18th. Luxembourg, Iceland, Sweden, Norway and Germany rank the highest on childcare provisions among high-income...

Israeli researchers said Thursday they had found bones belonging to a “new type of early human” previously unknown to science, shedding new light on the course of human evolution. Archeological digs near the city of Ramla...

Google on Tuesday unveiled a platform that lets its workers calculate pay and benefits for remote work, and how this would change if they move to a cheaper – or more expensive – city. With the...

Hong Kong stocks opened on the front foot on Friday morning, extending gains into a third day following a surge on Wall Street as investors cheered news that the White House and lawmakers had struck a...