August2024

Automaker Ford Motor said on Wednesday it will change its diversity, equity and inclusion program, including ending participation in an LGBTQ advocacy group’s ranking system, joining several U.S. companies that have redefined those programs amid pressure...

Tokyo-Yokohama remains the world’s largest science and technology cluster in 2024, though clusters in middle-income economies are seeing the fastest growth in the innovation sector, the United Nations said Tuesday. The UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization...

Equity investors stepped cautiously Wednesday ahead of key US data and the release of earnings by tech titan Nvidia that could shine a light on demand for all things artificial intelligence after this year’s tech-led markets...

Auto giant Toyota said Wednesday it was suspending production at all its factories in Japan because of an approaching typhoon. “From today’s number-two (afternoon) shift through tomorrow’s number-one (daytime) shift, we will suspend all the production...

Syeda Rizwana Hasan, advisor for the environment, forests, and climate change, stated today that international cooperation is required to limit plastic pollution. “We have an opportunity to push together for an ambitious Global Plastics Treaty. We need...

According to official media on Wednesday, Vietnamese police have detained over a dozen persons in connection with a baby smuggling ring that transported sixteen babies throughout the nation’s cities and provinces. As reported by the official...

Prominent medical professionals in the United Kingdom asked lawmakers on Wednesday to enact laws that would outlaw all flavors other than tobacco in order to combat the “vaping epidemic,” which is especially affecting youth. The call...

Bangladesh won their first-ever SAFF U-20 Championship on Wednesday, defeating host Nepal 4-1 in the final played at the ANFA Complex in Nepal, thanks to a brace from forward Mirajul Islam. In addition to striker Mirajul...

Ethiopia said that since two more turbines began to operate, the amount of electricity produced by its contentious mega-dam on the Blue Nile has more than doubled. As of late Tuesday, the multibillion-dollar Grand Ethiopian Renaissance...

Following an attack by a Ukrainian drone, a fuel store caught fire in the Rostov region of southwest Russia, the regional governor announced on Wednesday.Governor Vasily Golubev stated on Telegram that firefighters were still battling the...