In car crashes, women are more likely to die than men. New crash test dummy could save lives

For women, the consequences of a car crash are often far deadlier than for men.


Thai princess hospitalized with heart condition

Thailand's Princess Bajrakitiyabha is in a stable condition after she was hospitalized due to a heart problem, the Thai royal palace said in a statement on Thursday.


Why people in China are panic buying canned yellow peaches as Covid cases surge

An unprecedented wave of Covid cases in China has sparked panic buying of fever medicines, pain killers, and even home remedies such as canned peaches, leading to shortages online and in stores.


Bernard Arnault just became the world's richest person. So who is he?

Bernard Arnault, the chairman of French luxury goods giant LVMH, has just become the first European to top Bloomberg's list of the world's richest people, relegating Elon Musk to second place.


El Salvador has arrested 2% of its adult population in its war on gangs. Other countries are taking note

Eight months since El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele announced a war on gangs, an estimated 2% of the country's adult population -- or roughly 100,000 people -- are now behind bars.


British nurses set to launch historic strike, as pay and staffing crises threaten the NHS

Nurses across much of the UK are set to launch a historic strike on Thursday, as they prepare to walk out of hospitals and onto picket lines after several years of falling pay and declining standards left the country's nationalized health care system in a state of crisis.


Chinese diplomats wanted by UK police for questioning return to Beijing

China has removed its consul-general and five other British-based diplomats wanted by police for questioning in connection to the alleged beating of a Hong Kong protester in the English city of Manchester.


For almost 160 years, a Cézanne painting had a hidden secret

Cincinnati Art Museum's chief conservator Serena Urry was conducting a routine inspection of the institution's prized Paul Cézanne painting "Still Life with Bread and Eggs" when she noticed something "odd."


Paroled Bali bomber apologizes for nightclub attacks that killed 202

An Indonesian bomb maker convicted for his role in the deadly 2002 Bali nightclub attacks has apologized to the victims' families, after his release from prison was met with outrage in Australia.


Iran expelled from UN commission on women

United Nations member states have removed Iran from a key UN women's rights group just months after it joined. The unusual reversal comes as Iran is rattled by an ongoing protest movement sparked by the death of a young woman in the custody of the country's so-called "morality police"