27 people dead and 20 others injured after Covid quarantine bus overturns in China, local authorities say
A bus transferring dozens of people to a Covid-19 quarantine facility in China's southwestern province of Guizhou overturned in a ravine early Sunday morning, killing 27 and injuring 20, local authorities said in a news briefing.
Google mistakenly sent an engineer almost $250,000
A man mistakenly received a payment of almost $250,000 from Google -- even though he hadn't done any work for the company.
Why deleting something from the internet is 'almost impossible'
Most people may live out their digital lives with the assumption they can delete their posts, messages and personal data from services whenever they choose. But a tech hearing this week threw that core assumption into question.
The 40-year evolution from :-) to 😂
At 11:44 a.m. on September 19, 1982, Scott Fahlman made internet history by stitching together a colon, a hyphen and a close parenthesis.
8 cheetahs arrive to India from Namibia as part of reintroduction project
After going extinct in India over 70 years ago, cheetahs are finally making a comeback in the country with a new reintroduction program.
Indian leader Narendra Modi tells Putin: Now is not the time for war
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears to have directly rebuffed Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, telling Russian President Vladimir Putin that now is not the time for war.
Iran's Supreme Leader shown at event amid reports of deteriorating health
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei was seen attending an event at a mosque in Tehran on Saturday, according to pictures and a video published on Iran's government websites and state media, one day after reports circulated about of his deteriorating health.
3.4 million children in Pakistan need 'immediate, lifesaving support' after floods: UNICEF
"Super floods" in Pakistan have left 3.4 million children in need of "immediate, lifesaving support," according to UNICEF.
Woman, 22, dies after falling into coma while in custody of Iran's morality police
A 22-year-old Iranian woman has died after being arrested by Iran's morality police earlier this week, Iran's semi-official Etemad Online website reported, quoting her uncle.
As Singapore mourns the Queen, there's little discussion about its colonial past
It has been close to six decades since the British monarchy symbolically ruled Singapore, but Queen Elizabeth II's death still elicited grief and reflection in the Southeast Asian nation.