In the face of shrinking populations, many of the world’s major economies are trying to engineer higher birth rates. Policymakers from South Korea, Japan and Italy, for example, have all adopted so-called “pronatalist” measures in…
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The Blue Origin space craft owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is to take six individuals to space from nations historically underrepresented in space exploration. Nigeria is one of the selected countries. Though a date…
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By Nicole Jao and Colleen Howe (Reuters) -Oil prices edged up in Asian trade on Friday, heading for a weekly gain of more than 3%, as U.S. jobs data calmed demand concerns and fears of…
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It all appeared to begin in early July with angry Barceloni residents squirting tourists with water as they sat on restaurant terraces. “Tourists go home!” shouted locals to bemused diners in the busy Las Ramblas…
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Social networks have revolutionised the way we communicate, stay informed and share moments of our daily lives. We use platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok to keep in touch with our friends and family,…
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By Amy Lv and Naveen Thukral BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Global trading house Cargill will undergo structural changes after missing internal earnings goals, with plans to streamline operations into three units instead of five, according to…
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Telling donors that their neighbors have provided high-quality furniture, clothing and other goods can cut the number of worthless items charities receive in half. That’s what my colleagues Sindy De La Torre Pacheco, Mahyar Eftekhar…
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In his landmark ruling against Google earlier this week, United States district judge Amit Mehta said the tech giant has built “the industry’s highest quality search engine”. Judge Mehta made clear this was partly because…
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By Nia Williams (Reuters) -Canada will fund an Indigenous-led study into how oil sands development impacts the health of local communities, the government said on Wednesday, following a tailings water leak from an Imperial Oil…
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Japan’s stock market plunged 12% on Monday, August 5 – its worst day in 37 years. The severity of the fall triggered losses in stock markets around the world. In the US, for example, the…
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