Delhi, Mumbai ease lockdown as India COVID numbers fall

Markets and shopping malls in New Delhi will be allowed to reopen from Monday in a further easing of the COVID-19 lockdown, the chief minister said as infections fall in major Indian cities after weeks of restrictions.

Italy sets record for daily COVID vaccinations

A record 600,000 doses of COVID vaccine were administered in Italy on Friday, authorities said, putting the country in second place in Europe for the number of people fully vaccinated.

India warns Twitter to comply with new IT rules

India on Saturday issued "one last notice" to Twitter to comply with new IT regulations that the social media giant says threaten privacy guarantees.

Global war on ransomware? Hurdles hinder the US response

Foreign keyboard criminals with scant fear of repercussions have paralyzed U.S. schools and hospitals, leaked highly sensitive police files, triggered fuel shortages and, most recently, threatened global food supply chains.

Sotheby's sells first NFT that sparked a craze

The first non-fungible token (NFT) ever created, the origin of a craze that is sweeping the art market, has gone on sale at Sotheby's.

Biden administration will restore key environmental protections

The administration of President Joe Biden on Friday announced it would restore protections under the Endangered Species Act, a law credited with saving iconic animals like the gray wolf and bald eagle, which were loosened by his predecessor Donald Trump.

Famed 'Tank Man' photo vanishes from Bing search engine

Searches for the famous Tiananmen Square "Tank Man" protest photo came up empty on Microsoft search engine Bing on Friday, raising censorship concerns on the anniversary of the deadly crackdown.

Indonesian women take on plastic waste brick by brick

Alarmed by the mountains of plastic waste leaching into Indonesia's waters, two best friends are taking on the environmental menace by turning crisp bags and shampoo packets into paving bricks.

In rural India, fear of testing and vaccines hampers COVID-19 fight

When health worker Neelam Kumari knocks on doors in Indian villages the occupants sometimes run out the back, terrified that she wants to vaccinate them against COVID-19.

Miami, looking to be next crypto hotspot, hosts huge bitcoin event

Thousands of people have descended on Miami for a massive two-day bitcoin conference that opened Friday—a sign that the US city, in the midst of a tech boom, is hoping to become the next cryptocurrency hub.

Four decades of AIDS

Forty years ago this month the first men began dying of a mysterious disease in California that would later be identified as AIDS.

Hopes for 'historic' global corporate tax deal as G7 meets

Finance ministers from wealthy G7 nations are on Saturday expected to announce support for a minimum global level of corporate tax, aimed at getting multinationals—especially tech giants—to pay more into government coffers hit hard by the pandemic.

Experts look into possible cyberattack at Florida hospitals

Experts are investigating after the computer systems of two central Florida hospitals showed signs of unusual activity, an official said.

Mine-sniffing rat Magawa ends years of hard work in Cambodia

After five years of sniffing out land mines and unexploded ordnance in Cambodia, Magawa is retiring.

Screening reveals coeliac disease cases in children have doubled in 25 years

Mass screening of school age children has led to significantly higher numbers of coeliac disease cases being diagnosed, according to a new study presented today at the 6th World Congress of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.

Mothers transmitting hepatitis B to children as broken hospital procedures plague Europe

Procedures to prevent the direct transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) from mother to child, particularly during and after pregnancy, have significant fragmentation and gaps, a new survey presented at the 6th World Congress of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition has shown.