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BBC 2020-04-26 16:33:45
From the early stages of the coronavirus outbreak, conspiracy theories about the origin and scale of the disease were spread on online platforms. Among these were the false claim that the virus was p...
Reuters 2020-04-13 10:06:29
When 97-year-old Brazilian Gina Dal Colleto was hospitalised on April 1 with coronavirus symptoms, few could have thought she would survive the deadly virus. On Sunday, however, Dal Colleto was pushe...
Reuters 2020-04-09 13:00:46
Cats can become infected with the new coronavirus but dogs appear not to be vulnerable, according to a study published on Wednesday, prompting the WHO to say it will take a closer look at transmission...
AP 2020-04-06 13:53:29
Lisa Neuburger was caring for a patient with the coronavirus when the person’s ventilator tube became detached. As she worked to help the patient, she knew fluid from the person’s lungs co...
-- 2020-04-06 10:09:47
A tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City has tested positive for the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in the first known case of a human infecting an animal and making it sick, th...
-- 2020-04-03 17:04:14
Carbon dioxide emissions could fall by the largest amount since World War Two this year as the coronavirus outbreak brings economies to a virtual standstill, according to the chair of a network of sci...
-- 2020-04-03 11:30:46
An international team of researchers led by Australia's La Trobe University have unearthed the earliest known skull of Homo erectus -- an early ancestor of modern humans similar in their anatomy and b...
-- 2020-04-01 10:20:38
A pet cat has tested positive for the coronavirus in Hong Kong after its owner was confirmed with having the virus, the city’s Agricultural and Fisheries department said, cautioning that the ani...
The New York Times 2020-03-11 16:59:07
JoAnn Gregoli, a 30-year veteran of wedding and event planning, has advice for couples with weddings on the horizon: don’t cancel because of the coronavirus, but instead, postpone. “I&rsq...
-- 2020-03-03 12:21:33
A woman who made more than 1,200 nuisance calls to the Met Police in attempts to get herself arrested has been jailed for ten weeks. Jelena Bobrova, 54, has pestered police operators for the last thr...
-- 2020-02-20 11:35:23
Larry Tesler, an icon of early computing, has died at the age of 74. Mr Tesler started working in Silicon Valley in the early 1960s, at a time when computers were inaccessible to the vast majority of...
BBC 2020-02-14 18:18:18
In 2019 global defence spending rose by some 4 per cent over 2018 - the highest year-on-year increase in a decade. The figures are included in this year's Military Balance - the annual publication of...
-- 2020-02-13 12:14:02
Bangalis love sweets. In fact, the love is so intense that one cannot imagine celebrating any occasion without ‘rashogollas’ or ‘misti’ as they are locally known. Imagine you...
-- 2020-02-09 15:29:16
After making sure everyone’s face mask is on and sanitizer is to hand, the Qiao family heads out to Jingshan Park, a former royal sanctuary beside the Forbidden City in China’s capital Bei...
-- 2020-02-06 11:51:45
Weddings don't always go exactly to plan, but as coronavirus infections continue to rise, one celebration went ahead without the bride and groom. Singapore couple Joseph Yew and his wife Kang Ting re...
-- 2020-01-30 14:25:55
A Japanese billionaire who was looking for a female "life partner" to accompany him on Space X's maiden tourist flight round the moon has cancelled his plans. Fashion mogul Yusaku Maezawa invited sin...
FE Online Desk 2020-01-20 15:34:06
Nearly one in three adolescent girls from the poorest households around the world has never been to school, according to a new UNICEF paper launched today (Monday) as education ministers gather at the...
FE Online Desk 2020-01-13 13:33:48
Sikder Group signed a sponsorship agreement of Tk 50 million to make a full-length film titled ‘Chironjib Mujib’, based on the autobiography of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Muji...
-- 2020-01-13 12:28:19
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is looking for a female "life partner" to accompany him on Space X's maiden tourist voyage to the Moon. The fashion mogul, 44, is set to be the first civilian pass...
Reuters 2020-01-05 17:19:40
Kane Tanaka has extended her record as the world’s oldest person by celebrating her 117th birthday at a nursing home in Fukuoka in southern Japan. Tanaka marked her birthday with a party on Sun...
-- 2020-01-03 13:41:27
United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has said at least 3,916 babies were born in Uganda on New Year's Day. The east African country's newborns accounted for approximately 1.0 per cent of an estimate...
FE Online Desk 2020-01-01 13:58:07
The Women’s Empowerment Organization (WEO), a non-profitable fraternity for women’s welfare in Bangladesh, has celebrated its second anniversary of emergence. The ceremony was held at Ban...
-- 2019-12-30 11:02:47
A rare fishing cat, locally known as ‘mechho bagh’, was trapped and captured at Shialjuri village of Sadar upazila of Magura district on Sunday night. Police rescued the cat from an orcha...
BBC 2019-12-29 17:12:08
A rhino thought to be the oldest in the world has died in Tanzania, aged 57. Fausta, an eastern black rhino, was first sighted in the Ngorongoro crater in 1965, when she was three. She roamed the cr...
-- 2019-12-25 11:27:09
A man with a white beard was being held on $10,000 bond for allegedly robbing a Colorado bank and throwing the stolen cash into the air while shouting, “Merry Christmas” to passersby, poli...
-- 2019-12-23 12:56:55
Mexico’s ambassador to Argentina resigned on Sunday (local time) citing health problems following new allegations of shoplifting after video from late October showed the diplomat attempting to s...
-- 2019-12-18 13:12:49
Archaeologists have discovered two royal tombs in Greece containing jewellery and artefacts dating back more than 3,000 years. The finds include a gold ring depicting bulls flanked by sheaves of barl...
-- 2019-12-17 11:26:26
November 2019 was the second-hottest November in the 140-year global climate record, according to scientists at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The NOAA monthly global...
-- 2019-12-14 12:13:32
Thai Cultural Minister Itthiphol Kunplome on Friday announced that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has formally added traditional Thai massage to its inta...
-- 2019-12-10 13:01:59
Archaeologists in southwest China's Sichuan Province said Monday they had found a jar of rice and unbroken eggs that date back more than 500 years. The jar was discovered from a Ming Dynasty (1368-16...
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