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Trump to ban TikTok appUS President Donald Trump said late on Friday he would ban the Chinese video-sharing app TikTok in the US. "As far as TikTok is concerned, we are banning them from the United States," Trump told reporters on his way back to the capital from Florida
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WHO: Coronavirus is not seasonalThe novel coronavirus is neither seasonal nor does it occur in waves, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday. WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris said in answer to questions at the twice-weekly UN press briefing held virtually in Geneva that t
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Global CO2 emissions could fall by up to 7% this year amid pandemic: researchGlobal carbon dioxide emissions could fall by up to 7% this year, depending on ongoing restrictions and social distancing measures during the coronavirus pandemic, research published in the journal Nature Climate Change showed on Tuesday. The study,
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Chinese climbers set to remeasure height of EverestA group of 30 Chinese climbers and surveyors are set to remeasure the height of the world's highest mountain Everest, according to the state media. The team of professional climbers and surveyors from China's Natural Resources Ministry left their ba
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China intends to construct a space stationChina’s latest state-of-the-art carrier rocket the Long March-5B took a successful flight on Tuesday, signaling a new era of the construction of manned space projects including the space station, reported Chinese official Xinhua news agency, citing t
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Coronavirus forces detour for homecoming astronautsNASA astronauts Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir will take an unusual - and more exhausting - route home after safely landing in the Kazakh steppe on Friday, a Russian healthcare official said, because of lockdowns caused by the novel coronavirus. A c
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Scientists discover a potentially habitable planetUsing data from a now-dead telescope, scientists have discovered an Earth-sized planet that may be capable of supporting life. Believed to be in the habitable zone of a star located around 300 light-years from Earth, a group of transatlantic scienti
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Olympic Games starts on July 23, 2021 in TokyoThe International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Monday that the Olympic Games will be held on July 23-Aug. 8, 2021, while the Paralympic Games between Aug. 24 and Sept. 5, 2021. "The leaderships of the key parties came together via telephone con
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Computer scientist Larry Tesler dies at 74A pioneering US computer scientist whose accomplishments included inventing the widely relied on "cut, copy and paste" command died at age 74. The death of Lawrence "Larry" Tesler was announced on Twitter on Wednesday by Xerox, where he spent part o
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NASA astronaut Koch returns to Earth after record space missionA capsule carrying a crew of three from the International Space Station, including record-setting United States astronaut Christina Koch, landed in Kazakhstan on Thursday, a live feed by Russian space agency Roscosmos showed. The touchdown on a snow
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ISS 61st expedition successfully lands in KazakhstanThree crew members of the 61st expedition to the International Space Station (ISS) successfully landed in Kazakhstan on Thursday. A capsule with Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Skvortsov, U.S. NASA astronaut Christina Koch and Italian astronaut Luca Par
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Millions go hungry in Canada: ReportCanadians who cannot afford regular meals are more likely to die early, according to a study released on Monday, showing that people are dying from hunger even in wealthy countries. The study of more than half a million Canadian adults found that hu
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World's shortest man diesThe world's shortest man who could walk, as verified by Guinness World Records, died on Friday at a hospital in Nepal, his family said. Khagendra Thapa Magar, who measured 67.08cm (two feet and 2.41 inches), died of pneumonia at a hospital in Pokhar
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Record 45 million need urgent food aid in southern Africa: UNA record 45 million people in Southern Africa, mostly women and children, face severe food insecurity caused by drought, flooding, and economic disarray, the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) said on Thursday. "This hunger crisis is on a scale we've
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2019 second hottest year in warmest-ever decade: UNThe past decade was the hottest on record, the UN said on Wednesday, warning the higher temperatures were expected to fuel numerous extreme weather events in 2020 and beyond. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which based its findings on a
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Oldest material on earth discovered in meteoriteThe oldest material on the planet has been discovered inside a meteorite, according to Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences magazine. The magazine published the results of a study on Murchison meteorite that fell to Earth in 1969 in Austr
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Earth-Sized Planet Found in the Habitable Zone of a Nearby StarNASA has announced that its planet hunter satellite TESS discovered an Earth-sized world within the habitable range of its star, which could allow the presence of liquid water. The planet, named "TOI 700 d", is relatively close to Earth: only 100 li
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India announces plans for another moon missionUndeterred by problems last summer, India will aim to launch its third lunar mission by 2021, the head of the country’s space agency said on Wednesday. In a news conference reported by Press Trust of India, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
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Half of US will be obese in 10 years : studyA new study predicts roughly half of the U.S. population will be obese within a decade. By 2030 nearly 1 in 2 adults, or 48.9%, will have obesity, and the prevalence will be higher than 50% in 29 states and not below 35% in any state, according to t
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Earth's temperature likely marks hottest decade on record: reportThe past decade is almost certain to be the hottest on record, weather experts warned on Tuesday, painting a bleak picture of vanishing sea ice, devastating heatwaves and encroaching seas in a report launched at a climate summit in Spain. An annual
