Category: World
South Korea offers lonely young people $500 per month to re-enter society
The South Korean government has offered to pay about $500 to lonely young people who are secluded from the world to help them “re-enter society”, CNN...
Riches to rags: A creative take on how the world’s billionaires would look without their wealth
An artist’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) to reimagine the world’s richest men as poor has gone viral on social media. Gokul Pillai used the AI tool...
History made: NASA swears in first-ever female director with unconventional oath
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) made a historical appointment on April 13 by naming the first woman Dr Makenzie Lystrup as director of Goddard Space...
Asif Zardari’s photo in Netherlands school book over corruption sparks debate
The photo of a Dutch textbook chapter featuring former Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari’s alleged corruption has sparked a heated discussion online. Some...
Dalai Lama apologises for making an inappropriate request to young boy
The Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama apologised on April 10 after a video which showed him asking a boy to suck his tongue triggered a backlash on social media....
UN recognises Pakistan’s Indus Delta for global convention
The shrinking delta of Pakistan’s mighty River Indus has emerged on the United Nations’ radar after it accepted to create a global convention on all deltas...
Led by China, more countries targeting citizens abroad: US study
Story by AFP A rising number of countries are turning to abductions, violence or deportations against citizens abroad to silence dissent, with China the biggest...
Who is Stormy Daniels and what did Trump do?
Former President Donald Trump was indicted in New York City on March 30 on criminal charges arising from alleged hush money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels to...
Ex-US president Trump indicted in porn star hush money payment case
Donald Trump has been indicted by a Manhattan grand jury after a probe into hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, becoming the first former U.S. president to face...
China spent $240bn bailing out ‘Belt & Road’ countries: study
China spent $240 billion bailing out 22 developing countries between 2008 and 2021, with the amount soaring in recent years as more have struggled to repay loans spent...