Category: World

South Korea

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...

world billionaires poor

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...

Nasa, Makenzie Lystrup

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 Netherlands, school book

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

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....

Pakistan Indus Delta

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...

China citizens target

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...

Stormy Daniels

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...

Trump indict

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 Belt Road, Pakistan, China

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...