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China's Communist Party begins key meet to stem economic slowdown, following 4.7% dip in GDP
China's GDP dipped to 4.7 per cent in the second quarter, the government said on Monday, as the rul…
PTI
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Heatwaves in Hajj: Here’s all about the devastating episode that killed nearly 1000 pilgrims in Saudi Arabia
The latest climate atrocity has befallen the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, where blistering h…
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Japan's 2nd-busiest airport was put on lockdown after a pair of scissors went missing from a store, where they were later found again
Two days after the scissors went missing, airport authorities said they'd been found pretty much wh…
Pete Syme
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San Quentin prison on lockdown as dozens suffer gastrointestinal illness. Prisoners say 'boiled chicken' is to blame.
Dozens needed medical care, men incarcerated at San Quentin said. Officials call it a gastrointesti…
Laura Italiano,Nicole Einbinder
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A couple found $100,000 in a safe while 'magnet fishing' in NYC. Police said they could keep it.
A couple found $100,000 in a safe while magnet fishing in Queens, New York. After reporting it to t…
Joshua Zitser
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A couple accidentally shipped their cat in an Amazon return package. It arrived safely 6 days later, hundreds of miles away.
Galena, a Utah cat, was found in a California Amazon warehouse after being accidentally shipped in …
Joshua Zitser
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COVID lockdown-related school disruptions will continue to worsen students’ exam results into the 2030s: study
The study explored the consequences of pandemic-induced school closures on children's socio-emotion…
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Managers more likely to promote workers who regularly come to office compared to remote employees: study
Nearly 1000 managers were presented with profiles of three completely made-up employees: a fully on…
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Exiled Chinese bloggers urged people back home to unfollow them, claiming police are checking individuals 'one by one'
In separate posts, two Chinese bloggers in exile asked their social media followers to unfollow the…
Joshua Zitser
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New variant of H5N1 bird flu spreads to marine mammals, heightening concerns for human transmission
Alarmingly, all samples from Argentina, encompassing sea lions, fur seals, and terns, tested positi…
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Highland Park students walked out to demand gun control. Minutes later, the high school went on lockdown.
Parents were reportedly rushing to school as the police cleared the campus during the lockdown. Fiv…
Chris Panella
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Israel's Gen Z conscientious objectors are being shunned and are even going to prison for refusing to join the army
Four Israelis who refuse to join the IDF to fight in Gaza told BI about the personal toll of being …
Joshua Zitser
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6 companies that struck it big on China's zero-COVID policies and came out on top after 3 years of lockdowns
Sanitation workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) spray disinfectant at Nanjing Road P…
Matthew Loh
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The tension between Wall Street and elite universities reached a fever pitch after one exec threatened to pull a $100 million donation from Penn
A Wall Street exec's decision to pull a big donation from the University of Pennsylvania is about m…
Dan DeFrancesco
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40% of Chinese people infected with Covid in last month, say experts
According to an internal document of the Chinese CDC, 248 million people were infected by the coron…
ANI
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Former 'porn king' Ron Jeremy, who now suffers from severe dementia, will be released to a private residence — despite his accusers' objections
Ron Jeremy will no longer be held in custody, despite the objections of his accusers.
Meghann Cuniff
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Women-led self help groups were instrumental in ensuring Indians had food on their plates during the COVID-19 lockdown
To say that conditions were grim in the early phases of the pandemic is an understatement. Studies …
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China's cities are running out of money to pay huge COVID lockdown bills, report says
China's local governments are spending much more than they are taking in, CNN reported, as they con…
Sinéad Baker
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Mithunda's Disco Dancer song 'Jimmy Jimmy' is China's Covid lockdown protest song
Bappi Lahiri's hit song 'Jimmy, Jimmy' from Mithun Chakraborty-starrer 'Disco Dancer' has become a …
ANI
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I moved from Argentina to Maine for a safer life. After the recent mass shooting, I don't know what to do.
She left Argentina for Maine to live a safer life. However, the recent mass shooting has left her f…