‘Act, or Die’: Walter Cronkite’s First Earth Day
CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite hosted a special broadcast on the very first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 to report on the nationwide protests...
UK virtual parliament makes debut, but not without a glitch
As Britain endures its fifth week of a national lockdown, with businesses shuttered and citizens ordered to stay at home, parliament returned on Wednesday from...
Canada’s confirmed coronavirus deaths rise by 8% to 1,871: official health data
The total number of people killed by the coronavirus in Canada rose by just over 8% to 1,871 in a day, official data posted by...
Chevron barred from drilling, transporting oil in Venezuela: U.S official
Chevron’s assets in Venezuela have been mothballed and the company is not allowed to drill, transport or barter oil there as the Trump administration cracks...
Israel suspends cellphone-tracking for coronavirus quarantine enforcement
An Israeli parliamentary oversight committee on Wednesday suspended police use of cellphone data to enforce coronavirus quarantines, with one lawmaker citing privacy concerns....
Poland could achieve climate neutrality by 2050, opposition says
Poland could cut its net emissions of greenhouse gases to zero by 2050 or earlier, achieving the major goal of the European Commission’s Green Deal,...
Flaw in iPhone, iPads may have allowed hackers to steal data for years
Apple Inc is planning to fix a flaw that a security firm said may have left more than half a billion iPhones vulnerable to hackers....
European tourism scrambles to salvage summer as lockdowns ease
There are no tourists at Vila Gale’s resorts right now, and the home page of the company’s website urges visitors to #STAYHOME....
Sweden eyes benefits of spurning lockdown in the face of pandemic
While much of Europe remained in lockdown, students played table tennis and made weekend plans at Kunskapsskolan, one of many Swedish schools kept open in...
Pompeo says annexation of West Bank is Israeli decision to make
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday it was an Israeli decision whether to annex parts of the West Bank and that the...