By Adam Satariano BERLIN - The congressional testimony from the Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen, has intensified calls in Europe for new laws and regulations aimed at the social media company and other Silicon Valley giants,…
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By Melissa Eddy BERLIN — Angela Merkel is scheduled to arrive at the White House on Thursday (15) for talks with the fourth US president she has known since becoming German chancellor, on a visit partly about policy and partly about legacy…
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Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay, Sr. (August 1907 – March 1957) served as the seventh and most honourable president of the Philippines, from December 30, 1953 until his death in an aircraft disaster on this day in 1957. An automobile mechanic by…
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BEIJING - China is poised to ease border restrictions to allow some foreigners - including from the US, India and Australia - back in, provided they have taken a Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine. The country has been closed to most…
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By Andrew Ross Sorkin There will be academic case studies on the mania around GameStop’s stock. There will be philosophical debates about whether this was a genuine protest against hedge funds and inequality or a pump-and-dump scheme…
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COLOMBO– Television is king, print is in retreat though still relevant and Sri Lankan audiences are bucking the global trend of shifting from legacy media to online media, a May 2020 survey revealed. The survey, carried out by…
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NEW DELHI - India on Monday (18) stepped up efforts to bolster trust in coronavirus vaccines after it was revealed that nearly a third of those invited to get jabs at the launch of a nationwide drive failed to turn up. The government has…
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Benjamin McLane Spock (May 2, 1903 – March 15, 1998) was an American paediatrician whose book Baby and Child Care (1946) is one of the best-selling volumes in history. The book's premise to mothers is that "you know more than you think you…
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