How #happy do you think you are? What even is #happiness? And how do you go about measuring it? Students at the University of Bristol in the southwest of England have taken a “#science of...
Dozens feared dead after train derails in Taiwan; rescue efforts continue
A #train #derailed in a tunnel in eastern #Taiwan on Friday after apparently hitting a truck, with at least 36 people feared dead and more than 72 injured, as rescuers struggled to reach crushed carriages, the...
UN Security Council condemns Myanmar junta’s use of violence against peaceful protesters
The #UN Security Council on Thursday “strongly condemned” the deaths of hundreds of #civilians in #Myanmar, in a unanimous statement watered down by China after two days of tough negotiations.
France’s Macron vows to step up vaccinations, but doctors decry lack of jabs
French PM Emmanuel Macron has failed to deliver on his promise to speed up his nation’s vaccination program, eliciting frustration from doctors across the country, who warn the lack of available doses is now critical...
Two planes collide at Surgut Airport, Russia
The ATR-72 aircraft, which was undergoing maintenance with its engines turned on at the time, began to spontaneously move, colliding with a Yak-40. It is reported that both planes sustained mechanical damage, but no...
CrossTalk | Democracy vs autocracy
Historically speaking, the Cold War was a great ideological confrontation. Western liberalism vs Soviet communism. According to Joe Biden the great geopolitical struggle of our time is democracy vs autocracy. For Biden...