A Japanese city has received a hefty donation to help fix its ageing water system: 21kg in gold bars, the BBC writes. The gold bars, worth an estimated $3.6 million, were given last November by a dono...
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The Trump administration took steps on Thursday toward ending federal housing assistance for households with mixed immigration status, Reuters writes. The US Department of Housing and Urban Developmen...
The Taliban has passed a law that allows men to beat their wives as long as it does not cause “broken bones or open wounds”, The Telegraph writes. The Telegraph obtained the 60-page penal code – signe...
According to a forecast by the UK‑based international economic research center Oxford Economics, a victory for the ruling party in Armenia’s parliamentary elections scheduled for June could provide gr...
Thirty-eight years ago, on these very days, thousands of Armenians gathered in the main squares of Stepanakert and Yerevan. They had one demand: reunification with Armenia. Since February 1988, the pr...
From floppy disks to USBs, keeping important historical or personal data safe is a constant technological challenge. But scientists have found a new storage solution that could last for more than 10,0...
British nationals Lindsay and Craig Foreman have been sentenced to 10 years in prison over allegations of espionage in Iran, Sky News writes. The couple’s family says the sentence places the case “in ...
The Vatican will offer artificial intelligence (AI)- assisted live translations of Mass in 60 languages, Euronews writes. The service will allow worshippers to follow services on their smartphones and...
Bill Gates has pulled out of a keynote address at the AI Impact Summit in India as he continues to face questions over his relationship with the deceased child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, The Guardi...
Now, Cuba may be experiencing the most profound moment of economic uncertainty that the island’s residents have endured in decades if not over their entire lives, CNN writes. Through military action i...
The Vatican will not participate in US President Donald Trump’s so-called “Board of Peace” initiative, Reuters writes, citing Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s top diplomatic official. Parolin st...
Angelina Jolie’s next chapter could unfold far from Hollywood as she is planning to leave the United States, Fox News writes. Jolie has been waiting for her twins, Vivienne and Knox, to reach adulthoo...
