Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram Suffer Worldwide Outage
Facebook along with its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms suffered a worldwide outage Monday. Facebookβs internal systems used by employees also went down. Service has not yet been restored.
Paris Fashion Week Returns After Virus Hiatus | PHOTOS
The eyes of the couture world were fixed even more than usual on Franceβs always-chic capital in recent days, as designers showed off their latest work for Paris Fashion Week after going mostly virtual for a year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Merck Says Experimental Pill Cuts Worst Effects Of COVID-19
Drugmaker Merck said Friday that its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus and that it would soon ask health officials in the U.S. and around the world to authorize its use.
U.S. Says Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, 22 Other Species Extinct
Deathβs come knocking a last time for the splendid ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 more birds, fish and other species: The U.S. government on Wednesday declared them extinct.
Swiss Approve Same-Sex Marriage By Wide Margin In Referendum
Switzerland voted by a wide margin to allow same-sex couples to marry in a referendum on Sunday, bringing the Alpine nation into line with many others in western Europe.
Officials: Many Haitian Migrants Are Being Released In US
Many Haitian migrants camped in a small Texas border town are being released in the United States, two U.S. officials said Tuesday, undercutting the Biden administrationβs public statements that the thousands in the camp faced immediate expulsion.
Loop Hopes To Go Mainstream With Reusable Packaging
Reusable packaging __ from stainless steel ice cream containers to glass jars of soap __ is about to become more common at groceries and restaurants worldwide.
Biden Pledges βRelentless Diplomacyβ On Global Challenges
President Joe Biden used his first address before the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday to summon allies to move more quickly to address the festering issues of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and human rights abuses, while insisting the U.S. is not seeking βa new Cold Warβ with China.
McDonaldβs Begins Phasing Out Plastic Toys In Happy Meals
McDonaldβs plans to βdrasticallyβ reduce the plastic in its Happy Meal toys worldwide by 2025.
K-Pop Stars BTS Dip Into Global Diplomacy At UN Gathering
It was a United Nations speech that got attention like few others β a plug for vaccines, young people and the earthβs well being from superstar K-pop band BTS.
US Easing Foreign Travel Restrictions; Vaccinations Required
The U.S. will ease foreign travel restrictions to the country beginning in November, allowing foreigners in if they have proof of vaccination and a negative COVID-19 test, the White House said Monday.
Biden Pitching Partnership After Tough Stretch With Allies
President Joe Biden goes before the United Nations this week eager to make the case for the world to act with haste against the coronavirus, climate change and human rights abuses.
Pentagon Reverses Itself, Calls Deadly Kabul Strike An Error
The Pentagon retreated from its defense of a drone strike that killed multiple civilians in Afghanistan last month, announcing Friday that a review revealed that only civilians were killed in the attack, not an Islamic State extremist as first believed.
Slaughter Of Dolphins On Faeroes Sparks Debate On Traditions
The slaughter of 1,428 white-sided dolphins over the weekend, part of a four-century-old traditional drive of sea mammals into shallow water where they are killed for their meat and blubber, has reignited a debate on the small Faeroe Islands.
Rescue Groups: U.S. Tally Misses Hundreds Left In Afghanistan
Veteran-led rescue groups say the Biden administrationβs estimate that no more than 200 U.S. citizens were left behind in Afghanistan is too low and also overlooks hundreds of other people they consider to be equally American: permanent legal residents with green cards.
China Bans Men It Sees As Not Masculine Enough From TV
Chinaβs government banned effeminate men on TV and told broadcasters Thursday to promote βrevolutionary culture,β broadening a campaign to tighten control over business and society and enforce official morality.
ABBA Back After 40 Years With New Album, Virtual Stage Show
ABBA is releasing its first new music in four decades, along with a concert performance that will see the βDancing Queenβ quartet going entirely digital.
Last Troops Exit Afghanistan, Ending America's Longest War
The United States completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan late Monday, ending Americaβs longest war and closing a chapter in military history likely to be remembered for colossal failures, unfulfilled promises and a frantic final exit that cost the lives of more than 180 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members, some barely older than the war.
How Instagram Star Helped Rescue Dozens From Afghanistan
Dozens of desperate Afghans who had been trying to flee the Taliban before Tuesdayβs deadline for the U.S. withdrawal from Kabul made it to safety with help from an unexpected place: Instagram influencer Quentin Quarantino.
U.S. Confirms Soldier From East Tennessee Killed In Bombing
A soldier from east Tennessee was one of 13 U.S. troops killed in a suicide bombing at Afghanistanβs Kabul airport this week, the Department of Defense said Saturday.
