Japan to fund AI matchmaking to boost birth rate
TOKYO – Japan plans to boost its tumbling birth rate by funding artificial intelligence matchmaking schemes to help residents find love.
From next year it...
Indonesia receives over one million Chinese COVID vaccine doses
JAKARTA – Indonesia has received 1.2 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine made by China’s Sinovac, officials said, as the world’s fourth most populous...
Indonesia minister arrested over pandemic aid corruption
JAKARTA – Indonesia’s social affairs minister was arrested Sunday for allegedly taking $1.2 million in bribes linked to food aid for those hit by...
Venezuelan opposition boycotts parliamentary election
CARACAS – Lines were short at polling places across Venezuela during parliamentary elections held on Sunday, where opposition leaders called on a populace frustrated...
Voters head to polls in Ghana’s elections
ACCRA – Polling stations have opened in Ghana as voters elect a new president and 275 members of parliament.
President Nana Akufo Addo is seeking...
With Sputnik V shot, Moscow starts mass COVID-19 vaccination
MOSCOW – Moscow began distributing the Sputnik V COVID-19 shot via 70 clinics on Saturday, marking Russia’s first mass vaccination against the disease, the...
Malls in Rio to open 24 hours for Christmas
RIO DE JANEIRO – Rio de Janeiro’s shopping malls will stay open 24 hours a day through Christmas, authorities announced Friday, hoping to avoid...
Trump presses Georgia guv to help overturn result
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump has pressed the Republican governor of Georgia to help overturn Joe Biden’s election victory in the state.
In a...
15-year-old scientist named as TIME Magazine’s first ‘Kid of the Year’
FIFTEEN-year-old scientist Gitanjali Rao was named Thursday as TIME Magazine’s first Kid of the Year.
According to the magazine, Rao was chosen due to her...
Wisconsin high court declines to hear Trump election lawsuit
MADISON – A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday refused to hear President Donald Trump’s lawsuit attempting to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe...