A political earthquake hit Colombia earlier this month — and the aftershocks continue. The Investigative Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice placed the former president…
Month: August 2020
KOLKATA, India—Amazon launched its first e-pharmacy in India, on Aug. 14, entering into direct competition with the country’s largest conglomerate, Reliance Industries Ltd. Reliance recently acquired…
Endangered whale sharks, the world’s largest fish, are illegally caught and killed for fins and liver oil on the west coast of India. A recent incident…
Indians — especially from big cities like New Delhi or Mumbai — love eating out. But with a nationwide lockdown still in place in many sectors,…
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy defended cost-cutting measures at the United States Postal Service on Monday as he testified to the House Oversight and Reform Committee. The…
In what’s likely a boon for publishers, a new survey shows software that blocks ads while you’re using the internet is becoming less popular on desktop…
FRANCISTOWN, Botswana—Botswana is one of Africa’s veritable economic and human development success stories. It made the transition from the United Nations classification of Least Developed Country, with few paved roads and health facilities at…
GUWAHATI, India—A small state in India’s troubled northeast has managed to contain the Covid-19 pandemic much better than some of the larger states with more resources.…
The Air India Express plane that crashed in the rain on Aug. 7 with 190 people on board while attempting to land at the Kozhikode airport in…
Russian authorities have broken up a gang of modern-day internet pirates who ambushed people’s computers to steal their YouTube accounts. Police carried out a series of…