Year: 2024

Getty ImagesIran launched almost 200 missiles towards Israel, which said it intercepted most of themIranians have been expressing a mixture of pride, uncertainty and fear since their country launched a…

Revolut CEO, Nikolay Storonsky (L) and Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg.ReutersBritish financial technology firm Revolut on Thursday criticized Facebook parent company Meta over its approach to tackling fraud, saying the U.S.…

AlamyThe UK has announced it is giving up sovereignty of a remote but strategically important cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean after more than half a century.The deal –…

Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England, gestures as he addresses the media during a press conference at the Bank of England in London on Aug. 1, 2024.Alberto Pezzali…

Dozens of tigers have died in zoos in south Vietnam after a bird flu outbreak, according to state media.Three lions and a panther were also reported to have died of…

Workers producing pure electric vehicles at a Volkswagen (Anhui) workshop in Hefei, China, on Sept. 25, 2024.Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesEurope's top car giants appear to be increasingly…

BBCRaimundinha Rodrigues Da Sousa says her indigenous community is at risk from inhaling so much smoke“If these fires continue, we indigenous people will die.”Raimundinha Rodrigues Da Sousa runs the voluntary…

U.S. Department of Homeland Security emblem. Gwengoat | Istock | Getty ImagesThe U.S. has added two new Chinese companies to a Xinjiang trade blacklist over forced labor accusations. The move comes…

A "ring of fire" solar eclipse was seen from Easter Island, Chile and Buenos, Argentina on 2 October.Solar eclipses happen when the Moon casts a shadow on Earth and in…

Jean Kang, 32, brings in about $20,000 a month with her business.Courtesy of Jean KangJean Kang never thought she would be an entrepreneur. Growing up in the San Francisco Bay…