A spiraling supply shock spreading across Asia threatens to cross the Pacific and reshape everyday life in the United States
In a message, Secretary-General António Guterres cited the need for strong disaster risk governance against the rare but incredibly devastating sudden onset disasters.
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The warning from UNESCO, the UN organization for education, science and culture, based on 2019 data, coincides with the first International Day against Violence and Bullying at School - Including Cyberbullying, on 5 November.
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The theory, trending as #SharpieGate on social media, appears to have first emerged in Arizona and has since spread to parts of Pennsylvania. The claims are untrue: Election officials in both states have confirmed that Sharpies are an acceptable writing instrument for filling out ballots and that ballots are not being rejected due to Sharpie
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Americans on both sides of the political divide have vented their anger and frustration over the undecided presidential contest at scattered protests across the United States.
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A map of voting in Michigan from earlier in the night - which shows a sudden increase of around 130,000 votes for Joe Biden, but none for Donald Trump - has gone viral on social media.
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Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden took a major step forward in the 2020 presidential election Wednesday with a win in Wisconsin, one of the three key battleground states.
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People across the United States have voted in one of the most polarising presidential elections in the country’s history – and the race is also playing out on social media.
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As things stand, three crucial swing states that determined the outcome of the election in 2016 remain uncalled with hundreds of thousands (and in some cases, millions) of ballots left to count.
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A Muslim immigrant was hailed as a hero in Austria on Tuesday after he helped a wounded police officer during Monday’s terrorist attack.
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