Global News
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Shortages leave bankrupt Sri Lanka's hospitals empty
An unprecedented economic crisis has dealt a body blow to a free and universal healthcare system that just months earlier was the envy of the country's South Asian neighbours
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Cricket Australia sells India broadcast rights to Disney Star
In a seven-year deal reportedly worth hundreds of millions of dollars, will cover broadcast rights for men's and women's international matches played in Australia as well as the Big Bash League and Women's Big Bash League
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Set max working temperature cap in EU: Trade unions after heatwave deaths
Trade unions called Monday for the European Commission to impose maximum temperature limits for outdoor workers, after three people died while on shift in Madrid during last week's withering heatwave
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Snap shares plunge 25% as losses triple
Losses of the Snapchat parent nearly tripled to $422 million despite revenue increasing 13 percent under conditions "more challenging" than expected, the company said
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Countries agree pandemic accord should be legally binding
The economic turmoil and millions of lives lost during the coronavirus crisis triggered calls for new international defences strong enough to prevent such a disaster in future
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After UK, record temperatures set across US as heat wave engulfs nation
Temperatures in large parts of the southwest United States have soared to over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius), topping 110 degrees in some areas. Similar levels were recorded across the US south, where humidity compounded the discomfort
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Japan's baby hatch: Abandonment or a new lease of life?
In a hatch at a hospital in southern Japan's Kumamoto, children can be left anonymously by a desperate family. Instituted in 2007, 161 babies and toddlers have been left in the hatch in 15 years, but opinions are divided whether it encourages abandonment of children or gives them a new lease of life
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UK breaches 40 degrees Celsius for first time
At least 34 locations in Britain beat the previous record of 38.7 degrees Celsius set in Cambridge, eastern England, in 2019
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Netflix has lost more subscribers
The streaming giant is battling fierce competition and viewer belt tightening, as it reports a loss of 970,000 paying customers, a number that was, however, not as big as expected
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From the debris of shattered Ukraine rises the healing song of children
Borodianka, a town of 14,000 before the February 24 invasion, is the most battered of the towns encircling Kyiv, bearing the profound scars of Moscow's failed attempt to take the Ukrainian capital
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China to fine ride-hailing giant Didi more than $1 bn: reports
The fine—imposed over Didi's cybersecurity practices—would amount to more than four percent of its $27.3 billion total revenue last year and pave the way for its new share listing in Hong Kong