(BBC News) The U.S. state of California is reeling from its third mass shooting in eight days after a man shot dead seven former co-workers south of San Francisco.
The attacks took place in the coastal city of Half Moon Bay. Some of the victims were Chinese-American.
Suspect Chunli Zhao, 66, was arrested after driving to a police station.
It comes as the state mourns the deaths of 11 people in Monterey Park – about six hours...
(BBC News) Japan's prime minister says his country is on the brink of not being able to function as a society because of its falling birth rate.
Fumio Kishida said it was a case of "now or never."
With a population of 125 million, Japan is estimated to have had fewer than 800,000 births last year. In the 1970s, the annual figure was more than two million.
Birth rates are slowing in many countries, including Japan's neighbours.
But...
(Al Jazeera Media Network) Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has dismissed the country’s army chief General Julio Cesar de Arruda in the wake of the storming of several government buildings by the supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro.
Lula did not immediately release a statement on the replacement, but the official website of the Brazilian armed forces said General Julio Cesar de Arruda had been removed as head of the army. The AFP and...
(BBC News) Peru has closed its famous tourist site Machu Picchu indefinitely over the ongoing protests against the country's president.
The government said it closed the site, and the Inca Trail hike leading to it, to protect tourists and citizens.
Hundreds of people, mostly foreigners, are thought to be stranded at the foot of the site.
Dozens of people have been killed in weeks of violent protests, which began after the previous leader was ousted.
The protests have...
(BBC News) Germany has not yet decided whether to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine, or allow other countries to donate theirs, despite pressure on Berlin to act.
A meeting on Friday to co-ordinate military donations for Kyiv did agree to supply more armoured vehicles and air defence systems.
But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier made a specific appeal for modern tanks to repel Russia.
Poland's foreign minister criticized Germany's reluctance to send tanks.
"Arming Ukraine in order to...
(Children's National Hospital) Contrary to popular belief, rest from school may not always be the best after a concussion, a new study published in JAMA Network Open finds. In fact, an early return to school is associated with a lower symptom burden after suffering a concussion and, ultimately, faster recovery.
"As a pediatric emergency physician who treats hundreds of youths with new and persistent concussion symptoms, I see far too many kids who are told to avoid...
(BBC News) Jacinda Ardern has announced she will quit as New Zealand prime minister next month, saying she no longer has "enough in the tank" to lead.
Ardern choked up as she detailed how six "challenging" years in the job had taken a toll.
She will step down as Labour Party leader no later than Feb. 7. There will be a vote in the coming days to determine her replacement.
New Zealand will hold a general election...
(Idaho National Laboratory) Nuclear and hydrogen could be the ideal fuel for recharging electric trucks, opening potential markets for developers of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs).
That's according to a University of Michigan study.
This analysis addresses a critical aspect of low-emission energy transitions, said Steve Aumeier, senior adviser of Idaho National Laboratory's strategic programs. "It answers the question, how do we practically transition heavy transport paradigms, and what technologies might provide the best value long-term?...
(BBC News) Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg has been detained by police at a protest outside a western German village.
She had been protesting with activists seeking to stop the abandoned village of Lützerath from being demolished for the expansion of a coal mine.
Police told the BBC Thunberg was not arrested and would be released after they checked her ID.
The Swedish activist was detained after a group "rushed towards the ledge" of the Garzweiler 2 mine,...
(AFP) The hottest startup in Silicon Valley is OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed developer of ChatGPT, a much-hyped chatbot that can write a poem, college essay, or even a line of software code.
Tesla tycoon Elon Musk was an early investor in OpenAI, and Microsoft is reported to be in talks to up an initial investment of $1 billion to $10 billion in a goal to challenge Google's world-dominating search engine.
If agreed, the cash injection by the Windows-maker...
