The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says Pyongyang would retaliate with nuclear strikes if South Korea launched a pre-emptive attack.
Kim Yo-jong, a senior official, has issued two statements responding to remarks from South Korean officials.
South Korean Defence Minister Suh Wook had said the South was able to strike the North's missile launch points, the BBC reports.
North Korea has tested several missiles this year, heightening tensions. Today (Tuesday), Kim Yo-jong released a second statement in...
Older people who were shielding throughout the pandemic were nearly twice as likely to experience depressive symptoms compared to those who were not, even after accounting for loneliness and having fewer social contacts, according to researchers from the University of Manchester and UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care.
The study, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, showed that staying at home throughout the pandemic as well as shielding were strongly associated with greater risks of depressive...
Elon Musk has taken a 9.2% stake in Twitter, according to a U.S. securities filing.
The news sent Twitter shares soaring about 25% in pre-market trading, the BBC reports.
The Tesla founder bought 73,486,938 Twitter shares on March 14, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The stake is worth $2.89 billion, based on Twitter's closing price on Friday.
The stake makes him one of the largest shareholders in the company and is more than four times the 2.25%...
Tesla says it delivered a record number of its cars in the first quarter, despite supply chain challenges.
The electric vehicle maker says it delivered more than 310,000 vehicles in the first three months of this year, the BBC reports. That was almost 70% higher than for the same time last year.
Chief executive Elon Musk says the improvement came despite an "extremely difficult quarter," including strict coronavirus policies in China, where Tesla has a so-called "giga factory".
Tesla...
Virginia Tech researchers, in collaboration with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, have discovered that key parts of the global carbon cycle used to track movement of carbon dioxide in the environment are not correct, which could significantly alter conventional carbon cycle models.
The estimate of how much carbon dioxide plants pull from the atmosphere is critical to accurately monitor and predict the amount of climate-changing gases in the atmosphere. This finding has the potential to change predictions for climate change,...
A group of 36 volunteers have completed the first human challenge study of COVID-19, after being given the virus and then monitored to examine what happened to them after infection, reports Medical Xpress.
Researchers from the Imperial College of London learned a great deal about the virus during the initial study period in March 2021 and in follow-up assessments, including the fact that a tiny 10-micron droplet from a cough or sneeze can make someone...
Canada's top court has imposed a $9.1-million CDN fine on a man behind one of the country's stickiest crimes – the theft of 3,000 tonnes of maple syrup.
The so-called Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist saw the loss of nearly $18 million worth of syrup from the country's reserves by a group of thieves.
The court ordered Richard Vallières, a "major player" in the scheme, to pay a penalty or face six years in prison.
Vallières was...
Russia has told "unfriendly" foreign countries they must start paying for gas in roubles, or it will cut supplies.
Vladimir Putin has signed a decree stating buyers "must open rouble accounts in Russian banks" from Friday, the BBC reports
"Nobody sells us anything for free, and we are not going to do charity either – that is, existing contracts will be stopped," the Russian president said.
Putin's demand is being seen as an attempt to boost the...
The UN Population Fund says new research shows that nearly half of all pregnancies worldwide – 121 million annually – are unintended, which it calls "a neglected crisis."
In its annual State of World Population Report 2022 released Wednesday, the fund said over 60% of unintended pregnancies end in abortion, and an estimated 45% of abortions are unsafe, causing 5% to 13% of maternal deaths, reports Medical Xpress.
"This report is a wakeup call," said Dr. Natalia Kanem, executive...
Nasa astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov shared a capsule on their flight back to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS).
Vande Hei logged a US space-endurance record of 355 consecutive days in orbit as he finished his second ISS mission.
It was Dubrov's first space flight, while Shkaplerov was ending his rotation as the latest ISS commander, accumulating a total of 708 days in space.
There has been concern...
