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On Monday, Myanmar's security forces fatally shot six individuals participating in pro-democracy protests, according to media sources and eyewitness accounts. Meanwhile, the military junta declared martial law in several districts of the key city of Yangon, granting commanders extensive authority to suppress opposition

SHINAN, South Korea (Reuters) - Dressed all in purple, bent-over women held long rakes aloft as they walked in a line to a lavender field to carry out some pruning on an island in southwest South Korea.

Five people were shot dead and several injured when police opened fire on a sit-in protest in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-biggest city, witnesses said.

Saturday’s protests erupted after posters spread on social media urging people to mark the death anniversary of Phone Maw, who was shot and killed by security forces in 1988.

Black-owned wineries in the United States are seeking to raise awareness of their brands and encourage more young people of color to enter the industry.

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, along with the company's board, has been sued by a shareholder alleging that Musk breached his 2018 agreement..

An Israeli-Canadian lobbyist hired by Myanmar’s junta will be paid $2 million to “assist in explaining the real situation” of the army’s coup to the United States and other countries, documents filed with the U.S. government show.

Hussy, mistress, whore, wicked woman—these are only a few of the nine compound words that artist Ika Vantiani was startled to discover mentioned under the definition for 'woman' or 'perempuan' in Indonesia's official dictionary

Amnesty International stated on Thursday that Myanmar's military is employing combat weapons and deadly force to suppress protesters opposing last month's coup

When Tokyo secured the opportunity to host the Olympic Games, eager buyers rushed to acquire upscale condos that were part of the expansive development intended to accommodate athletes for the occasion

Mercuria Energy Trading has launched a civil suit against a Turkish firm over what the global commodity trading firm’s lawyer described as fraud related to...

On Wednesday, Warren Buffett's wealth hit $100 billion, as investors pushed his company Berkshire Hathaway's stock price to a new high..

France is not planning to put the Paris region into lockdown even though the number of people with COVID-19 in intensive care is at its highest since November, the country's health authorities said on Tuesday (March 9).

An initiative focused on gender equality, led by Melinda Gates' investment firm and backed by MacKenzie Scott, has revealed 10 projects that are finalists for a $40 million funding round set to be distributed this summer

Russian authorities are suing five social media platforms for allegedly failing to delete posts urging children to take part in illegal protests, the Interfax news agency cited a Moscow court as saying on Tuesday.

Singapore has launched a travel “bubble” business hotel that allows executives to do face-to-face meetings without a risk of exposure to the coronavirus, in one of the world’s first such facilities.

As NASA's rover Perseverance investigates Mars' surface, researchers searching for evidence of past life on the far-off planet are utilizing information collected from a mission at a lake in southwestern Turkey

On Monday, millions of children and teenagers in England returned to school for the first time in two months, following their second lengthy period of remote learning due to a strict national lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19

Sweden’s H&M, the world’s second-biggest fashion retailer, said on Monday it was shocked by the use of deadly force against protesters in Myanmar and that it had paused placing orders in the country.

According to new data, humans have damaged or eliminated about two-thirds of the original tropical rainforest cover worldwide, sparking concern that a crucial natural defense against climate change is rapidly disappearing

On Sunday, the White House called on computer network administrators to take additional measures to assess if their systems were targeted following a hack of Microsoft's..

A decade ago, Sakae Kato stayed behind to rescue cats abandoned by neighbors who fled the radiation clouds belching from the nearby Fukushima nuclear plant. He won’t leave.

Thousands of people flooded the streets of Myanmar's largest city on Monday, violating a night-time curfew as they chanted in protest after security forces surrounded..

The 84-year-old pope walked past ruins of houses and churches to a square that was once the thriving centre of the old town.

Simulations using a Japanese supercomputer indicated that wearing two masks offers minimal additional benefit in preventing the spread of viruses compared to a single well-fitted mask