Top 10 world news: China's torture of Uyghurs, Zuckerberg loses $7 billion and more
Top 10 World news
An Australian-Americancybersecurity firm,Internet 2.0, has revealed that China's Hubei province, which was the initial epicentre of the COVID-19 epidemic, procured significant quantities of PCR,testing equipmentmonths before Beijing notified international authorities of the emergence of the new virus.
In recognition of their contributions to the modelling of Earth's climate, measuring variability, andaccurately anticipatingglobal warming,Japan'sSyukuro Manabe,Germany'sKlaus Hasselmann, andItaly'sGiorgio Parisi have received this year's prestigious Nobel Prizein Physics.
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The former Chinese detective turned whistleblower Jiang has revealed horrific details about a systematic campaign of torture against ethnic Uyghurs in the region's detention camp system, which China has long denied.
The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to scientists Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann, and Giorgio Parisi in 2021 for their "groundbreaking advances to our knowledge of complicated physical processes."
In a matter of hours, Mark Zuckerberg's personal worth dropped by over $7 billion as a whistleblower came forward and outages impacted Facebook's key programmes.
An investigation by a cybersecurity company has shown that the Chinese province that was the initial epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak made significant purchases of equipment used to test for infectious diseases months before Beijing notified international authorities of the new coronavirus.
As concerns grow that vaccine protection wanes after initial injections,the European Union's drugwatchdog,European Medicines Agency (EMA)has approvedPfizer/BioNTech Covid booster doses for all people over 18 years of age.
In response to Chinese vessels entering Malaysia's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea off the island of Borneo, Kuala Lumpur has summoned Beijing's ambassador to protest against the "presence and activities" of the vessels.
Despite disagreements over the developments of January 6, former US vice president Mike Pence insists he remains close to former president Donald Trump.
Although some Taliban officials continue to say that conditions will improve, women are still being kept from workplaces and schools. Each week seems to bring a new report of restrictions.In that light, the Taliban’s decision to restrict women’s freedom begins to look like a political choice as much as it is a matter of ideology.
Russia's space mission blasted off to theInternational Space Station(ISS) with ActressYulia Peresild, 37 and film director Klim Shipenko, 38 as they set course to shoot 'The Challenge' in space in an attempt to outmanoeuvre Hollywood.
