Is the mental health of adolescents and teenagers being harmed by apps like Snap, TikTok, and YouTube?
Following Facebook, US lawmakers are questioning internet companies like Snap, TikTok, and YouTube on the influence of content on such social media platforms on kids and adolescents. When it comes to children and teenagers, social media has always been a heated issue of conversation. When it comes to internet usage, many social activists, psychologists, and […]
Vattanac Bank, Cambodia- Making a difference as it maintains a classic approach In a Rapidly Changing Economy!
Vattanac Bank is a Cambodian-owned financial institution that provides retail and business banking services. The company is headquartered at Level 2 of Vattanac Capital, a famous building in Phnom Penh. The bank began its operations on November 8, 2002. Vattanac Bank has 24 branches as of the end of December 2020: 12 in Phnom Penh […]
The US has made its new international travel system available to visitors
New guidelines for overseas tourists were issued on November 8th. To enter the United States, international visitors must be completely immunized. The new worldwide COVID-19 air travel policies contain exemptions for kids and new government contact tracing procedures. Under the previous regulation, which was implemented in early 2020 to prevent the transmission of Covid-19, most […]
Tesla pulls its new Full Self-Driving beta due to software ‘issues’
NEW YORK/ SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 24 (Reuters) – U.S. electric car maker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) on Sunday rolled back the latest version of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta software, less than a day after its release after users complained of false collision warnings and other issues. The setback comes as Tesla is under regulatory scrutiny over the […]
Barbados elects its first president, and the British Queen renounces her position as head of state
Barbados has elected its first president, deposing Queen Elizabeth as the country’s head of state. Dame Sandra Mason would be sworn in on November 30. The country, where British colonists oppressed thousands for its sugar industry, declares that it wishes to be free of its colonial past. Barbados is by far the most easterly of […]
Melbourne reopens as world’s most locked-down city eases pandemic restrictions
MELBOURNE, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Melbourne residents flocked to the city’s pubs, restaurants, and hair salons in the early hours of Friday after the world’s most locked-down city emerged from its latest spate of restrictions designed to combat the spread of COVID-19. Australia’s second-largest city has so far endured 262 days, or nearly nine months, […]
SoftBank is negotiating the sale of its French robotics business to Germany’s United Robotics
SoftBank Group Corp. plans to sell the robotics business behind its Pepper android to the United Robotics Group of Germany, shrinking the size of a once-promising growth driver. The decision has not yet been made, according to sources who are closely involved in the matter but are unwilling to reveal their identities because they are […]
Employees at Walmart will report to work in November, according to the company
Walmart, an American retailer and grocery store chain, finally announced that its company employees will come back to work during the week of November 8. Since the Covid-19 outbreak, all companies have preferred remote working for their employees because they all want a safe and secure workflow. But, after nearly two years of dealing with […]
The first successful Kidney transplantation test From a Pig on a human patient in medical history!
Doctors successfully performed an animal-to-human kidney transplant for the first time, possibly for the first time in medical history. The 54-hour surgical procedure to transplant a pig’s kidney into a brain-dead human was performed by Robert Montgomery, a transplant surgeon from New York. New York University Langone Health in New York City performed the procedure. […]
World Bank revises up 2021 GDP forecast for Western Balkans to 5.9%
SARAJEVO, Oct 21 (Reuters) – The World Bank on Thursday revised up its forecast for the economic growth of six countries of the Western Balkans to 5.9% in 2021 after a 3.1% contraction in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but cautioned that recovery remains fragile. In its regular six-month report on the region, the […]
