Samoan government ends state of emergency over measles outbreak
On Sunday, the state of emergency begun on November 15 over a measles outbreak ended in Samoa. The island nation’s cabinet unanimously voted to lift it on Saturday afternoon, and the National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC) announced the decision that night. NEOC reported a 95% immunization rate on December 24, and the last measles-related deathContinue Reading
Radio host Don Imus dies aged 79
United States radio personality, television host, and philanthropist Don Imus, known to fans as the I-Man, died on Friday at the Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in College Station, Texas after being hospitalized since Christmas Eve, his family reported. Associated Press reported his cause of death as complications from lung disease. He was 79. Imus’ syndicated radio show ImusContinue Reading
ProtonVPN adopts GPLv3, Mozilla Thunderbird gets new home, and more news
ProtonVPN apps go open source People wanting to use the internet securely and privately do the deed using a Virtual Private Network (VPN). But which VPNs can you really trust? The company behind the popular ProtonVPN service made a big move to gain that trust by releasing the source codeContinue Reading
Police shoot man dead after ‘terrorist-related’ knife attack in London
On Sunday in London, England, according to witness accounts and authorities, a man wearing a fake suicide vest entered a store, grabbed a large knife, ran outside with it and began to stab people. Reportedly he injured a man and two women on Streatham High Road, London. Armed plainclothes officers, already surveilling himContinue Reading
New Zealand study finds correlation between church attendance and adolescent obesity
A study published this month in Journal of Primary Health Care by researchers at the School of Population Health, University of Auckland found a correlation between adolescent obesity amongst Pacific Islanders (PI) living in New Zealand and church attendance. The results were based on interviews with 2,495 Auckland teenagers attending six different secondary schools, questionnaires given to students, and anthropometricContinue Reading
Minor girl kidnapped for forceful conversion in Bangladesh
On January 28, 2020, with the assistance from the O.C. of Phulpur Police station, she was found and rescued. The Judicial Magistrate later released her to her parent’s custody after her rescue. “I was tortured. I was kidnapped by Mohammed Firoz Ahmed (aged 20). I want to return to myContinue Reading
Former basketball player Kobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash, aged 41
On Sunday morning, a helicopter with United States basketball player Kobe Bryant and eight others on board crashed in Calabasas, California, according to authorities. All people on board — Bryant aged 41, his daughter Gianna aged 13, and seven others — died on the crash. On Twitter, Adrian Wojnarowski, US sport columnist from ESPN, said Bryant and Gianna were onContinue Reading
Google Launches OpenTitan, an open-source secure chip design project
Google has partnered with several tech companies to develop and build OpenTitan, a new, collaborative open-source secure chip design project. The aim of the new coalition is to build trustworthy chip designs for use in data centers, storage and computer peripherals, which are both open and transparent, allowing anyone to inspectContinue Reading