Category : World

Deal to prevent TikTok ban in the US plunged into peril

A deal to prevent TikTok from being banned in the US has been plunged into peril.

'Horrible experiment' appears to show that Twitter's cropping tool is racially biased

Twitter has launched an investigation after users claimed that its image cropping feature favours the faces of white people.

Body of well-known paraglider found in US mountains - weeks after he went missing

A well-known paraglider has been found dead in the mountains of Nevada in the US, nearly a month after he went missing.

Arctic ice melts to second lowest summer level on record

Arctic sea ice has melted to its second lowest level on record as a result of heat waves and forest fires, scientists have said.

Jacob Blake's children 'scream at the sight of police car' after watching officers shoot him

The family of Jacob Blake, the man shot seven times by US officers in front of his children, has told Sky News how the traumatised youngsters scream in fear at the sight of a police car.

'Fragile generation' being hit as Marseille doctors deal with 'alarming' second wave

Go to any hospital in the southern French city of Marseille and you will see the impact a second wave of COVID-19 is having.

Deaths of over 300 elephants caused by bacteria in water

Bacteria found in water is believed to have caused the deaths of more than 300 elephants in Botswana.

Taj Mahal reopens - despite India recording 87,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day

India has reopened the Taj Mahal - despite the country recording 87,000 new coronavirus infections in a single day.

Humpback whale escapes crocodile-infested river

A humpback whale that made a wrong turn and entered a crocodile-infested river in Australia has managed to escape back to sea.

Tens of thousands march against Lukashenko as hackers leak police details

Tens of thousands of people marched through the Belarusian capital Minsk on Sunday, calling for the resignation of president Alexander Lukashenko in the sixth straight weekend of protests.