Japan requests Google to reverse the names of contested islets in the East China Sea.

The Japanese government's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has requested that Google Inc. use just Japan's name when labelling a group of islets that are controlled by Tokyo but also claimed by China and Taiwan on Google Maps.

An official from the ministry stated on Friday that the m...

Relations between Israel and its Arab neighbors in the Middle East

Tuesday, scores of people were killed when an explosion occurred at the crowded al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City. The majority of Arab nations in the region placed the blame on Israel, whereas Israeli officials claimed that the devastation of the hospital was caused by a Palestinian rocket.

The transition to electric vehicles will be a marathon, not a sprint, says the CEO of Mercedes-Benz.

According to the chief executive officer of Mercedes-Benz in Germany, making the transition to zero-emission mobility should be considered as a marathon, not a sprint.

In an interview with "Squawk Box Europe," Ola Kallenius attempted to draw attention to the significant obstac...

NASA lab expects asteroid sample contains life's building blocks

Awaiting you are eager scientists and a gleaming facility.

After it reaches Earth in late September, a sample from the asteroid Bennu will be analyzed at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. This sample may hold the key to understanding the formation of the solar system and our o...

How A Ten-Story Wood Building Withstood Over a Hundred Earthquakes

The structure is the tallest ever put through earthquake simulation on the biggest, most effective "shake table," which uses hydraulic actuators to move the steel platform through six degrees of motion to simulate seismic power.

Northeast San Diego was shaken by an earthquake ...

Surgeon in France claims that with the help of WHO's resources, ear and hearing care are improving.

Hearing loss is much more frequent than most people think and can affect persons of any age. Dr. Isabelle Mosnier, an active ear, nose, and throat surgeon and researcher at the Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital in the heart of Paris, France, argues that this omission of aw...

Why the weak outlook for Home Depot could be a warning sign for Target's profit.

Home Depot and Target may sell a lot of different things. But the cheap chic store's cut forecast from the home repair store could be seen as a warning sign.

On Tuesday, Home Depot had its worst sales miss in more than 20 years and lowered its forecast for the year. On Wednesday, Ta...

Chipotle Mexican Grill outperforms analysts' forecasts as revenue increases 17%.

Tuesday, Chipotle Mexican Grill reported quarterly earnings and revenue that exceeded analyst expectations, driven by stronger-than-anticipated same-store sales growth.

Based on a survey of analysts conducted by Refinitiv, the following compares what the company reported to what Wall St...

Reduced emissions are associated with fewer deaths from heat in the Middle East and North Africa, according to a new research.

Scientists said on Tuesday that avoiding hundreds of thousands of heat-related deaths in the Middle East and North Africa could be achieved by meeting global goals to limit climate change and encouraging better adaptation in the region. Reducing carbon emissions to keep global warming below two d...

Concerns regarding golden eagles have prompted the modification of a Scottish wind farm.

Plans for an onshore wind farm in Scotland have been changed in response to a number of concerns, including those about how the project would endanger golden eagles. If developed, the Scoop Hill Community Wind Farm will contain 60 turbines less than the 75 originally envisioned. The tip height of...

Community FM stations in Japan should be preserved as a source of information during times of calamity.

The Great Hanshin Earthquake that ravaged Kobe and the surrounding area 28 years ago has finally been fully recovered from. To have an information transmission tool that developed in the wake of the accident weakened after serving the public for nearly three decades would be extremely concerning....

A new virus on the horizon: Why is the melting Arctic unleashing ancient germs?

Scientists have resurrected numerous big viruses that had been buried for tens of thousands of years in the frozen Siberian earth (permafrost).

The virus that was resurrected was just 27,000 years old. The oldest, a Pandoravirus, was approximately 48,500 years old. This is the oldest vi...

North Korea launches 130 artillery projectiles into the eastern and western "buffer zones": The South Korean military

North Korea launched 130 artillery projectiles into eastern and western marine "buffer zones" on Monday, in breach of a 2018 bilateral military agreement, according to Seoul's defense authorities, during live-fire drills between South Korea and the United States in a border region.<...

The Russian army claims to have taken control of two villages in eastern Ukraine near Bakhmut

Russia announced Wednesday that it has taken control of two east Ukrainian communities near the besieged town of Bakhmut, which Moscow has been attempting to take since early summer. This comes only hours after the EU announced the establishment of a specialized court supported by the UN to probe...

Korea intends to minimize its reliance on China for exports by looking to the Middle East, America, and the European Union

According to nine economy-related ministries on Wednesday, the government would make every effort to fine-tune export plans as part of a larger objective of bolstering Korea's trade balance, which is exhibiting symptoms of a larger-than-expected deficit.

Among the goals are to boost...

The Itaewon disaster has increased demand for CPR training.

"Do you know when and where the next earthquake will occur? Can I ask for a show of hands?" During a disaster education class on Monday, Oh Jung-hwan, a drill teacher at Boramae Safety Expertise Center and a fireman with ten years of experience, said. The room, which was packed with doz...

Over 150 people are murdered in Indonesia as an earthquake strikes the island of Java

At least 162 people were killed as an earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Java on Monday, with vibrations felt in the capital Jakarta, according to the governor of the island.

According to the US Geological Survey, the magnitude 5.6 quake happened in the afternoon near the Cianju...

At least 56 people are killed as a tremor strikes Indonesia's Java island.

On Indonesia's highly populated main island of Java, a violent, shallow earthquake toppled buildings and collapsed walls on Monday, killing at least 56 people and injured hundreds as people ran into the streets, some covered in blood and white rubble.

The injured were being treated ...

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes Nepal, causing tremors in the Delhi-NCR area.

In the early hours of Wednesday, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal. The earthquakes were felt throughout the Delhi-NCR region.

An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale struck Nepal in the early hours of Wednesday. The earthquakes were also reported in portions of the Delhi...

No one was wounded when Reliance's shiny new FPSO ran aground off the east coast

No one was wounded and production continued as usual on Sunday, when Reliance Industries Ltd. reported a minor collision with a barge off the east coast.

In transit to the deep-water MJ gas condensate development in the KG-D6 region of the Bay of Bengal, the Ruby floating production, st...