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'I dare you': Swedish teen storms Davos with message about climate change

Greta Thunberg has galvanised protests by high-schoolers in demanding stronger government action to fight global warming.

BuzzFeed plans 250 layoffs, to reinvest in e-commerce, content licensing

Like other online publishers, BuzzFeed has struggled to expand digital advertising sales in line with its investors' expectations as Google and Facebook continue to dominate the sector

Australia demands China treat detained author Yang Hengjun 'fairly'

Yang -- a novelist, democracy advocate and former Chinese diplomat -- was detained shortly after he made a rare return to China from the United States last week

Malaysian royals pick new king after former's resignation over marriage

The previous king, Sultan Muhammad V, stepped aside this month following just two years on the throne after reports surfaced he had married the former Miss Moscow while on medical leave

China wants to make a deal, US doing very well in trade negotiations: Trump

Trump argues that China has skewed the trading rules for decades and must agree to substantial reductions in import barriers, while boosting protection for US intellectual property

Hackers use Nest camera, send hoax warning of N Korean nuke attack on US

Nest camera users were urged to prevent such invasions by implementing two-factor verification

Viacom gets future ready; acquires streaming platform Pluto TV for $ 340 mn

Viacom is optimistic about the ad-supported streaming television market, where it plans to work with Pluto TV

Crisis in Tonga as the internet-reliant island plunges in cyber darkness

While the authorities look into the cause and struggle to find a solution, they have turned to a small, locally operated satellite connection as back-up

After a month of US shutdown, unpaid federal workers turn to food banks

Customs, tax and emergency management officials are all among the crowd, having gone unemployed since December 22

US govt shutdown day 32: Senate set to vote on 2 competing plans tomorrow

A senior Republican Senate aide said it was unlikely Republicans would sign on to the short-term funding bill, and that even if they did, the president would not sign it

UN's report forecasts global economic growth around 3% in 2019

Waning support for multilateralism, escalating trade disputes, increasing debt and rising climate risks are clouding prospects

Defiant Trump vows no surrender on 32nd day of US government shutdown

Trump triggered a partial government shutdown on December 22 as a way of pressuring the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives to back the border wall project

'Worried about climate change, but can't stop chartering private jets'

It forecast nearly 1,500 private jet flights over the week of the World Economic Forum (WEF) to airports near Davos in the Swiss Alps

Russian plane forced to land shortly after take-off in suspected hijacking

Authorities said the passenger was still onboard the plane, which now stands on the runway in Khanty-Mansiysk

Toyota announces JV with Panasonic to develop batteries for electric cars

The firm will be set up by 2020 and controlled 51-49 per cent by Toyota, the Prius manufacturer said in a statement

Global economy to grow 3% in 2019; climate risk, trade disputes to rise: UN

But the report also stressed that economic growth is uneven and often doesn't reach poorer nations

Renault board will meet Thursday to replace Ghosn; Bollore may be next CEO

Michelin chief Jean-Dominique Senard could replace Carlos Ghosn as board chairman

China's second gene-edited foetus is 12-14 weeks old: US physician

Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the scientific community after revealing that he had successfully altered the DNA of twin girls born in November to prevent them from contracting HIV

Andhra CM Naidu proposes Kapu quota within Modi govt's 10% EWS quota

The move could force other states to carve out quotas for Gujjars, Jats, Marathas and Patidars

Over 100 academics, diplomats ask China to release two detained Canadians

Both China and the rest of the world will be worse off as a result