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Facebook plans to hire 10,000 in Europe to build 'metaverse'

The company said in a blog post Sunday that those high-skilled workers will help build the metaverse, a futuristic notion for connecting online that uses augmented and virtual reality.

European Union says exports of Covid-19 vaccines now top 1 billion mark

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the vaccines have been sent to over 150 nations, making the 27-member bloc the largest exporter of the vaccines in the world.

Smartphone producer Foxconn announces electric car venture

Foxconn said its first electric bus, the Model T, will have a range of less than 400 kilometres on one charge.

China's economic growth weakens amid construction slowdown

Factory production, retail sales and investment in construction and other fixed assets all weakened.

IOC voices Olympic concern at FIFA's biennial World Cup plan

The IOC criticized FIFA's tactics in promoting the biennial World Cup project by noting a wider consultation across soccer has obviously not taken place

French outrage over US submarine deal will not sink a longstanding alliance

In France, President Joe Biden's Sept. 15, 2021 announcement of a new trilateral security partnership between the U.S., Australia and Great Britain was met with disbelief and outrage.

What happens to your life stories if you delete your Facebook account?

For many people, a decade or more of updates, comments, photos, messages, tags, pokes, groups and reactions reside inside that particular digital sphere.

Explosion in Shiite mosque in Afghanistan kills at least 7

The blast came a week after a bombing at a Shiite mosque in northern Afghanistan carried out by a local Islamic State affiliate that killed 46 people

White House plans to address economic risk of climate change

The actions being recommended by the Biden administration reflect a significant shift in the broader discussion about climate change

Ivermectin is a Nobel Prize-winning wonder drug but not for Covid-19

Ivermectin is an over 30-year-old wonder drug that treats life- and sight-threatening parasitic infections.

European Union looks to strengthen ties with Arctic, protect environment

The Arctic is warming up to three times faster than the rest of the planet

British economy falters during summer as shortages build up

The British economy remains 0.8% below its pre-coronavirus pandemic level of Feb. 2020.

China exports up 28% in September; surplus with United States grows

China's global trade surplus rose to $68 billion in September from $52 billion in August

Australia plans lunar rover to help NASA find oxygen on moon

The rover would collect soil that contains oxides and NASA would use separate equipment to extract oxygen from that soil

France's $35 billion innovation plan includes nuclear reactor funds

Macron on Tuesday unveiled a 5-year, 30 billion-euro ($35 billion) investment plan for developing innovative technology and industrial activity

Nobel economics prize goes to natural experiments pioneers

The trio reshaped empirical work in the economic sciences, said the Royal Swedish Academy

Myanmar's Suu Kyi pleads not guilty to breaking virus rules

Suu Kyi and leading members of her government and party remain under arrest.

Merck asks US FDA to authorise promising anti-Covid pill

If cleared by the Food and Drug Administration a decision that could come in a matter of weeks it would be the first pill shown to treat Covid

Union Minister's son arrested for Lakhimpur Kheri violence, to face court

Ashish Mishra appeared before the police's special investigation team and was questioned for 11 hours.

Taliban say they won't work with US to contain Islamic State

Senior Taliban officials and U.S. representatives are to meet Saturday and Sunday in Doha, the capital of the Persian Gulf state of Qatar.