Morning news brief: North Korea’s latest missile launch, top UK scientist on Covid booster shots and more

Here are some of the top stories to start off your day: Even as denuclearisation talks between the…

Watch | ‘Time is money’: People in Switzerland can actually deposit their time in banks

Although most people are aware of the saying “time is money,” few consider it to be…

Amid protests over fuel price hike, Kazakhstan declares state of emergency in cities hit by unrest

As protests over a regional energy price hike engulfed other regions of the vast former Soviet…

Check out CDC’s new COVID guidelines and the scientific rationale behind them

Centres for Disease Control and Prevention explained the scientific rationale for shortening their isolation and quarantine…

North Korea launches unidentified projectile into the sea

Kim Jong-Un’s regime reportedly fired a ballistic missile into the sea on Wednesday, reports said. South…

Melania Trump set to auction hat, NFT from Macron visit

Former US first lady Melania Trump said on Tuesday (January 4) that she would auction a…

‘Insurmountable’: Parents grapple with Omicron’s upending force in schools

A mother in rural Wisconsin said she felt “utterly helpless” as she sent her 13-year-old off…

Naftali Bennett says Israeli study finds fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose boosts antibodies five-fold

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has said that a new study has found that the fourth…

Residents in Chinese city under Covid lockdown resort to barter to secure food

Worries of food shortages have led to some residents of Xian, the Chinese city under Covid…

Top 10 world news: NATO to hold emergency talk on Ukraine and more

Foreign ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) will hold an emergency videoconference to discuss…