Sydney, May 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Lack of sleep can affect mental health, causing anhedonia (or loss of pleasure), anxiety, anger and significantly increasing the risk of depression, says a global study of more than 350,000 teenagers….
Moscow, May 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office on Wednesday asked the country’s communications watchdog to block online videos alleging that COVID-19 is a man-made bio-weapon. The office said in a statement that it…
Dhaka, May 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The number of new COVID-19 infections in Bangladesh rose by 790 on Wednesday, the highest daily increase since March 8. Nasima Sultana, a senior Health Ministry official, told an online press…
Karachi, May 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Pakistan Business Council (PBC) on Wednesday expressed concern over an increase in the tax collection targets being set by the government for the upcoming fiscal year. The PBC said that…
Sydney, May 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Spending too much time editing your selfies? Stop it now. Researchers have urged that girls and young women shouldn’t spend a lot of time editing selfies for social media because it…
Singapore, May 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) An Indian-origin man was sentenced to seven months in prison here on Wednesday for verbally abusing police and safe-distancing enforcement officers who were urging compliance with COVID-19 measures. Ravi Sinathamby Subramaniam,…
New Delhi, May 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) US-based biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences said on Wednesday that it is negotiating long-term voluntary licences with several generic drugmakers in India and Pakistan to produce experimental antiviral drug remdesivir. Remdesivir…
Rome, May 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Italian researchers have claimed that they have successfully developed a vaccine to contain coronavirus (Covid-19) which is likely to work on humans, a report said. Luigi Aurisicchio, CEO of Takis, the…
United Nations, May 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday asked for the inclusion of people with disabilities in COVID-19 response. “I urge governments to place people with disabilities at the centre of COVID-19…
Manila, May 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) A radio broadcaster in central Philippines’ Negros Oriental province was shot dead by bike-borne assailants, the 16th journalist to be killed during President Rodrigo Duterte’s term. Cornelio Pepino, 48, worked for…
Kathmandu, May 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Pradeep Raj Lamsal, who works in Dubai, was in for a rude shock when his company asked him not to come to the office for at least six months after he…
Washington, May 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States reached 1,201,337 as of 6 p.m. (2200 GMT) Tuesday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins…
Washington, May 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) An ousted US vaccine agency official filed a whistleblower complaint alleging his early warnings about the coronavirus were ignored and that his caution at a treatment favoured by President Donald Trump…
United Nations, May 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) An estimated 19 million children, more than ever before, were living in displacement within their own countries due to conflict and violence in 2019 — some of them for years,…
Rome, May 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Italy maintained a declining trend in active COVID-19 infections and intensive care cases, one day after it eased the national lockdown, according to the latest numbers released by the Civil Protection…
Washington, May 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley said that “we don’t know” where the coronavirus originated. “Did it come out of the virology lab in Wuhan, did it…
Washington, May 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, could not have been artificially or deliberately manipulated. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy…
The Hague, May 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Mink have contracted coronavirus, adding to the list of animals known to be at risk of catching the virus. Mink at two fur farms in the Netherlands tested positive for…
New York, May 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) US stocks closed higher as market sentiment was boosted by a strong rally in oil prices and hopes for restarting the economy. On Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased…
London, May 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) Professor Neil Ferguson has quit his role as a government adviser after breaking social distancing rules. “I accept I made an error of judgement and took the wrong course of action,”…