Paleontologists have recovered 48,000-year-old evidence of bow-and-arrow technology -- the earliest such evidence found outside Africa -- from a Sri Lankan cave. ( read original story ...)
Saudi Arabia considering canceling hajj because of coronavirus, report says
One of the largest religious gatherings in the world, the hajj draws about 2 million people to Saudi Arabia each year. ( read original story ...)
In 1972, The U.S. Air Force Saved South Vietnam From Certain Defeat
When North Vietnamese MiG fighters rose to meet the attackers, they found a surprise: U.S. Navy pilots trained under a Top Gun program that finally remedied deficient American training in air combat ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia’s Bank Central Asia may support banks needing liquidity
Indonesia's largest bank by market value, may join a government programme to lend to banks to improve their liquidity, its president director told Reuters. ( read original story ...)
Pandemic no match for Indonesia’s door-to-door teachers
Teacher Henrikus Suroto vowed his students wouldn't be cheated out of their education when the global pandemic forced schools to be closed in Indonesia's remote Kenalan village. Not only is Suroto ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia trade balance may return to surplus in May: Reuuters poll
Indonesia's trade balance likely turned positive in May, with falls in exports and imports probably deepening as the coronavirus pandemic depressed global demand, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. ( read original story ...)
U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Passes 114,000 as Cases Climb in India
The U.S. coronavirus death toll passed 114,000, while reported cases topped two million, as some U.S. states largely spared in the early days of the pandemic are seeing record hospitalizations. ( read original story ...)
Zoom Acknowledges It Suspended Activists’ Accounts At China’s Request
The video conferencing company says Beijing had asked that four meetings and associated users be terminated. Two of the users were based in the U.S. and the third in Hong Kong. ( read original story ...)
Lebanon finmin: dollar has begun to weaken against pound, will soften further -LBCI
Lebanon Finance Minister Ghazi Wazni said on Friday that the dollar has begun to weaken against the pound currency and will soften further, according to broadcaster LBCI. ( read original story ...)
Dubai’s Godolphin double-handed in Australia
After a very productive outing last week as the British horse racing season resumed following a hiatus, Godolphin are double-handed in Australia on Saturday. The Dubai horse racing operation conjured ... ( read original story ...)