COVID-19 drove a dramatic increase in the number of women who died from pregnancy or childbirth complications in the U.S. last year, a crisis that has disproportionately claimed Black and Hispanic women as victims, according to a government report released Wednesday. The report lays out grim trends across the country for expectant mothers and their newborn babies, reports AP. It ...

Global smartphone sales have slumped this year amid a “gloomy economic outlook,” prompting people to spend money on essentials instead of the latest gadgets, according to a market tracker. Smartphone sales in the recently ended quarter were nine percent less than in the same period a year earlier, hitting a low not seen since 2014, according to research firm Canalys. ...

Suella Braverman has resigned as home secretary after only six weeks in the role. The BBC has been told she is stepping down due to “an honest mistake” rather than a disagreement over policy. It is understood the PM was advised that the ministerial code had been breached. Ms Braverman is the second cabinet minister to leave government during Liz ...

Around 1.5 million lives could be saved every year if the world worked together to more swiftly approve new cancer drugs, researchers said Tuesday. The figure was based on how long it took two recent cancer drugs to be approved across the world after they were given the green light by the United States. Pembrolizumab, an effective treatment for most ...

Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) will import 54.60 lakh tonnes of fuel oil next year from the international market to meet the country’s needs amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and geopolitical tension. A proposal for next year’s fuel imports, comprising 16 lakh tonnes of crude oil and 38.6 lakh tonnes of refined oil, was placed at a meeting of the Cabinet ...

Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar on Tuesday directed telecom operator Grameenphone to ensure quality mobile service in order to reduce customer suffering. “As the quality of service increases, the call drop subsidy will decrease,” he said in a meeting with the Grameenphone delegation led by Executive Vice President and Head of Telenor Asia Jorgen C Arentz Rostrup at the ...

Bangladesh reported six more Covid-19-related deaths and 287 fresh cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning. The country’s total fatalities rose to 29,408 with the new deaths and the new cases raised the total caseload to 2,033,119, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The daily case test positivity rate rose to 6.97 per cent from Monday’s 6.92 ...

Nasal vaccines could still be a powerful future weapon in the fight against Covid-19 despite “disappointing” recent trial results for an AstraZeneca spray, experts say. By entering the body the same way as the virus, nasal vaccines aim to build immunity in the mucous membrane that lines the nose and mouth. This could block people from getting infected in the ...

UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has insisted she will lead the Tories into the next general election, despite U-turns leaving her battling to salvage her authority. The PM apologised for making mistakes, after the new chancellor Jeremy Hunt junked almost all of her tax-cutting plans to stabilise market turmoil. She added her month-old premiership “hasn’t been perfect,” but she had ...

British lawmakers will try to oust Prime Minister Liz Truss this week despite Downing Street’s warning that it could trigger a general election, the Daily Mail reported. More than 100 members of parliament (MPs) belonging to the governing Conservative Party are ready to submit letters of no confidence in Truss to Graham Brady, the head of the Conservative Party’s committee ...