There's one lens on the back of the new affordable iPhone, but an upgrade allows users to shoot in the popular Portrait Mode, which blurs backgrounds.
The government in Tokyo was reportedly preparing on Thursday to widen the state of emergency to the entire nation, beyond just major cities. With more than 9,000 coronavirus infections and nearly 200 deaths nationwide, the government had declared an emergency in Tokyo and six other areas, including western Osaka. Other regions then sought to be...
The first prisoner exchange in 2020 between the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Ukraine has been completed, according to an envoy to the Contact Group's humanitarian subgroup and DPR Human Rights Commissioner Darya Morozova. “The exchange is over,” she was quoted as saying on Thursday. The prisoner swap took place in the area close to...
With the US Labor Department set to reveal the number of weekly jobless claims on Thursday, economists believe another 5.4 million Americans will file for unemployment benefits, bringing the number to over 22 million in a month. In the week ending April 4, more than six million claims were filed, which was a slight decrease...
The Covid-19 crisis has triggered Western calls to ban Chinese wet markets, one of which is thought to be the source of the virus – but where was the anger when the UK was promoting “business opportunities” in these very markets? Former Beatle and animal rights activist Paul McCartney is one of the latest high-profile...
China said on Thursday it is committed to a moratorium on nuclear tests. The statement from its Foreign Ministry followed a US State Department report that said China may have conducted low-level underground nuclear test explosions. Spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters that China has been actively fulfilling commitments to treaties on arms control. “The US...
Some 3,448 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Russia over the past day, taking the total tally up to 27,938 across 84 regions, the crisis center said on Thursday. A total of 2,304 people have recovered from the coronavirus and the death toll over the entire period in Russia has hit 232, TASS...
