Turn down the volume: WHO takes aim at harmful smartphone use

Feb 15,2019
More than one billion young people risk damaging their hearing through excessive use of smartphones and other audio devices, the UN warned Tuesday, proposing new safety standards for safe volume levels.
Singapore hotel evacuated after blasts, fire
Feb 14
Hundreds of people were evacuated Thursday from a hotel in downtown Singapore after explosions and a fire erupted in a room containing electrical equipment, causing blackouts in nearby buildings.
Sudanese president declares 2019 as year for peace in Sudan
Feb 14
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said on Wednesday that 2019 would be a year for peace in the country.
Brussels proposes adding Saudi Arabia to EU money-laundering blacklist
Feb 14
Saudi Arabia expressed "regret" on Thursday over EU proposals to add it and six other countries to a money-laundering blacklist of governments that do too little to thwart the financing of terrorism and organised crime.
Suicide attack kills 27 in Iran
Feb 14
A suicide bombing targeting Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard Corps has left 27 people dead in the country's southeast. A Sunni extremist group active in the region has claimed responsibility.
Infrared cameras used by Chinese researchers to monitor Antarctica's snow petrel
Feb 14
Chinese researchers have begun using infrared cameras to monitor Antarctica's snow petrel, a key indicator species of the local marine ecosystem.
'Hitler' paintings fail to sell at Nuremberg auction
Feb 14
Five paintings attributed to Adolf Hitler failed to find buyers at an auction Saturday held amid anger at the sale of Nazi memorabilia.