Venezuela earthquakes kill 920 people as families desperate for newsLa Guaira, a region north of the capital, has been hit the hardest, officials said. The state is also home to one of the country's two main ports and to Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía - the country's main airport.Many people are missing, and it is likely the death toll will rise as rescue efforts continue.In...

Marquis says over 672,000 people had personal and financial data stolen in ransomware attack In Brief Posted: 7:37 AM PDT · March 18, 2026 Image Credits:Getty Images Marquis, a technology company used by hundreds of banks to analyze and visualize their customers’ data, says hundreds of thousands of people had their personal and sensitive...

How 'algorithm' got its name from a 9th-century Persian mathematician The first microcomputer named "Micral N" was created by the French engineer Francois Gernelle in 1973, five years before Apple and 3 years before IBM. Guillaume...

Jair Bolsonaro granted temporary house arrest in Brazil for poor healthVanessa BuschschlüterLatin America online editorReutersJair Bolsonaro, who governed from January 2019 to December 2022, was jailed last yearA judge in Brazil has ruled that jailed former President Jair Bolsonaro can be placed under house arrest for the next three months because of poor health.Bolsonaro, 71, was taken two...

No, Trump's name hasn't been removed from the Kennedy CenterA fake video showing President Donald Trump's name being ripped off the front of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has gone viral.Trump's name was controversially added to the front of the building by its board at the end of last year - and it's still there despite a federal judge recently ruling it illegal.But the video of...