This handout picture taken and released by Taiwan’s Coast Guard on March 14, 2024 shows Chinese Coast Guard personnel (white helmets) and members of Taiwan's Coast Guard (orange helmets) taking part in a joint search-and-rescue mission after a Chinese fishing boat capsized in waters near Kinmen...
AFP/Manila Bulletin MOSCOW, Russia– A Moscow court has sentenced two university students to more than three years in prison for their involvement with the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Russia in 2021 outlawed Navalny's organisations as "extremist" and has handed down lengthy...
AFP BRUSSELS, Belgium– The EU on Thursday wielded a powerful new digital law to press TikTok, Facebook and six other platforms on the risk of AI to elections, including through deepfakes. In a flurry of actions taken under the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA), the European Commission...
This photo taken on Aug. 23, 2022 shows a US military Osprey aircraft at the US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in the center of the city of Ginowan, Okinawa prefecture. (AFP) TOKYO, Japan -- The US military on Thursday resumed Osprey flights in Japan, a local official said, ending a...
NEW BATTLE TANKS – This picture taken on March 13, 2024 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 14 shows new-type main battle tanks taking part in a competitive training exercise between the combined forces of the Korean People's Army tank...
Covid-19 caused the average life expectancy of people worldwide to fall by 1.6 years during the first two years of the pandemic, a more dramatic decline than previously thought, a major study said Tuesday. This marked a sharp reversal during a decades-long rise in global life expectancy, according...
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim shake hands after addressing a joint press conference following talks at the Chancellery in Berlin on March 11, 2024. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP) BERLIN, Germany -- Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim was...
SAN FRANCISCO, United States -- Airbnb on Monday said it is banning security cameras inside guest homes so as to prioritize privacy. The home rental platform previously allowed indoor security cameras in common areas such as hallways and living rooms if they were clearly visible and disclosed in...
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro (AFP) CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been selected to seek a third, successive term in July 28 elections, a senior ruling party official said Monday. A vote by the PSUV party concluded that Maduro would be its presidential...
ATLANTA, United States -- Donald Trump can mathematically lock up the Republican nomination in primary voting Tuesday, which includes the key swing state of Georgia where he faces racketeering charges over an alleged conspiracy to steal the last election. Trump steamrolled his sole remaining...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—With Haiti's capital spiraling deeper into gang violence, members of several diplomatic missions, including staff from the United States and the German ambassador, began leaving Port-au-Prince Sunday. TOPSHOT - Residents leave their homes as gang violence escalates in...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Weapons imports to Europe nearly doubled over the past five years, partly due to the war in Ukraine, while exports from Russia halved, researchers said on Monday. Ukraine has become the world's fourth largest arms importer, while France has replaced Russia as the world's...
