OTTAWA, Canada– Ottawa on Friday spelled out how a new law requiring digital giants to pay publishers for news content will work in practice, including how much it could cost Meta and Google. The bill aims to support a struggling Canadian news sector that has seen a flight of...
TOKYO, Japan– Japan's defence ministry on Thursday requested a record budget worth $53 billion for the next fiscal year as tensions rise with China and North Korea. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida last year unveiled a major security overhaul including a pledge to raise defence spending to...
A worker from the Secretary of Environment prunes a palm tree that was attacked by a plague in Mexico City on August 10, 2023. More than 150 iconic palm trees had to be removed from the traditional Colonia Narvarte and Del Valle neighborhoods in Mexico City. Sedema (Secretary of Environment) stated...
The "Blue Supermoon", the second full moon of a calendar month, rises in the city of Rabat on August 30, 2023. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP) WASHINGTON, United States– Astronomy enthusiasts are in for a treat Wednesday night: a rare "super blue Moon" that won't be seen again for more...
PARIS, France– France's transport minister called Wednesday for a minimum price for plane flights in Europe to battle climate change. Transport Minister Clement Beaune said in an interview with the weekly L'Obs that he would submit such a proposal to his EU counterparts in the coming...
SEOUL, South Korea– North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea late Wednesday, the South Korean military told Yonhap news agency -- launches that coincided with joint military drills by the United States and South Korea. The missiles were fired towards the East...
WASHINGTON, United States– Tesla is under investigation over accusations that it misused company funds to work on a secret glass house project for CEO Elon Musk, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The project is being investigated by US prosecutors as well as the Security...
MOSCOW, Russia– The Kremlin said Tuesday that Russia would not give up its ambitions to land a craft on the Moon after its first lunar mission in nearly 50 years failed this month. The Luna-25 module crashed on the Moon's surface after an incident during pre-landing manoeuvres. An...
DENPASAR, Indonesia -- A strong, deep 7.1-magnitude earthquake and several aftershocks rattled Bali and other Indonesian islands on Tuesday, the USGS reported, sending panicked tourists into the streets but causing no major damage. A strong, deep 7.1-magnitude earthquake and several aftershocks...
SEOUL, South Korea -- Kim Jong Un has called for boosting North Korea's navy, saying the country's waters brimmed with "the danger of a nuclear war," state media reported Tuesday, as Seoul, Washington and Tokyo carried out joint naval drills. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (STR KCNA via KNS AFP)...
MIAMI, United States -- Tropical Storm Idalia strengthened as it passed by the western tip of Cuba on Monday, taking aim at the Gulf coast of Florida as forecasters predicted it could become a hurricane "at any time." FLOODED – A couple remains outside their house in a flooded area of...
Police and security personnel stand outside the entrance of the Japanese embassy in Beijing on August 29, 2023. (AFP) TOKYO, Japan -- Japan said Tuesday that harassment being faced by Japanese in China after the release of water from the Fukushima nuclear plant was "extremely...
