PARIS, France–Elon Musk is rebranding his Twitter platform as "X" and wants to create a super-app where users will do all their finances as well as their socialising. His inspiration is China's WeChat, which dominates the Chinese internet with chat, payments, games and a host of other...
Bogotá, Colombia–Colombia said Wednesday it would ask the United States for the extradition of Salvatore Mancuso, a former leader of a feared paramilitary group whom President Gustavo Petro had earmarked to work in his government. Mancuso, 58, has been serving a sentence in a US prison...
WILMINGTON, United States– US President Joe Biden's son Hunter pleaded not guilty to minor tax offenses Wednesday as a deal with federal prosecutors crumbled in a Delaware court. The surprise move came after Judge Maryellen Noreika raised questions over the original deal -- under which...
An injured demosntrator is assisted as they flee after warning shots were fired while gathering to protest the detention of President Mohamed Bazoum by the Presidential Guard in Niamey on July 26, 2023. Niger's Presidential Guard on July 26, 2023 fired warning shots to disperse demonstrators...
UNITED NATIONS, United States– The United Nations secretary-general spoke Wednesday with Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum and offered his "full support" to the leader who has apparently been detained in a coup attempt, a UN spokesman said. "This afternoon @antonioguterres spoke to...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia-- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said on Wednesday that he would step down from Aug. 22 after serving the post for more than 38 years in the Southeast Asian nation, and would pass the reins of power to his eldest son Hun Manet. Â Â Â "Hun Manet will become...
HANOI, Vietnam-- Two Vietnamese women have been jailed for illegally trading endangered and rare turtles in large quantities in the central province of Quang Nam, Vietnam News Agency reported on Wednesday. The duo from Quang Nam's Thang Binh district and Phuoc Son district were sentenced to 10...
ACCRA, Ghana -- Ghana's parliament late Tuesday voted to amend the country's criminal offenses act to abolish the death penalty. Â Â Â After a third reading of the proposed bill, House Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin declared the Criminal Offences Amendment Act 2022 duly passed....
CHARIKAR, Afghanistan -- At least nine people have been confirmed dead and seven others injured due to flash floods in east Afghanistan's Parwan province, a local official said on Wednesday. The floods swept through several villages in Siagard and Shimorti districts on Tuesday afternoon following...
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Two people were killed and 21 others injured in a bus-truck collision in Indonesia's East Java province on Wednesday. "A bus coming from the east hit a truck head-on before crashing into a building," said Kadek Yasa, a police officer of the province's Situbondo regency. The...
VIENTIANE, Lao -- Lao government has agreed in principle to provide a supporting allowance for low-wage civil servants and increase the minimum wage for private sector employees to help them deal with surging inflation. Â Â Â The agreement was made at the cabinet's monthly meeting for July....
NEW DELHI, India–Furious women set fire to the houses of two Indian men accused of parading two women naked in a state where months of ethnic clashes have left at least 120 dead, images showed Friday. A clip went viral Wednesday showing two women reported to be from the Kuki tribal group...
