WASHINGTON, United States -- Twitter threatened to sue Meta just hours after the Instagram parent company launched Threads, an app it hopes will beat out the struggling site owned by Elon Musk. In a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, published by online news outlet Semafor on Thursday, Musk lawyer...
BEIJING, China - China has launched its first homegrown open-source operating system for computers, state media said on Thursday, as Beijing seeks to reduce its foreign dependence at a time of increased rivalry with the United States. The announcement of the new system came just before US...
BEIJING, China - US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrived in Beijing on Thursday, kicking off a visit aimed at improving communication and stabilising the tense relationship between the world's two largest economies. Yellen's trip through Sunday is her first to China as treasury secretary, and...
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine - Authorities in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia near Europe's largest nuclear plant, under Russian control, said Thursday they are preparing for the "worst" as fears of sabotage mount. Kyiv and Moscow accused each other this week of planning an incident at the plant,...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Nine people including seven children were injured, some believed critically, on Thursday when a car collided with a primary school building in southwest London. Police said they were not treating the incident at the private Study Prep girls' school in Wimbledon, as...
PARIS, France - French MPs on Thursday called on the government to ban video-sharing platform TikTok unless it clarifies its links to China, days after the government blamed social media for fuelling recent riots. A Senate commission of inquiry set up to probe TikTok's handling of data and...
VIENNA, Austria - The Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine is on high alert with Kyiv and Moscow this week accusing each other of planning a covert attack. The UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has repeatedly warned of the risks...
The injury bug continues to bite Gilas Pilipinas even during its trip in Europe. *Scottie Thompson is reduced to spectator in the Gilas training due to a hand fracture (SBP photo)* The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas through its Facebook page on Thursday, July 6, announced that Scottie Thompson...
Mass attendees on Sunday, July 23, which will be observed as World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly, will receive a plenary indulgence. World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly (Catholic Grandparents Association) The Vatican said Pope Francis granted the indulgence following the request of...
*"It's the music that brings us together", said John Oates from the famous 80's rock and roll duo Hall & Oates.* Music is a powerful medium that can cut across language barriers and bring people together.  It is so universal that people from different countries, of different...
MIAMI (AFP) -- Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has had surgery on his left knee, the team confirmed on Wednesday, July 5, leaving the basketball star's participation for Greece in August's FIBA World Cup in doubt. *Giannis Antetokounmpo. (AFP)* "He had a routine surgery on his left...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands-Â A record-breaking summer storm hammered the Netherlands and Germany on Wednesday, killing two people and throwing international air and rail travel into chaos. Storm Poly packed howling winds of up to 146 km/h (90 mph), toppling trees and forcing the cancellation of 400...
