SAN FRANCISCO, United States– TikTok, the social platform known for its addictive video content, announced Monday that it will offer text-only posts, becoming the latest tech giant to offer an alternative to embattled Twitter. The text posts on TikTok will most closely resemble similar...
SAN FRANCISCO, United States– Since buying Twitter, Elon Musk has made significant changes to the company as well as the app itself, from charging for features to killing off the bird logo. AFP looks at Musk's moves to put his mark on the global social media platform he has renamed "X." -...
A woman cries outside outside the Guayas 1 prison a day after a fight between rival gangs left six inmates dead in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on July 24, 2023. Another 11 prisoners were injured in the new bout of violence in the Guayas 1 prison in the port city of Guayaquil overnight Saturday into Sunday,...
SEOUL, South Korea–Pyongyang conducted twin missile launches late Monday, ahead of Korean War anniversary celebrations that will be attended by Chinese dignitaries in the first foreign delegation visit to the country since its 2020 pandemic border closure. South Korea's defence ministry...
WASHINGTON, United States–President Joe Biden is set to designate a new national monument on Tuesday memorializing the brutal 1950s lynching of Emmett Till, with the White House framing the symbolic act as part of a fight against resurgent racism. The monument, sited in several locations,...
ULAN BATOR, Mongolia -- Rain-triggered floods hit the Mongolian capital, severely damaging public and private buildings and infrastructures. Basements or first floors of hundreds of residential buildings across Ulan Bator were inundated, and roads in several city locations were submerged, the...
Hong Kong, China -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted south of the Fiji Islands at 02:49:58 GMT on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 553.4 km, was initially determined to be at 24.18 degrees south latitude and 178.76 degrees east longitude.Â
TEHRAN, Iran -- A total of 1,580 people have sought medical treatment in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan in the past week after the province was hit by sandstorms, official news agency IRNA reported Monday. Most of the patients suffer from respiratory, heart or eye...
ISTANBUL, Turkiye -- Four immigrants were found dead in a truck at a Turkish border gate with Greece, Ihlas News Agency reported Monday. At Türkiye's Ipsala border gate in the northwestern province of Edirne, the truck driver, known by his initials as M.B., found in his truck bed the four...
NEW DELHI, India -- Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Monday announced it will launch the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C56) carrying Singapore's DS-SAR satellite and six other co-passengers on July 30. The launch is scheduled at 06:30 a.m. local time from the first launch pad of...
KENDARI, Indonesia --Â At least 15 people were killed on Monday after a wooden boat sank off the coast of Indonesia's Sulawesi island, search and rescue officials said, adding that all missing passengers had been accounted for. Google Maps The boat sank with 48 people onboard just after midnight...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- The ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) of Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen claimed a landslide victory in Sunday's general election, a party spokesman said. Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen shows his ballot at a polling station in Kandal province,...
