MOSCOW, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a law revoking Russia's ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, a move strongly criticized by the United States. Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo from AFP) The 1996 treaty outlaws all nuclear explosions,...
OSLO, Norway - Norway on Thursday joined the race to launch satellites from the European continent by inaugurating a new spaceport on the island of Andoya, north of the Arctic Circle. Isar Aerospace said the "Andoya Spaceport" was to "become the first operational orbital spaceport in continental...
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia said Thursday it was launching a fundraising campaign for war-torn Gaza, creating a rare opening for residents to show solidarity with Palestinians. A view of the northern Gaza Strip after three weeks of Israel's bombardment © Jack Guez / AFP/File The move...
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan - A Russian drone manufacturer announced this week it would open a production line in Uzbekistan, as one local official said Thursday the drones were designed for "agricultural" purposes only. Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev (Photo from AFP) Flyseeagro, a Russian firm...
LONDON, United Kingdom - The owner of X Elon Musk on Thursday predicted the future with AI would be an "age of abundance" with a "universal high income" instead of a universal basic income but warned of "humanoid robots" that might chase humans. X (formerly Twitter) CEO Elon Musk (Photo from AFP)...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Seven people were killed as Storm Ciaran battered Western Europe on Thursday, bringing record winds as high as 200 kilometres per hour, floods, blackouts and major travel disruption. This photograph taken on November 2, 2023, shows a boat on the shore with strong waves due to...
TAIPEI, Taiwan– More than 40 Chinese warplanes were detected around Taiwan in a day, the self-ruled island's defence ministry said on Wednesday. Beijing claims democratic Taiwan as its own territory to be seized one day, by force if necessary, and has ratcheted up military and...
Japanese firefighters stand outside a post office near Tokyo where an 86-year-old man took two women hostage on Tuesday © Philip FONG / AFP TOKYO, Japan–Japanese police on Wednesday were probing the motives of an 86-year-old who took two women hostage in a post office after...
Lexicographers at Collins Dictionary said use of the term AI had "accelerated" and that it had become the dominant conversation of 2023 © Josep LAGO / AFP/File LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – The abbreviation of artificial intelligence (AI) has been named the Collins Word of...
Natalia, whose elderly mother was killed during an overnight Russian attack stands in the damaged apartment where they both lived, in the southern city of Kherson, on October 30, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP) MOSCOW, Russia– Russia said...
This picture taken from a position near Sderot along the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip on October 31, 2023, shows flares dropped by Israeli forces above the Palestinian enclave amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. (Photo by Yuri CORTEZ / AFP)...
TOKYO, Japan– US military bases in Japan will offer service personnel local seafood in a gesture of support after China banned imports over worries about water discharges from Fukushima, the US embassy said Tuesday. Japan began releasing treated wastewater from the stricken...
