Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, became accessible to many Brazilian users after an update bypassed a block imposed by Brazil’s supreme court. The update utilized third-party cloud services, including Cloudflare,…
The Federal Reserve slashed US interest rates by 50 basis points, its first cut in four years, lowering the benchmark rate to 4.75-5.00%. The move, double the typical 25 basis point adjustment, signals heightened concern about economic…
Google on Wednesday won a court challenge against a €1.49-billion fine levied by the European Union for abuse of dominance over online advertising in the latest in a series of legal clashes between the tech giant and the European Bloc. EU…
France has a "very serious" budgetary deficit, Prime Minister Michael Barnier said, weeks after France was placed on a formal procedure for violating European Union budgetary rules. Barnier, who was appointed to lead the French government…
Former US president and Republican party candidate Donald Trump will return to the campaign trail Tuesday following what seems to have been a second attempt on his life in the increasingly tense lead-up to the November election. Trump and…
US tech giant Meta said late Monday that it was banning Russian state media outlets from its apps, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads, following US prosecutors' allegations that RT had covertly funded influence campaigns…
European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen revealed her top team Tuesday, appointing French candidate Stéphane Séjourné to the powerful post of executive vice president overseeing industrial strategy. Von der Leyen also raised eyebrows…
David Lin, a US pastor jailed in China since 2006 on charges of contract fraud, has been released, the State Department said Sunday. Washington has for years urged Beijing to release Lin, who the US maintains was wrongfully detained.
French teachers are quitting in record numbers, overwhelmed by low pay, crowded classrooms and increasing demands. Despite successive reforms by previous governments, staffing shortages persist. And leaving the profession is often a…
Pro-Trump social media users have been circulating a video since September 9 that they say shows an undocumented migrant from Haiti decapitating and eating a cat in the American town of Springfield, Ohio. Former president Donald Trump…
More than 30,000 Boeing workers in the Seattle region have gone on strike after they overwhelmingly rejected a proposed contract that included a 25 percent pay rise. Factory workers seeking a 40 percent wage hike criticised the deal as…
Elon Musk has slammed Australia as "fascists" in response to proposed laws aimed at fining social media platforms for failing to curb misinformation. The "combating misinformation" bill, introduced Thursday, grants authorities powers to…
The US federal government is on the verge of a shutdown as Republicans in the House of Representatives struggle to agree on a funding bill. A new hurdle has emerged with former President Donald Trump pushing for voter ID requirements to be…
Former president Donald Trump on Thursday ruled out taking part in another election debate against his rival for the White House, Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump said he thought he had won the debate, but several surveys showed that…
The first successful test of a hyperloop vehicle in Europe has been carried out at the European Hyperloop Center in the Netherlands, bringing the dream of passengers hurtling between the continent’s cities at more than 700kph one step…
Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed that his televised debate with Democratic rival Kamala Harris and carried by American outlet ABC had been "rigged". He also criticised Taylor Swift, one of the music…
US Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump clashed in a fiery presidential debate last night, with Harris frequently putting Trump on the defensive. With sharp critiques and direct jabs, she repeatedly forced Trump…
Mexico's Senate on Wednesday approved a constitutional reform introducing popular election of judges with 86 votes in favour and 41 against. The debate over the proposed law had to be paused after a wave of protesters breached the senate…
US Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democrat, and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump met on Tuesday for their first and so far only scheduled debate of the 2024 election campaign, trading claims about their respective records in…
Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump met face-to-face for the first time in a highly anticipated debate on Tuesday that could prove pivotal in the pitched battle for the White House.…
Presidential and vice presidential debates have been the highlight of the US presidential election campaign calendar since John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon faced off in the first televised debate in history in 1960. Over the next six…
A top European Union court on Tuesday told Google it would have to pay a €2.4 billion fine brought forth by the bloc's antitrust regulators seven years ago, just as the court rejected Apple's final legal challenge against an order from the…
The tech giant, which is hoping to keep up in the artificial intelligence race, has unveiled its first AI iPhone. The features will only be available in English and as a test before other languages follow.
The European Union is failing to invest enough in military projects and relying too much on the US and other countries, according to a landmark report released Monday. Almost two-thirds of the EU's defense orders between mid-2022 and mid…
A Lebanese judge ruled Monday that the country's former central bank chief Riad Salameh will remain in jail while facing charges of embezzling tens of millions of dollars from state offices. Salameh is widely seen as a key culprit in…
House Republicans will release a report Monday criticising President Joe Biden’s administration over the chaotic August 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal. The report, led by Rep. Michael McCaul, accuses officials of delaying evacuation orders,…
A fake news report posted online in early September by a fake news site claims that presidential candidate Kamala Harris was responsible for a hit-and-run back in 2011 that left a young girl in a wheelchair. Pro-Russian and pro-Trump…
As requested by Donald Trump's lawyers, New York judge Juan Merchan decided on Friday to postpone the Republican presidential candidate's sentencing in the Stormy Daniels hush money trial until after the November 5 election. Trump had been…
Russian-born Telegram boss Pavel Durov announced on Friday a range of new features for the social media app that aim to tackle illicit content, bots and scammers. Durov was released on bail last week after being placed under formal…
France’s new Prime Minister Michel Barnier on Friday got to work on the challenge of forming a cabinet of ministers capable of gaining majority support in parliament. The former EU Brexit negotiator was reported to be meeting with…