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Brazil watchdog moves to block access to Elon Musk's X after court order
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA - Brazil's telecommunications regulator said on Friday it was suspending access to Elon Musk's X social network in the...
Aug 31, 20243 min read


Venezuela's Maduro blocks X access in country for 10 days
CARACAS - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday took tensions with social media platform X and its owner Elon Musk to new...
Aug 9, 20242 min read


Australia gives internet firms 6 months to draft online child-safety rules
SYDNEY - Australia is giving the internet industry six months to come up with an enforceable code detailing how it will stop children...
Jul 2, 20242 min read


Musk says Tesla shareholders voting in favor of his $56 billion pay package
Tesla shareholders were set to approve Elon Musk's $56 billion pay package in what is being seen as a thumbs-up to his leadership - and...
Jun 13, 20244 min read


Danish PM Frederiksen suffered light whiplash after assault, her office says
COPENHAGEN -Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has suffered a light whiplash injury after she was assaulted by a man in central...
Jun 8, 20242 min read


Reactions to the death of Iran's president in a helicopter crash
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner long seen as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a...
May 21, 20247 min read


Afghanistan floods kill at least 153, Taliban interior ministry says
SHEIKH JALAL, Afghanistan -The official death toll from devastating flash floods in northern Afghanistan has risen to 153 people across...
May 11, 20242 min read


Protesters attempt to storm Tesla German plant, clash with police
BERLIN - Protesters opposed to expansion of U.S. electric vehicle maker Tesla's plant in Grueneheide near Berlin clashed with police as...
May 11, 20242 min read


Australia targets social media with parliamentary probe
SYDNEY - Australia announced on Friday that it would hold a parliamentary inquiry to look into the negative impacts of social media...
May 10, 20242 min read
Australian police shoot boy dead after stabbing with 'hallmarks' of terrorism
SYDNEY -Australian police said on Sunday they had shot dead a boy after he stabbed a man in Western Australia's capital Perth, in an...
May 5, 20241 min read


Kenya flood toll rises to 181 as homes and roads are destroyed
NAIROBI -Floods and landslides across Kenya have killed 181 people since March, with hundreds of thousands forced to leave their homes,...
May 2, 20242 min read


Chile's President Boric declares national mourning period after 3 police officers killed
Three police officers were killed on Saturday in southern Chile during what President Gabriel Boric called a cowardly attack that led him...
Apr 28, 20241 min read
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