Twitter has launched a subscription service for $7.99 a month that includes a blue check now given only to verified accounts as new owner Elon Musk overhauls the platform’s verification system just ahead of midterm elections in the United States. In an update to Apple […]
Twitter has launched a subscription service for $7.99 a month that includes a blue check now given only to verified accounts as new owner Elon Musk overhauls the platform’s verification system just ahead of midterm elections in the United States. In an update to Apple […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited China, becoming the first leader of the Group of Seven (G7) nations to do so since the pandemic. But the trip comes at a time of deep divisions between Beijing and the West. During the war in Ukraine, China has […]
Minority Serbs in northern Kosovo say they are quitting their posts in state institutions, including the government, police and courts, to protest against the use of new vehicle licence plates issued by Pristina. Following a meeting of Serb political representatives in the north of Kosovo, […]
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has rejected allegations that he was involved in the assassination attempt on opposition leader Imran Khan, as supporters of the former prime minister continue to protest, demanding an investigation into the shooting. Khan was shot in the leg during an […]
Relatives of death row and life inmates in Bahrain have held a small protest along Pope Francis’s motorcade route calling for the freedom of political prisoners in the Gulf Arab state. It was not clear if the pope saw the placards as his motorcade moved […]
Three charity-run vessels in the Mediterranean Sea are awaiting permission to disembark in Italy or Malta, as those on board need urgent assistance amid dwindling supplies and worsening weather conditions. The vessels operated by Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF), SOS Mediterranee and […]
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict in a phone call with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the Department of State said in a statement on Saturday. The top US diplomat discussed joint efforts to […]
Ukraine’s state electricity operator has announced blackouts in the capital, Kyiv, and seven other regions of the country in the aftermath of Russia’s devastating strikes on energy infrastructure. The move comes as Russian forces continue to pound Ukrainian cities and villages with missiles and drones, […]
Rallies have been held across South Korea to commemorate the 156 people killed in a Halloween crowd crush, with public anger growing over one of the country’s deadliest peacetime disasters. Thousands gathered in central Seoul on Saturday at a candlelight vigil organised by a civic […]
