A US regulator voted Thursday to advance a proposal that would effectively bar Chinese labs from testing electronic devices ranging from smartphones to cameras for use in the United States. The move, which the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino reiterated that Iran will play at this year’s World Cup on Thursday as he addressed the global football governing body’s Congress in Vancouver. “Let me start by the outset, confirming straightaway...
France will host an international meeting in June dedicated to the long-touted two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the French foreign minister announced on Thursday. “On September 22 last year, France took the momentous...
A Florida man who has spent nearly 50 years on Death Row is to be executed by lethal injection on Thursday for the murder of a 13-year-old girl. James Hitchcock, 70, was convicted of the 1976 murder of Cynthia Driggers, his step-niece, and sentenced...
The US House of Representatives voted Thursday to green-light funding most of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), bringing an end to a record 75-day partial shutdown of the federal government. The Senate-passed bill, which is expected to be...
The first direct flight between the United States and Venezuela in seven years landed Thursday in Caracas, a new sign of a thaw after Washington deposed leftist leader Nicolas Maduro. The American Airlines flight took off at 10:26 am (1426 GMT) from...
The UK’s terrorism threat level was raised Thursday to “severe”, the second highest in the five-tier system, following an antisemitic terror attack the previous day in London, the interior ministry said. “The Joint Terrorism...
King Charles III paid respects to fallen US troops at a military cemetery on Thursday, the final day of a state visit aimed at healing ties between Britain and the United States strained by the war in Iran. By all accounts, the four-day visit has...
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is cutting funding for the breakaway LIV Golf league after the 2026 season, a spokesperson from the fund told AFP on Thursday. The announcement came hours after LIV Golf, founded in 2021 as a rival...
The first direct flight between the United States and Venezuela in seven years took off Thursday, a new sign of a thaw after Washington deposed leftist leader Nicolas Maduro. The American Airlines flight took off at 10:26 am (1426 GMT) from Miami en...
Mexico is seeking “irrefutable” evidence to back up the shock US drug trafficking charges against a sitting governor and other officials before proceeding with extradition requests, President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday. The US...
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday accused Iran of wanting “to harm British Jews”, in the wake of the latest attack targeting the country’s Jewish community. “We need stronger powers to tackle the malign threat...
Spotify on Thursday unveiled a new verification system designed to help listeners distinguish human musicians from AI-generated content, as artificial intelligence floods streaming platforms with a growing volume of synthetic tracks. The Swedish...
China’s foreign minister on Thursday urged the United States to maintain “stability” between the two countries but said Taiwan posed the “biggest risk point” to their relationship. Foreign Minister Wang Yi told US...
Israel on Thursday said that dozens of activists intercepted by the Israeli military from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in international waters off Crete would be taken to Greek shores where they would disembark. Israel’s foreign ministry earlier...
