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...
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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...
Taiwan’s economy expanded at its fastest pace in nearly 39 years thanks to robust demand for artificial intelligence technology, data showed Thursday, despite concerns over the Middle East crisis. The island is a global powerhouse in the...
Press freedom has fallen to its lowest level in a quarter of a century, Reporters Without Borders warned on Thursday. The media rights watchdog cited as examples US President Donald Trump’s “systematic” attacks on journalists and...
Japan’s finance minister hinted strongly today that Tokyo was close to intervening in the market to support the yen, after the currency slipped to its lowest level against the US dollar since mid-2024. The yen, trading around ¥160 to the dollar, is...
Organisers of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla on Thursday said Israel’s army had “kidnapped” 211 activists including a Paris city councillor in a raid in international waters off Greece. Helene Coron, a spokesperson for the Global Sumud...
The United States is pushing for a new international coalition to restart commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz as talks with Tehran stall, AFP reports, citing US news outlets. The State Department sent an internal cable to US embassies...
A small bottle of Japanese sake, made from mash fermented in space, sold for almost $700,000 (around P43 million), its brewer said as the company explores ways to make the drink on the Moon. Sake brewer Dassai teamed up with aerospace and...
North Korea faces an “unusual” and “severe” drought this year and is working to protect crops, state media said Thursday. Natural disasters tend to have an outsized impact on the diplomatically isolated country due to its...
Israel’s army arrested around 175 activists from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in international waters off Greece, the Israeli foreign ministry and the flotilla’s organizers said Thursday. “Approximately 175 activists from more than 20...