HEADLINES

bg
Apple earnings soar as China iPhone sales surge

Apple earnings soar as China iPhone sales surge

Apple on Thursday said it saw record-high earnings in the final three months of ...

bg
Nestle acknowledges delay before baby milk recall

Nestle acknowledges delay before baby milk recall

Swiss food giant Nestle has acknowledged that it waited days for a health-risk a...

bg
Indonesia landslide death toll rises to 44

Indonesia landslide death toll rises to 44

The death toll from a landslide in Indonesia rose to 44, authorities said Friday...

bg
Tears at Tokyo zoo as Japan’s last pandas head back to China

Tears at Tokyo zoo as Japan’s last pandas head back to ...

Panda lovers in Tokyo said goodbye on Sunday to a hugely popular pair of the bea...

bg
Sydney beaches stay closed after three shark attacks in two days

Sydney beaches stay closed after three shark attacks in...

Beaches in the north of Sydney remained closed on Jan. 20 after a shark bit a ma...

bg
Australia passes tougher laws on guns, hate crimes after Bondi shooting

Australia passes tougher laws on guns, hate crimes afte...

Australia has enacted new laws for a national gun buyback, tighter background ch...

bg
US approves $2.3B sale of aircraft, torpedoes to Singapore

US approves $2.3B sale of aircraft, torpedoes to Singapore

The United States on Tuesday announced the approval of a US$2.3 billion sale of ...

bg
Gunman jailed for life in killing of Japan ex-PM Abe

Gunman jailed for life in killing of Japan ex-PM Abe

The gunman charged with killing Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe was fou...

bg
'They poisoned us': grappling with deadly impact of nuclear testing

'They poisoned us': grappling with deadly impact of nuc...

Nuclear weapons testing has affected every single human on the planet, causing a...

bg
Plastics everywhere, and the myth that made it possible

Plastics everywhere, and the myth that made it possible

If there's one material that defines modern life more than any other, it's plast...

bg
US completes withdrawal from World Health Organization

US completes withdrawal from World Health Organization

The U.S. has finalized its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, one ye...

bg
TikTok establishes joint venture to end US ban threat

TikTok establishes joint venture to end US ban threat

TikTok announced Thursday it has established a majority American-owned joint ven...

bg
France probes deaths of two babies after powdered milk recall

France probes deaths of two babies after powdered milk ...

France's health minister on Friday sought to reassure consumers that all suspici...

bg
Meta halts teens' access to AI characters globally

Meta halts teens' access to AI characters globally

Meta Platforms said on Friday it will suspend teenagers' access to its existing ...

bg
Elon Musk seeks up to $134B from OpenAI, Microsoft

Elon Musk seeks up to $134B from OpenAI, Microsoft

Elon Musk is seeking up to US$134 billion from OpenAI and Microsoft, saying he d...

bg
Meta shuts 544,000 accounts for kids under Australia's social media ban

Meta shuts 544,000 accounts for kids under Australia's ...

Tech giant Meta urged Australia on Jan. 12 to rethink its world-first social med...