N. Korea Sends More Balloons As Kim's Sister Warns Of 'New Counteraction'
In recent weeks, North Korea has sent hundreds of balloons into the South, carrying trash like cigarette butts and toilet paper, in what it calls retaliation for balloons laden with anti-Pyongyang propaganda floated northwards by activists in the South, which Seoul legally cannot stop.
The Thai 'Boys' Love' TV Dramas Conquering Asia
Inspired by her favorite idol from the series, Huang moved to Thailand a year later to start a new life, becoming part of a growing legion of fans of the "boys' love" romance genre taking Asia by storm.
Israel Pounds Gaza Refugee Camp As War Enters Ninth Month
Israeli strikes hammered a Gaza refugee camp on Friday after a deadly strike on a UN-run school, as the war sparked by Hamas's unprecedented attack on Israel entered its ninth month.
India's Modi Thanks Coalition MPs For 'Complete' Support
Modi's Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled outright for the past decade, but failed to repeat its prior two landslide wins this time around, defying analyst expectations and exit polls.
Boeing Starliner Crew Aboard ISS After Challenging Docking
The spaceship dubbed "Calypso" rendezvoused with the orbital lab at 1:34 pm ET (1734 GMT) over the southern Indian Ocean, allowing crewmates Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to enter a while later.
Four Dead, More Than 20 Injured In Czech Train Crash
The express train from Prague with more than 300 passengers on board was due to travel overnight from Wednesday to Thursday to the Ukrainian town of Chop when it collided with the freight train, which was carrying calcium carbide, a caustic and flammable chemical.
France To Transfer Mirage-2000 Fighter Jets To Ukraine: Macron
Macron said he would offer Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky when the two meet for talks at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Friday that the pilots be trained from this summer.
South Africa's ANC Eyes National Unity Government
After hours of deliberations, Ramaphosa said the ANC's leadership had decided to try to band together with a broad group of opposition parties, ranging from the far right to the hard left.
USA Stun Cricket World And Curious Public With Shock Win Over Pakistan
The thrilling Super Over triumph in Dallas by the T20 World Cup debutants over the 2022 finalists and 2009 winners was the biggest upset in the history of the competition.
'Baby Reindeer' Inspiration Sues Netflix For $170 Mn
Fiona Harvey has identified herself as the real-life "Martha," the delusional, violent and abusive woman at the center of Richard Gadd's global phenomenon, which claims in its opening episode to be "a true story."
Samsung Workers In S. Korea Stage First Strike: Union
Samsung Electronics is one of the world's largest smartphone makers and also one of the only companies globally to produce high-end memory chips used for generative AI, including top-of-the-line AI hardware from industry leaders such as Nvidia.
Philippines Accuses Chinese Boats Of 'Dangerous' Actions In High Seas Medivac
The incident happened last month during the medical evacuation of a soldier who was stationed on a grounded Philippine Navy vessel on Second Thomas Shoal in the disputed South China Sea.
Israel's Netanyahu To Address US Congress On July 24
The visit comes amid mounting pressure for the US ally and Hamas militants to agree to a permanent ceasefire as Israel faces growing diplomatic isolation over the rising death toll in Gaza.
Japan Household Spending Sees First Rise In 14 Months
The figure was up 0.5 percent on-year with more money spent on education, clothes and transport, including cars, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Zelensky To Address French Parliament After D-Day
Biden, Britain's King Charles III, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute Thursday to the tens of thousands of Allied troops who stormed the beaches of Normandy in northern France on June 6, 1944.
Belgium Tower Above The Rest In Open Group E
The number one ranked team in the world between 2018 and 2022, Belgium flopped badly at the last World Cup and have since moved on from a number of players considered part of their golden generation.
Irish, Czechs Hold EU Vote After Dutch Far-right Gains
Ireland's 37-year-old prime minister Simon Harris voted near his home in the village of Delgany south of Dublin just after polls opened at 7:00 am (0600 GMT), before a whistlestop tour to canvass for both local and European Parliament elections.
'It's A Mess!': China World Cup Hopes Left On Knife Edge
Victory on Thursday in front of a sell-out 47,000 crowd in Shenyang would have sent China into the final qualifying round for the 2026 World Cup.
Italian Opera Celebrated In Verona's 'Magical' Arena
Some of the world's finest singers will perform arias, including Russian soprano Anna Netrebko, German tenor Jonas Kaufmann, French baritone Ludovic Tezier and Italian soprano Eleonora Buratto.
After Historic Floods, Brazil Braces For Severe Drought
Brazil has been battered by a series of extreme weather events, most recently once-in-a-century flooding in the state of Rio Grande do Sul that left 172 people dead.
Boeing CEO To Address Safety At US Senate Hearing
The company came under intense scrutiny in January in the wake of a near-disastrous Alaska Airlines flight, in which a 737 MAX was forced to make an emergency landing after a fuselage panel blew out in mid-flight.
World's Most Powerful Rocket Starship Set For Next Launch
It will be the fourth test for the most powerful launch system ever built, vital to NASA's plans for landing astronauts on the Moon later this decade and to SpaceX CEO's Elon Musk's hopes of one day colonizing the Red Planet.
AI Tool Creates Deceptive Biden, Trump Images, Tests Show
Disinformation researchers fear rampant misuse of AI-powered applications in a year of major elections around the world, thanks to proliferating online tools that are cheap and easy to use and lack sufficient guardrails.
After A Bitter Break-up, Trump Makes Up With Billionaire Donors
In an electoral system in which money is the ultimate kingmaker, Donald Trump has been courting the country's billionaires -- and they have their checkbooks ready.
Colombian Underwater 'Art Gallery' Serves As Coral Home
Created by potters Hugo Osorio and Pedro Fuentes, 25 figures so far form a sort of artificial reef in the blue waters around the paradisiacal Isla Fuerte, off the coast of Colombia.
India's Modi Readies For Third Term After Securing Coalition
Modi's Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which ruled for the past decade with an outright majority, had been expecting another landslide win.
Harry Potter Offers Magical Boost To UK Tourism
The Scottish capital attracts lovers of the bespectacled schoolboy from across the world, boosting the UK economy and helping generate billions of pounds in global sales of Potter-related offerings.
ECB To Start Cutting Rates From Record Highs
After an unprecedented streak of eurozone rate hikes beginning in mid-2022 to tame runaway energy and food costs, inflation has been slowly coming down towards the ECB's two-percent target.
Israel Says Deadly Strike Hit 'Hamas Compound' In UN School
Hamas's media office said the strike killed at least 27 people and wounded dozens more, calling it a "horrific massacre... that shames humanity".
Indonesia Volcano Erupts Three Times, Spews 5 Km Ash Tower
Mount Ibu, located on the island of Halmahera in North Maluku province, erupted Thursday morning shortly after 1:00 am (1600 GMT Wednesday) and then again at 7:46 am and 8:11 am, the agency said.
