World

TikTok violates Indonesian in-app transactions ban

Chinese short video app TikTok is still violating Indonesia’s rule that bans in-app transactions, a cabinet minister said on Tuesday, after it took control of the country’s biggest e-commerce platform to restart its online shopping business.

February 21, 2024 9:20 am
 

World

US pushes for UN to support temporary Gaza ceasefire, oppose Rafah assault

The United States has proposed a rival draft United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a temporary ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war and opposing a major ground offensive by its ally Israel in Rafah, according to the text seen by Reuters.

February 20, 2024 4:59 pm
 

World

Haiti judge charges widow, ex-PM over president's assassination

A Haitian judge in charge of the investigation into the 2021 assassination of the Caribbean nation’s last president has charged some fifty people, including his widow and a former prime minister, according to a document leaked to local media.

February 20, 2024 2:57 pm
 

World

Dollar firms past 150 yen as US, Japan rates outlook diverge

The yen was pinned near a three-month low against the dollar on Tuesday as sticky U.S. inflation bolstered the case for higher-for-longer interest rates, contrasting with a recession in Japan and market doubts about a near-term exit from its easy policy.

February 20, 2024 1:22 pm
 

World

14 patients evacuated from Gaza hospital as Israeli raid continues

Fourteen patients were evacuated from a Gaza hospital that has been raided by Israeli troops, the Gaza health ministry and the United Nations said on Monday, as Israel denied its military operations had stopped the hospital from functioning.

February 20, 2024 11:36 am
 

World

UK's Prince William to recognise Middle East suffering

Britain’s Prince William will carry out a number of engagements to “recognise the human suffering” caused by the conflict in Gaza and the Middle East and to draw attention to the global rise in antisemitism, his office said on Tuesday.

February 20, 2024 10:40 am
 

World

Trump breaks silence on Navalny, casts no blame on Putin

Donald Trump, who drew criticism as U.S. president for his praise of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, made his first public comment on the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Monday in a social media post that cast no blame.

February 20, 2024 6:37 am
 

Pacific Islands

More than 60 shot dead in PNG ambush

At least 64 people have died in an ambush in Papua New Guinea’s remote Highlands region.

February 19, 2024 4:57 pm
 

World

Ukraine accuses Russia of executing injured prisoners at Avdiivka, Vesele

Ukrainian authorities said on Sunday they had opened an investigation into alleged shootings by Russian forces of six unarmed Ukrainian soldiers in the city of Avdiivka, and two at a village in the same region, after Russia claimed full control of the city.

February 19, 2024 3:56 pm
 

World

Hard hit by the US opioid crisis, Oregon reconsiders decriminalization

It’s a common sight on the streets of downtown Portland, Oregon: people in front of stores, trendy restaurants and hotels, on sidewalks, corners, and benches, crouched over torch lighters held up to sheets of tinfoil or meth pipes.

February 19, 2024 1:50 pm
 

World

French recycling plant on fire housing 900 tonnes of lithium batteries

Some 900 tonnes of lithium batteries were on fire at a battery recycling plant in southern France, authorities said on Sunday, sending a cloud of thick black smoke into the sky above the site.

February 19, 2024 11:00 am
 

World

More than 400 detained in Russia at events in memory of Navalny, rights group says

More than 400 people have been detained at events across 32 Russian cities since the death of Alexei Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s most formidable opponent, according to rights group OVD-Info, as Russians continued to gather and lay flowers.

February 19, 2024 9:30 am

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