As part of a historic defense agreement the Pacific nation inked with Australia this year, internet behemoth Google will install three underwater cables in Papua New Guinea. According to a statement from the island government, the...

A US court sentenced cryptocurrency tycoon Do Kwon to 15 years in prison on Thursday over fraud linked to his company’s failure, which wiped out $40 billion of investors’ money and shook global crypto markets. Kwon,...

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, feared for her life during her secret journey from Venezuela to Norway to receive the award, she said on Friday. “There were moments...

Cocoa prices fell precipitously in 2025 after rising for almost two years. Chocolate, meanwhile, has seen price increases due to increased demand ahead of the joyous holiday season. AFP looks at the current situation of the...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has described the assault on Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of Inquilab Mancha and potential independent candidate for Dhaka-8, as “an attack on the existence of Bangladesh and a well-planned attack on...

Online discussion site Reddit launched a legal challenge Friday to Australia’s social media ban for under-16s, just days after the landmark law came into effect. This week, the country became the first to ban young teen...

Toxic smog has blanketed Vietnam’s capital for more than a week, blotting out the skyline and leaving residents wheezing as Hanoi’s air quality dipped to among the world’s worst on Thursday. The city of nine million...

A bill imposing fines of up to eight years in prison for selling electronic cigarettes and related items was finally approved by Mexico’s Congress on Wednesday. Mexico is about to become one of a few nations...

Both the European Union and Britain announced on Wednesday that they had come to an agreement that would permit their fleets to capture fish valued at $2.5 billion in 2026. In a statement, the European Commission...

Due to labor and human rights violations, the United States announced on Wednesday that it will start imposing new tariffs on some Nicaraguan commodities in 2027. According to the US Trade Representative’s (USTR) office, the duties...