The Threads app launched by Instagram as a rival to Twitter has seen more than 100 million users sign up in less than five days, data tracking websites said on Monday, smashing the record of artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT for the fastest-growing consumer app. While ChatGPT took two months to hit the 100-million-user mark and video-sharing app…
Israeli forces have shot a Palestinian man who the army says fired on soldiers in the occupied West Bank, and the Palestinian health ministry reports the suspect has been killed. The Israeli military said soldiers in Deir Nidham, a town west of Ramallah, stopped a suspicious motorist on Monday and questioned him, after which he…
In June, the United States Supreme Court wrapped up the 2022-23 term much like the previous one. In late May, the court undercut the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate water pollution under the Clean Water Act. That came nearly a year after it curtailed the EPA’s authority to broadly regulate emissions from power plants. This…
An air raid on a Sudanese city killed at least 22 people in one of the deadliest attacks yet in the weeks-long fighting between Sudan’s army and a renegade paramilitary force. The assault took place on Saturday in a residential area of Omdurman, the neighbouring city of the capital Khartoum, according to a statement by the health…
Job growth in the United States slowed more than expected in June after surging in the prior month, but labour market conditions remain tight, with the unemployment rate retreating from a seven-month high and fairly strong wage gains continuing. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 209,000 jobs last month, the Department of Labor said in its closely…
Kenyan police have used tear gas to disperse protesters marching on Friday against a new finance law that has doubled the fuel tax and introduced a housing levy for employees. Opposition leader Raila Odinga has called the protests to oppose tax increases that were imposed despite a court-ordered suspension and came at a time when…
Authorities in Syria and Russian military commanders took swift measures against local Wagner operatives to prevent an uprising in Russia from spreading to the Middle Eastern nation, six sources familiar with the matter have told Reuters, after mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhinordered his men to march on Moscow last month. The crackdown included ordering mercenary fighters to sign new…
Having led an armed rebellion in Russia that sent shockwaves across the world, Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was meant to relocate to Belarus as part of a deal brokered by the ex-Soviet nation’s president, Alexander Lukashenko. Both Lukashenko and Prigozhin have for years held strong ties with President Vladimir Putin. But last month’s mutiny threw the top…
At least 951 people, including 49 children, have died while trying to reach Spain by sea in the first six months of 2023, according to a monitoring group. In a report released on Thursday, Caminando Fronteras (Walking Borders) said the people lost at sea hailed from 14 countries: Algeria, Cameroon, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the…
British government ministers met with police and organisers of major sports events on Wednesday to increase efforts to prevent disruption from environmental protesters over the summer. The meeting came as Just Stop Oil activists twice interrupted play at Wimbledon. The environmental group have also disrupted the second Ashes cricket test at Lord’s as well as the Premiership…
