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Fiery Greece train collision kills 26, injures at least 85, says official

A passenger train and an oncoming freight train collided in a fiery wreck in northern Greece early Wednesday, killing 26 people and injuring at least 85, Fire Service officials said

List of the countries that have implemented partial or total ban on TikTok

TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company Bytedance, has long maintained that it does not share data with the Chinese government and that its data is not held in China

Antony Blinken wraps up Central Asia tour before G20 talks in India

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is wrapping up a brief tour of Central Asia in Uzbekistan before heading to India for what is expected to be a Ukraine-dominated meeting of foreign ministers

China says it's been open and transparent over origin of Covid-19

China on Tuesday pushed back at renewed suggestions that the Covid-19 pandemic could have been the result of a lab leak, saying it has been open and transparent in the search for the virus' origins

No evidence of fraud so far in weapons to Ukraine, says Pentagon IG

The Pentagon's inspector general said that to date his office has found no evidence that some of the billions of dollars in weapons and aid to Ukraine has been lost to corruption or diverted

US President Biden faces dilemma in fight over large Alaska oil project

The Biden administration is weighing approval of a major oil project on Alaska's petroleum-rich North Slope that supporters say represents an economic lifeline for Indigenous communities

Father of cellphone sees dark side but also hope in new technology

Holding the bulky brick cellphone he's credited with inventing 50 years ago, Martin Cooper thinks about the future

China says it has been 'open and transparent' on Covid-19 origins

China on Tuesday said it has been open and transparent in the search for the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and dismissed U.S. criticism as politicising the issue.

US ban on Chinese apps including TikTok a sign of its insecurity: China

U.S. government bans on Chinese-owned video sharing app TikTok reveal Washington's own insecurities and are an abuse of state power, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Tuesday

Commerce Department to open process to avail aid for chip manufacturing

The Commerce Department is opening the application process for computer chip manufacturers to access USD 39 billion in government support to build new factories and expand production.

Danish parliament urges lawmakers to delete TikTok over threat of espionage

The Danish parliament on Tuesday urged lawmakers and employees with the 179-member assembly against having TikTok on work phones as a cybersecurity measure, saying there is a risk of espionage

UK PM travels to Belfast to convince his toughest audience on Brexit deal

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak traveled to Belfast on Tuesday to sell his landmark agreement with the European Union to its toughest audience

No more TikTok on government devices within 30 days, says White House

The Office of Management and Budget calls the guidance, issued Monday, a critical step forward in addressing the risks presented by the app to sensitive government data

White House promises crackdown on exploitation of migrant child labour

Hundreds of companies that employed nearly 4,000 children last year were found in violation of federal labor laws, a dramatic increase in the last five years

Explained: Canada's latest ban on TikTok from govt-issued mobile devices

Both the FBI and the Federal Communications Commission in the U.S. have warned that TikTok user data could be shared by owner ByteDance Ltd. with China's authoritarian government

Janet Yellen visits Ukraine, underscores continued US economic support

Yellen said that the US has provided nearly $50 billion in security, economic and humanitarian assistance and announced another multibillion-dollar package to boost the country's economy

SUV growth weighs on emissions, batteries: International energy agency

A growing electric SUV market would impose additional pressure on battery supply chains and further increase demand for the critical minerals needed to make the batteries

UN chief Guterres points to 'massive' rights violations in Ukraine

Guterres cited cases of sexual violence, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention and violations of the rights of prisoners of war documented by the UN human rights office

UN chief Guterres slams 'climate-wrecking' firms at human rights body

Guterres also sought to undergird the concept of human rights which have faced "public disregard and private disdain and tie them together with environmental concerns

Earthquake of 5.6 magnitude hits Turkey toppling more buildings, 1 killed

Malatya was among 11 Turkish provinces hit by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that devastated parts of southern Turkiye and northern Syria on February 6