Mali political parties request elections after junta shuns transition promise
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Political parties in Mali have requested a time frame for presidential elections after the ruling junta failed…
Pakistan court suspends Imran Khan’s jail sentence in graft appeal
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -A Pakistani court on Monday granted former Prime Minister Imran Khan an appeal of his conviction for graft…
Turkey election monitors say ‘more needs to be done’ to ensure freedom of expression
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's local elections on Sunday were competitive and gave citizens many options but took place in a…
Ukraine’s energy system far from collapse despite weeks of Russian strikes
KYIV (Reuters) - Recent Russian attacks have caused significant damage to the Ukrainian power system, but a total collapse is…
Looking back on the laughs: A history of tech’s April Fool’s hoaxes and hijinks
Explore a roundup of some of the tech industry's most outrageous April Fool's pranks that left users both baffled and…
Gmail revolutionised email 20 years ago. People thought it was Google’s April Fool’s Day joke
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks, so much so they began rolling outlandish ideas every April…
China’s Temu drops ad campaign over personal data use fears
Chinese online marketplace Temu said on March 30 it would drop an advertising offer in which clients could gain vouchers…
OpenAI reveals Voice Engine, but won’t yet publicly release the risky AI voice-cloning technology
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is getting into the voice assistant business and showing off new technology that can clone a person's voice,…
Time is rolling out a free Internet speed upgrade to subscribers
Internet service provider (ISP) Time dotCom Berhad (Time) is now rolling out a free speed upgrade to its customers on…