World

Grieving Bronx mother urges US Supreme Court to uphold 'ghost gun' curbs

(Reuters) - On her way home from school on a cloudy afternoon on April 8, 2022, 16-year-old Angellyh Yambo stepped out of Tony's Mini Market, her go-to corner bodega in New York City's Bronx borough, when shots rang out. A bullet passed through her upper back, piercing her lung and pulmonary artery, killing the girl, an innocent bystander during a shooting targeting other people.

World

Ex-Karabakh official held by Azerbaijan claims torture, lack of speedy trial

TBILISI (Reuters) - Lawyers for Ruben Vardanyan, a former top official in the ethnic Armenian administration of Nagorno-Karabakh who is now detained in Azerbaijan, on Thursday filed legal actions in Baku alleging he had been tortured and denied the right to a speedy trial.

World

UK cedes Chagos Island sovereignty to Mauritius, retains Diego Garcia airbase

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Thursday it would give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that would allow people displaced decades ago to return home while London retained use of the important UK-U.S. military base on Diego Garcia.

World

Eight US states to vote on amendments to ban noncitizen voters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Eight U.S. states are asking to ban noncitizens from voting even though it is already illegal, and critics say it is part of a plan by Donald Trump and his Republican allies to challenge the presidential election result if he loses again on Nov. 5.

World

Russia says confrontation with West is unparalleled in history

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The current confrontation between Russia and the West over Ukraine is unparalleled in history and a mistake could lead to catastrophe, a senior Russian diplomat said on Thursday when asked about comparisons to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.

World

Belarus says accusations of crimes against humanity put before ICC are absurd

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov said allegations of crimes against humanity by his country, which Lithuania has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate, were absurd, Russian state news agency RIA reported on Thursday.

World

Caribbean leaders hope new UK government is open to talks on slavery reparations

LONDON (Reuters) - Caribbean leaders hope that Britain under its new Labour government might shift its long-standing position on slavery reparations and agree to discuss how to address past wrongs and their current day legacy.

World

South Sudan president dismisses long-serving security chief

NAIROBI (Reuters) - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has dismissed the country's long-serving intelligence chief, replacing him with a close ally, state broadcaster SSBC reported, citing a presidential decree.

World

EU sues Spain, Cyprus, Poland, Portugal for failing to implement corporate tax

PARIS (Reuters) - The EU Commission sued Spain, Cyprus, Poland and Portugal for failing to implement rules aimed at ensuring a global minimum level of taxation for multinational companies, it said on Thursday.

World

Hungary summons German envoy over speech critical of government

BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto summoned the German ambassador on Thursday to complain about a speech in which she urged Hungarian public figures to speak out against actions she said were eroding the trust of Budapest's NATO and EU allies.

Gadgets

Dash camera captures woman fatally injecting husband with ‘poison’ in Ohio, US feds say

An Ohio woman was sentenced to prison after officials say she killed her husband then buried his body.

Internet

Angry Bank of America customers report outages, zero account balances across the country

Bank of America customers are dealing with a service outage with online and mobile accounts showing US$0 balances,and were taking to social media to gripe about it on Oct 2.

World

Mozambique's presidential frontrunner likely to keep Rwandans protecting gas sites

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Mozambique's ruling party candidate in this month's elections, who is almost certain to win, is likely to continue relying on Rwanda's military and European money to secure its huge gas fields in a region beset by Islamist violence, analysts say.

AI

Will AI one day win a Nobel Prize?

Artificial intelligence is already disrupting industries from banking and finance to film and journalism, and scientists are investigating how AI might revolutionise their field – or even win a Nobel Prize.

World

At least 60 dead in Nigeria boat accident, officials say

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least 60 people were killed after a boat carrying mostly women and children returning from a religious festival in Nigeria's northern Niger state capsized, a local official said late on Wednesday.

World

Russian man jailed for burning Koran charged with treason

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian man jailed in February for burning the Koran has been charged with treason by prosecutors who accuse him of passing video footage of military movements to Ukraine.

World

Russia launches major drone attack on Ukraine, damages energy infrastructure

KYIV (Reuters) -Russian forces launched a major drone attack overnight on 15 Ukrainian regions, causing damage to energy infrastructure and residential buildings, authorities said on Thursday.

Social media

EU queries Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube over ‘harmful’ content risks

The EU voiced concerns about "harmful" content posted on Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube as it told the digital platforms on Oct 2 to hand over more information on how their platforms recommend content to users.

Internet

CIA seeks informants in China, North Korea and Iran, recruiting online

The US spy agency posts instructions for interested applicants in Mandarin, Farsi and Korean on several social media platforms

Technology

Elon Musk and Mark Cuban agree on one thing: Dogecoin is no longer a joke

Dogecoin was quite literally meant to be a joke. Yet 11 years into its existence, a punchline is emerging that no one expected: The token has become surprisingly popular among businesses looking to accept crypto for real-world purchases.