TEHRAN, Iran — Iran marked Sunday the 45th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution amid tensions gripping the wider Middle East over Israel’s continued war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Thousands of Iranians marched through major streets and squares decorated with flags, balloons and banners with revolutionary and religious slogans. In Tehran, crowds waved … Read more
MANILA, Philippines — Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is throwing allegations at his successor, Fernando Marcos Jr., and even raising the prospect of removing him from office, bringing into the open a long-rumored split between the two. In an expletive-laden speech late Sunday, the former populist leader alleged Marcos’ legislative allies are plotting to amend … Read more
“Especially for the big app developers with loads of downloads, who are the ones that really Apple make all their money from, that will rack up to a very high cost very quickly,” says Max von Thun, Europe director at Open Markets, a group dedicated to campaigning against monopolies. “This new cost structure, including the … Read more
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This past Christmas, there was a box in my stocking that held something I had half-jokingly added to my wishlist: an “ergonomic” grip that raises, widens, and adds wireless charging to Apple’s Magic Mouse 2. It’s like a little boot with a Lightning adapter tongue that plugs right into your Magic Mouse’s underbelly. Best of … Read more
Add to your saved storiesSave Jiang Ping, a Chinese legal scholar forced to resign a university president post after backing the 1989 pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square but who remained an influential voice for the rights of citizens against the powers of the state, died Dec. 19 at a hospital in Beijing. He was 92. … Read more
The US Department of Justice has got mail: A coalition of more than a dozen tech advocacy groups wrote to the agency today calling on it to launch an investigation into allegedly anticompetitive behavior by Apple. The letter says that Apple’s recent blocking of Beeper, which reverse engineered iMessage to allow compatibility with Android phones, … Read more
BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia’s populist President Aleksandar Vucic is looking to further tighten his grip on power in an election on Sunday that has been marred by reports of major irregularities during a tense campaign. The main contest in the parliamentary and local elections is expected to be between Vucic’s governing right-wing Serbian Progressive Party, … Read more
ByThe Associated Press November 10, 2023, 6:53 PM A baby doll symbolizing the small children who were abducted by Hamas militants during the group’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel is displayed at a vigil for the victims in central Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Nov. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) The Associated Press A little girl … Read more
This photograph taken on October 3, 2023 shows a product used to eradicate bedbugs at the Hygiene Premium, pest control shop in Paris. Miguel Medina | Afp | Getty Images France’s transport minister on Wednesday urged for calm amid widespread reports of bedbug infestations in the capital and other cities, as he said more could … Read more
The short-lived rebel by Wagner Group chief Yevgeniy Prigozhin has compelled a more in-depth examination of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s maintain on energy. Russia’s political system is “exhibiting its fragilities, and the navy energy is cracking,” the European Union’s international coverage chief, Josep Borrell, stated Monday at a summit of E.U. international ministers in Luxembourg. … Read more