Hong Kong-born American singer Coco Lee died at 48 on Wednesday following a suicide attempt that left her in a coma, Lee’s two sisters, Carol and Nancy Lee, said in a statement posted on Instagram and Facebook. Lee died in Queen Mary Hospital…
Meta Platforms plans to launch a microblogging app, Threads, days after Twitter executive chair Elon Musk announced a temporary cap on how many posts users can read on the social media site. Threads, Instagram’s text-based conversation app,…
Four people were killed and four others were injured in a shooting on Monday night in Philadelphia, and a suspect was taken into custody, local news media outlets reported, citing police. A spokesperson for the Philadelphia Police…
JAKARTA – An earthquake with a 6.2 magnitude struck off Indonesia’s Papua province on Monday, July 3, 2023, the national geophysics agency said, adding there was no tsunami potential. The epicenter of the quake was at a…
SINGAPORE—The target of keeping long-term global warming within 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) is moving out of reach, climate experts say, with nations failing to set more ambitious goals despite months of record-breaking heat on land and…
Here’s a team by team analysis of Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix at Spielberg’s Red Bull Ring, the ninth race of the 22-round season. Teams åre listed in current championship order: RED BULL (Max Verstappen 1, Sergio Perez…
Two people were killed and 28 others were injured, including an estimated 14 children, in a mass shooting in Baltimore, Maryland, early Sunday morning, July 2, 2023, after a neighborhood party, police said. An 18-year-old woman and…
LONDON – A total of 130 countries representing 98% of the global economy are now exploring digital versions of their currencies, with almost half in advanced development, pilot or launch stages, a closely-followed study shows. The research…
CAIRO—Fighting rocked several cities in western Sudan on Wednesday in an expansion of the country’s almost two-month-old war as a regional governor was killed after publicly blaming the deaths of civilians on the country’s paramilitary force. The…
A Tesla vehicle that was operating on its Autopilot software crashed into a stationary truck on a highway in Pennsylvania on Friday night, June 23, 2023, police said, adding to scrutiny of the automaker’s driver assistance system.…
STOCKHOLM -One person was killed and nine injured, including children, in a roller coaster accident at the Grona Lund amusement park in the Swedish capital on Sunday, June 25, 2023, representatives of the park said. Eyewitnesses said…
Here are some facts about the submersible that imploded near the site of the Titanic shipwreck and killed all five onboard: * OceanGate Expeditions says it designed Titan to carry up to five people to a depth…
