Unleashing a xenophobic tirade, US President Donald Trump disparaged Somalia as "filthy, dirty, disgusting, ridden with crime", calling immigrants from the African nation "garbage" he does not want in America.

OpenAI on Tuesday appointed Slack CEO Denise Dresser as its chief revenue officer, as the ChatGPT maker looks to expand its enterprise business.

Disney said on Tuesday it has nominated former Apple Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams as an independent director candidate for election at its 2026 annual shareholders' meeting.

Tech giant Meta said Wednesday Australia's ban on social media for under-16s is sending youngsters to less regulated platforms, making them less safe.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is conducting a broad investigation into deaths potentially linked to Covid-19 vaccines, a spokesperson for Donald Trump's vaccine-skeptic health secretary said Tuesday.

Mondelez, an American multinational confectionery, said that Oreo Zero Sugar and Oreo Double Stuf Zero Sugar will go on sale in the US in January.

EssilorLuxottica is betting big on smart eyewear and the gamble is about to be tested. Its Ray-Ban Meta glasses, powered by artificial intelligence, have delivered their first meaningful revenue boost this year, but analysts warn of privacy concerns

US President Donald Trump recently heaped effusive praise on his White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's "beautiful face" and "lips" during a speech that was meant to tout his economic agenda.

As Pakistan's powerful Asim Munir faces intense criticism at home and abroad for what many describe as an unconstitutional and unreasonable concentration of authority, a Pakistani politician has issued a dramatic public appeal to PM Narendra Modi.

Japan issued a megaquake advisory on Tuesday, a day after an earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck off the country's eastern coast of Aomori, the northernmost prefecture of the island of Honshu, and just south of the island of Hokkaido.

Britons watched YouTube on average for 51 minutes a day in 2025 on smartphones, tablets and PCs, regulator Ofcom said, noting that services from its owner Alphabet and from Meta account for more than half of all time spent online.

A glittering exhibition of royal jewels is opening Wednesday in Paris even as the city still reels from the brazen crown-jewel heist at the nearby Louvre Museum.

Japan has scrambled jets to monitor Russian and Chinese air forces conducting joint patrols around the country, the Japanese defence ministry said late Tuesday, amid rising tensions between Tokyo and Beijing.

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who is in hiding, will be represented by her daughter at Wednesday's awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, organisers said.

A small aircraft hit a car while making an emergency landing on a major highway in Florida on Monday. The crash occurred on Interstate 95, a major north-south highway running along the eastern coast.

The US is pushing ahead with intensive trade negotiations with India, with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer telling lawmakers that New Delhi has made "the best we've ever received as a country" in ongoing discussions.

The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan detained four young men in Herat and placed them in a rehabilitation programme after they were seen wearing outfits inspired by the hit British television series "Peaky Blinders."

A to-do list and travel plans found during Luigi Mangione's arrest and revealed in court this week shed new light on the steps he may have taken - or planned to take - to avoid capture after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's killing last year.

A fire that broke out in a residential building in southern China killed 12 people, state media reported Wednesday.

The viral image purportedly showed JD Vance in a white T-shirt, scowling, while Usha Vance sat opposite, with her head lowered and hand against her face.