China reportedly extends iPhone ban to more workers as tensions with US rise
China’s government has reportedly expanded its ban of iPhones to local government workers and state-owned companies, a day after it emerged central government employees were forbidden from bringing the devices to work.
Panama defender Gilberto Hernández dies in Colón shooting
Panama defender Gilberto Hernández has died after being shot in the city of Colón on Sunday, the Panama Football League said in a statement.Hernández, 26, played for Club Atlético Independiente de La…
US warns North Korea would ‘pay a price’ for any arms deal with Russia
US officials have warned North Korea it will “pay a price” if it strikes an arms deal with Russia, after saying that negotiations were “advancing” between the two nations.If Pyongyang provides weapons…
WFP in Afghanistan Forced to Drop 2 Million People From Assistance
The World Food Programme (WFP) said in a press release that it is “being forced to drop another 2 million hungry people from food assistance in Afghanistan in September, bringing…
French schools send home dozens of girls wearing Muslim abayas
Girls who refused to remove banned garment given letter saying ‘secularism is not a constraint, it is a liberty’, says ministerOn the first day of the new academic year French…
China’s Great Wall damaged by workers looking for shortcut
A part of China’s Great Wall has been severely damaged by construction workers in central Shanxi province, who used an excavator to dig through it. Police say two people are…
Russia Says It Downed Ukraine-Launched Drones Targeting Moscow
Russia shot down at least three Ukraine-launched drones early on September 5 that were targeting the country’s capital, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The ministry said that its air defense…
Four astronauts from International Space Station splash down to Earth
Members of mission run by Nasa and SpaceX parachute in capsule off coast of Florida after spending six months at ISSFour astronauts splashed down to Earth early on Monday, returning…
Russia ready to restart grain deal if sanctions lifted, Putin tells Erdoğan
Moscow could revive the Black Sea grain deal and allow Ukraine to export millions of tons of agricultural products to food-importing nations in exchange for Western sanctions on Russia being…