30, mostly kids, dead in Thailand mass shooting

ISTANBUL – At least 30 people, mostly children, were killed in a mass shooting in Thailand on Thursday, state-run media reported. A gunman opened fire at a...

Myanmar to skip Asean summit, related meetings in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH – Myanmar’s military government will not attend the summit or other related meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to be held in...

NoKor fires ballistic missiles toward Sea of Japan again

TOKYO – North Korea fired two ballistic missiles early Thursday, the sixth round of launches by Pyongyang since late September, the Japanese government said. The projectiles fell...

Nord Stream pipeline sabotage: how an attack could have been carried out and why Europe was defenceless

Whatever caused the damage to the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, it appears to be the first major attack on critical “subsea” (underwater)...

Liz Truss: what her Conservative party conference speech revealed

The stakes could not have been higher as Liz Truss delivered her first party conference speech as prime minister. Against a backdrop of economic chaos, open...

US national debt exceeds $31T for 1st time

ANKARA – The US national debt exceeded USD31 trillion for the first time amid rising interest rates to tame the record-high inflation, and growing economic uncertainty, according...

What is multi-factor authentication, and how should I be using it?

A class action against Optus could easily be Australia’s biggest: here’s what is involved

With the Optus data breach exposing almost 10 million current and former customers to identity theft, law firms are circling for what could end up being...

Health worker burnout and ‘compassion fatigue’ put patients at risk. How can we help them help us?

The toll of COVID on our health-care workers has been brutal, with many saying they want to quit their jobs. The World Health Organization says burnout,...

Biden says the US doesn’t want a new Cold War – but there are some reasons it might

“We do not seek a Cold War,” declared President Joe Biden in front of world leaders gathered at the United Nations on Sept. 21, 2022. He...