The world’s tallest bridge — over Huajiang Grand Canyon in China — is set to open later this month. It recently passed a key load-bearing test that involved a team of 96 truck drivers. As The World’s ...

Lithuania is training children as young as 10 years old in the use of drones as part of a new initiative by the country’s Ministry of Defense. Drone warfare has been a crucial innovation since ...

Gambling the world over brings with it the risk of addiction. That’s generally because of the excitement of a big payday. But when the payday is relatively small and there are no bells and whistles to ...

From Jakarta to Bangkok, new and unknown brands of Chinese electric vehicles have been cruising around major Southeast Asian cities over the past two years. Also, Shell and Exxon Mobil are suing the ...

Shell and Exxon Mobil are suing the Dutch government over the closure of a major gas field in Groningen, and over payouts to residents for damages tied to extraction. The suit is possible under a ...

Google, Microsoft and Nvidia are among the US technology giants announcing tens of billions of dollars in new investments for the United Kingdom. The most ambitious plan is from Microsoft, which has ...

Until recently, the vehicles cruising around major Southeast Asian cities were brands most anyone around the world would recognize. Lots of Toyotas and Hyundais. A smattering of Fords. The occasional ...

Pan con chicharrón, the Peruvian breakfast sandwich that graces many special occasions, has been crowned the best breakfast in the world, according to tens of millions of voters on social media. Hosts ...

A new 72-page UN report released this week finds there are reasonable grounds to conclude that since the start of its war with Hamas in 2023 Israel has committed four of the five genocidal acts as ...

After the US struck another boat this week, reactions in Venezuela to escalating tensions between Washington and Caracas have ...

The US military has sunk another Venezuelan boat in the Caribbean. President Donald Trump says the vessels are tied to drug cartels but has offered no evidence. Amid the saber-rattling between Caracas ...

Today marks 50 years since Papua New Guinea gained independence from Australia. With its rugged, mountainous geography, over ...