Bangkok (AFP) – Scores of same-sex and transgender couples married in Thailand on Thursday as the kingdom’s equal marriage law went into effect, with two high-profile gay actors among the first to do so.
Hundreds wed as Thai same
Most Asian markets extend AI
China (AFP) – Asian equities mostly rose Thursday, cheered by another tech-fuelled run-up on Wall Street after Donald Trump’s huge AI investment announcement, as traders assessed the outlook for the next four years under the new president.
S. Korea investigators recommend Yoon be charged with insurrection, abuse of power
Seoul (AFP) – South Korean investigators recommended Thursday that impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol be charged with insurrection and abuse of power, as they handed over the results of their probe into his ill-fated declaration of martial law to prosecutors.
Bangladesh student revolutionaries' dreams dented by joblessness
Dhaka (AFP) – Bangladeshi students braved bullets to overthrow an autocratic government, but six months after the revolution, many say finding a job is proving a harder task than manning the barricades.
Solar power surpasses coal in EU for first time
Paris (AFP) – Solar overtook coal in the European Union’s electricity production in 2024, with the share of renewables rising to almost half the bloc’s power sector, according to a report released Thursday.
Musk, Wikipedia founder in row over how to describe 'Nazi salute'
Washington (AFP) – The gesture was controversial enough, but now come the sub-controversies: Elon Musk is trolling Wikipedia and encouraging its defunding after a description of his recent flourish, seen by some as a Hitler salute, appeared on the encyclopedic website.
Axel Rudakubana: troubled teen whose knife rampage shocked Britain
Liverpool (AFP) – Once an unassuming schoolboy who attended a UK drama club, teenager Axel Rudakubana retreated into his own world over the years, searching for increasingly violent images online.
Sasaki vows to 'give best' to fire
Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) – Japanese baseball prodigy Roki Sasaki issued a pledge of solidarity on Wednesday as he was formally unveiled by the Los Angeles Dodgers after signing with the World Series champions.
Larry Ellison, tech's original maverick, makes Trump era return
Washington (AFP) – US tech titans Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos are taking a prominent place in the new Trump era, but another player from another era — Oracle boss Larry Ellison — is making a surprise return.
Instagram courts TikTok stars during turbulent times
San Francisco (AFP) – Meta-owned Instagram has been wooing creators from TikTok as the China-based video-snippet sharing app’s future remains uncertain in the United States.
