MOSCOW, April 30 — Twitter will introduce an option, allowing media outlets to charge users for paywalled content on a per-article basis if they want to read an occasional article, CEO of the social media platform Elon Musk said on Saturday (April 29).

WASHINGTON, April 30 — The United States (US) on Saturday (April 29) called on China to stop harassing Philippine vessels in the South China Sea, pledging to stand with the Philippines at a time of simmering geopolitical tension.

ANKARA, April 28 — Manchester United missed a chance to move into the English Premier League top three after a 2-2 draw with Tottenham Hotspur on Thursday, reported Xinhua.

WASHINGTON, April 28 — Global commodity prices are likely to see the sharpest slump this year since the beginning of the pandemic, but food prices will still remain near record highs, reported Sputnik quoting the World Bank on Thursday.

GENEVA, April 27 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) expects "many more" deaths in Sudan due to outbreaks of disease and a lack of essential services amid fighting, its director general said on Wednesday.

GENEVA, April 27 — The number of Covid-19 casualties has decreased by 95 per cent since the beginning of the year, director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES, April 27 — A new Omicron subvariant is spreading in the United States and has drawn concern for its high transmissibility and new symptoms.

CANBERRA, April 26 — Australia's rate of inflation has fallen from its December peak, reported Xinhua.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 26 — Twitter said on Tuesday (April 25) said it received more than 16,000 government information requests for user data from over 85 countries in the first half of 2022 alone.

BEIJING, April 26 — China has unveiled a grand vision to build a lunar base on the moon, local media reported on Tuesday (April 25).

SYDNEY, April 26 — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday that Sydney will host the 2023 Quad Leaders' summit on May 24, the third in-person meeting of the leaders of Australia, the United States, India and Japan.

TOKYO, April 26 — United States (US) Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Tuesday (April 26) the Biden administration's signature Asian engagement project called the IPEF is designed to create no conflict with other trade agreements in the region, where China is expanding its clout.

SINGAPORE, April 26 — The Singapore government on Tuesday (April 25) accused British billionaire Richard Branson of peddling falsehoods and disrespecting its justice system, hitting back at the tycoon over his call to spare a man set to be executed this week for drug trafficking.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 26 — Alphabet Inc, Google's parent company, on Tuesday (April 25), reported its first-quarter revenue at US$69.8 billion (RM311.3 billion ), up three per cent from the same period last year.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 26 — Microsoft posted on Tuesday its revenue of US$52.9 billion (RM235.9 billion) for the third quarter of the 2023 fiscal year ending March 31, up seven per cent from the same period last year, reported Xinhua.

GENEVA, April 25 — Ongoing violent armed clashes between the Sudanese military and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group in Sudan have killed at least 459 people and injured 4,072 others as of April 24, the World Health Organisation's (WHO) representative in Sudan Dr Nima Saeed Abid, said on Tuesday.

ANKARA, April 25 — US President Joe Biden on Tuesday launched his re-election campaign, officially declaring that he will seek a second term in 2024, reported Anadolu.

GENEVA, April 25 — The International Association Football Federation (Fifa) announced on Monday (April 24) that it had received a total of four expressions of interest from member associations to host the 2027 Women's World Cup.

ISTANBUL, April 25 — Domestic food price inflation remains high around the world, the World Bank said on Monday (April 24) in a report on rising food insecurity, reported Anadolu.

ISTANBUL, April 25 — The sudden demise of SVB and the recent banking crisis in the United States (US) are caused by 'fuel' on social media platforms, reported Anadolu quoting research published on Monday (April 24).