A raft of new laws relating to 'vice and virtue' have been criticised by the United Nations, who say they "extend the already intolerable restrictions on the rights of Afghan women and girls". The ...

2024 has been filled with hip-hop highlights. While the culture experiences celebratory moments, the rap world has also been shaken multiple times due to the deaths of members of the hip-hop ...

A federal judge blocked Ohio's ban on foreign nationals and green card holders contributing to ballot campaigns. U.S. District Court Judge Michael H. Watson ruled Saturday that the Ohio law, which ...

To combat disinformation, Brazil gave one judge broad power to police the internet. Now, after he blocked X, some are wondering whether that was a good idea. By Jack Nicas and Kate Conger Jack ...

Jack Berman and a friend in a pub smoking section - which is under cover but also had fans Jack Berman takes a long drag and then exhales, slowly, in the covered terrace of a 150-year-old pub in a ...

A top court in Brazil ordered an immediate, country-wide suspension of the X platform on Friday after a months-long legal battle with Elon Musk’s social media company over content moderation ...

Roughly 10 years after California tried and failed to ban plastic bags at grocery stores, state lawmakers have passed a law that they say will forever end the choice of “paper or plastic” in ...

The plastic retail bag could be history in California, with the legislature voting to pass a new plastic ban that will allow only paper bags at checkout. The plastics industry, which fought the ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - Wall Street Journal Editor in Chief Emma Tucker participates in a panel discussion on the importance ...

Here’s the latest on Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram and Vkontakte, who was arrested over the weekend in France and charged Wednesday because of an investigation into Telegram’s alleged ...

Telegram is a popular messaging app known for its focus on privacy and security.Launched in 2013 by brothers Pavel and Nikolai Durov, the app has grown significantly, boasting over 950 million ...