The head of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) said that the U.S. attorney’s office had barred the agency from taking part in the investigation into the murder of Renee Good.

Ten people have been found guilty of cyberbullying Brigitte Macron, the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron.

Japan aims to reduce clothing waste by 25% by fiscal 2030 compared with 2020 levels to address the environmental impact of carbon dioxide–intensive garment production.

Saudi Arabia has opened its equities market to all foreign investors, removing restrictions that previously required foreigners to meet certain qualifications to trade shares.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index rose slightly in muted trading on Friday, closing at 6,348.17 points, up by 27.47 points, or 0.43 percent.

Protests are taking place in Minneapolis after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good as she tried to leave after another agent attempted to pull her out of her car.

Bitcoin rose to a more than one-month high and broke through a closely watched technical level as digital assets began to catch up with gains in stocks and precious metals.

A French ban on the production and sale of cosmetics and most clothing containing polluting and health-threatening “forever chemicals” has entered into force.

Japan will assess whether China’s ban on exports of dual-use items covers rare earths.

Ten years ago, Venezuela shipped gold worth nearly 4.7 billion Swiss francs (€5.05 billion) from the country’s reserves with the intention of melting it down and selling it internationally.

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok has generated sexualized images of people, including minors, on the social media platform X in response to user prompts.

Russia’s nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile system has entered active service in Belarus.

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) index edged higher on Thursday, rising one level to close at 6,320.67 points, up by 28.58 points or 0.45 percent.

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok has been accused of generating non-consensual sexualized images of real people, including children.

Eurozone inflation fell to 2.0% in December, meeting the European Central Bank’s price stability target and reinforcing signs that the sharp surge in prices in recent years is fading.

China is requiring chipmakers to use at least 50% domestically made equipment when adding new capacity.

In Japan’s top oyster-producing prefecture, Hiroshima, 80% to 90% of farmed oysters have been dead at the time of landing since the start of this season’s shipments in mid-October.

Denmark and Greenland are seeking a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio after the Trump administration doubled down on its intention to take over the strategic Arctic island, a Danish territory.

Alaska Airlines is ordering 110 new Boeing planes — the largest single order in the airline’s history.

Lower mortgage rates and slowing price growth pushed pending home sales up 3.3% in November.

Warner Bros. again rejected a takeover bid from Paramount and told shareholders to stick with a rival offer from Netflix.

Israel’s president has pushed back on Donald Trump’s claim that the two had spoken and that a pardon for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “on its way.”

Asian equities kicked off the new year with sharp gains, but the advance may face headwinds from concerns over an artificial intelligence (AI) bubble and diverging interest-rate paths across the region.

Enhanced tax credits that helped reduce the cost of health insurance for the vast majority of Affordable Care Act enrollees expired overnight, cementing higher health-care costs for millions of Americans at the start of the new year.