Facebook on Wednesday said it has taken down some 5.4 billion fake accounts this year in a sign of the persistent battle on social media against manipulation and misinformation.
Japanese growth slowed significantly in the third quarter of the year, according to government data released on Thursday, sparking concerns for the health of the world's third-biggest economy.
South Korea's presidential advisory panel hosted an international forum here on Thursday on the country's push for stronger ties with Southeast Asian nations.
South Korea will build 30,000 smart factories and 10 smart industrial zones by 2022 as part of efforts to deal with a looming decline of the country's working-age population, the finance minister said on Wednesday.
British security officials said on Tuesday that an attempted cyber attack on the main opposition Labour Party during general election campaigning had failed.
Japan's space agency said on Wednesday its Hayabusa2 space probe has departed from an asteroid which it landed on to collect samples and will make its return to Earth in November or December next year.
Authorities have closed beaches in southwest France as packages of cocaine continue to mysteriously wash up along the country's Atlantic coast, with more than 1,000 kilograms discovered since mid-October, a prosecutor said on Tuesday.
Venice was hit by the highest tide in more than 50 years late Tuesday, with tourists wading through flooded streets to seek shelter as a fierce wind whipped up waves in St. Mark's Square.
Evo Morales left Bolivia on Monday for Mexico, which has granted him political asylum, as the armed forces agreed to help police curb violence that has erupted after the president's stunning resignation left a power vacuum.
The European Union authorised the marketing of a vaccine against Ebola on Monday, permitting the first wider commercial use of a protection that has helped stem an outbreak in DR Congo.
Thousands of firefighters fanned out across eastern Australia yesterday as gale-force winds, scorching temperatures and tinder-dry bushland brought "catastrophic" fire conditions.
Malaysia's toppled leader Najib Razak will learn on Monday if his first trial over the 1MDB scandal will proceed, in a key test of efforts to bring him to justice over the multi-billion-dollar fraud.
A state of emergency was declared on Monday and residents in the Sydney area were warned of "catastrophic" fire danger as Australia girded for a fresh wave of deadly bushfires that have ravaged the east of the country.
South Korea's prosecution will launch a special unit on Monday to investigate the 2014 Sewol ferry sinking, one of the country's worst maritime disasters, which killed more than 300.
Evo Morales, who resigned as Bolivia's president on Sunday after losing the support of the army and police, said there is now a warrant for his arrest.
US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have not yet given their official response to an invitation to visit Russia and take part in the celebrations of the 75th anniversary of Victory over Nazi Germany on May 9, 2020, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
A New York judge on Thursday ordered Donald Trump to pay US$2 million for using his former charity to further his political and business interests, adding to the president's legal woes.
An earthquake in northwestern Iran on Friday killed three people and injured 20, according to the first official reports on state television.
