Facebook-parent Meta on Wednesday officially launched its Twitter competitor, Threads, after first confirming its plans for the app just three months ago.
Facebook has tried to compete with Twitter in numerous ways over the years, including copying signature Twitter features such as hashtags and trending topics. But now Facebook's parent company is taking perhaps its biggest swipe at Twitter yet.
The Biden administration has approved the largest offshore wind energy project yet in US waters, to be located off the coast of New Jersey where officials say it could power hundreds of thousands of homes with clean energy.
Remnants of Munich's main synagogue, which was demolished by the Nazis in June 1938, have resurfaced -- much to the amazement of the city's Jewish community.
Mexican food is among the most loved cuisines on the planet, known for its confluence of indigenous and European influences. Here are 23 of the best dishes to try.
The cellphone in your hand; the shoes on your feet; the chair you're sitting on -- there's a good chance these made their way to you on one of the gigantic cargo ships that criss-cross the world's oceans every day.
Sweden's Prosecution Authority has charged climate activist Greta Thunberg with disobeying law enforcement after she allegedly refused to leave the scene of a climate protest in Malmö in June
Hong Kong police have arrested five people on suspicion of financially aiding activists abroad, just days after they offered bounties for information leading to the arrest of eight pro-democracy figures living in self-imposed exile.
Hong Kong stocks on Thursday recorded their worst day in four months, after Goldman Sachs downgraded major Chinese banks on local government debt risks and the US Federal Reserve gave a hawkish outlook.
A Chinese nationalist pundit known for his inflammatory criticism of the United States has attracted ridicule online after he was shown attending a party celebrating Independence Day at the US embassy in Beijing -- and apparently having a great time while there.
Clean-up efforts are underway at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming after a major windstorm blew across the southern portion of the park Monday, knocking down hundreds of trees, park officials said.
Canadian police have identified a woman known as the "Nation River Lady," nearly five decades after she went missing and was found dead floating in a river in Ontario, police said.
For three days, shells and mortars were "flying and whistling overhead, exploding around us," Anton, a Russian soldier positioned south of Bakhmut, tells CNN. "We were jumping like rabbits under mortar rounds and bombs."
Thousands of Palestinians marched through the streets of Jenin on Wednesday for the funeral of the 12 people killed in Israel's largest military operation in the occupied West Bank in more than 20 years.
A 65-year-old San Diego man was found dead apparently from extreme heat at Death Valley National Park in California, where his car had two flat tires and a non-functioning air conditioning system as temperatures soared into the triple digits, park officials said Wednesday.