The Australian government has banned TikTok on all government-issued devices, following concerns over the app's security risks and its Chinese parent company's alleged ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
An outbreak of vaccine-induced polio has been declared by Burundian health officials, marking the first time the paralyzing disease has been detected in the East African nation in more than three decades.
Russia's banking system is largely shielded from the negative effects of the U.S. crisis due to the country's limited connections with the international financial system, says Russian press secretary.
Despite growing international pressure to send weapons to Ukraine, Switzerland is instead destroying decommissioned air-defense systems rather than hand them over to Kyiv.
China has a "stunning lead" in 37 out of 44 critical and emerging technologies as Western democracies lose a global competition for research output, a security think tank said on Thursday after tracking defense, space, energy and biotechnology.