Microsoft dumps Control Panel in shift to unified Settings
Microsoft is officially retiring its long-standing Control Panel, transitioning all system management to the modern Settings app to eliminate interface redundancy. 

Indonesia train crash toll rises to 14 as rescuers work to remove trapped passengers
JAKARTA — ​The death toll from a train collision near the ‌Indonesian capital Jakarta has risen to 14 with another 84 injured, the train operator said on Tuesday, as rescuers worked to extract survivors still trapped in the...

Crude price edges up as Trump considers latest Iran proposal
HONG KONG - Oil prices edged up and stocks wavered Tuesday as Donald Trump weighed an Iranian proposal that would reportedly re-open the Strait of Hormuz and end the eight-week-old war.

Australia aims to tax tech giants unless they pay news outlets
SYDNEY — Australia unveiled draft laws on Tuesday that would tax tech giants Meta, Google and TikTok unless they voluntarily strike deals to pay local outlets for news.

Nations gather for fossil-fuel exit talks
SANTA MARTA, Colombia - Representatives of about 50 governments meet in Colombia on Tuesday for the first international talks on phasing out planet-heating fossil fuels, against a  backdrop of the Iran war and a global energy crunch.

Clashes in Indonesia's Papua as hundreds protest military presence
Students and civilians clashed with law enforcement personnel in Indonesia's insurgency-hit Papua on Monday (April 27) during a protest attended by hundreds of residents demanding the withdrawal of military personnel from the region, a police official said. - REUTERS

After the tsunami, a wildfire: one Japanese firefighter's tale
Ryota Haga was in high school when the biggest earthquake ever recorded in Japan triggered a deadly tsunami and swept away his family home in the quiet northeastern town of Otsuchi in March 2011. Now 31, a volunteer firefighter with a wife and toddler, he's facing a new disaster: a wildfire in its sixth day that has burned over 1,600 hectares as of Monday (April 27) morning. - REUTERS

Why can't we buy this in US? Chinese cars tantalize YouTuber's fans
American YouTuber Ethan Robertson was giving some of his foreign viewers a first-hand look at China's high-tech cars at the Beijing Auto Show on Friday (April 24), and he says his U.S. fans always have the same question: why can't I buy these cars back home? - REUTERS

North Korea's Kim vows to keep backing Russia, state media says
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will continue to support Russia's policies and he discussed the international political situation with Russia's defense minister, state media KCNA reported on Monday (April 27). The Kim family has maintained near‑total control of North Korea since its founding after World War Two and experts say that fear of being seen as anti‑revolutionary...

Chinese tourists arrested for gold shop robbery
Police arrested two Chinese tourists in Bangkok on Monday evening on charges of robbing a gold shop in the northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima of gold rings worth about 380,000 baht.