Posts by Newsmaker

WHO: Kakhovka Dam Disaster Risks Epidemic of Physical, Mental Health Problems

WHO: Kakhovka Dam Disaster Risks Epidemic of Physical, Mental Health Problems

The World Health Organization warns the catastrophic destruction of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine June 6 risks unleashing an epidemic...

Kosovo PM Presents Plan to Defuse Tensions in Serb-Majority Area

Kosovo PM Presents Plan to Defuse Tensions in Serb-Majority Area

Kosovo’s prime minister on Tuesday presented a plan to defuse tensions in its Serb-majority north that would include fresh local...

McCartney: ‘Final Beatles Record’ Out This Year Aided by AI

McCartney: ‘Final Beatles Record’ Out This Year Aided by AI

A “final Beatles record”, created with the help of artificial intelligence, will be released later this year, Paul McCartney told...

India Denies Dorsey’s Claims It Threatened to Shut Down Twitter

India Denies Dorsey’s Claims It Threatened to Shut Down Twitter

India threatened to shut Twitter down unless it complied with orders to restrict accounts critical of the government’s handling of...

Latest in Ukraine: Deadly Russian Missile Attack Hits Kryvyi Rih

Latest in Ukraine: Deadly Russian Missile Attack Hits Kryvyi Rih

Latest developments: French President Emmanuel Macron pledges continued deliveries of ammunition, weapons and armed vehicles in the coming weeks, saying...

Outgoing NATO Chief Stoltenberg at White House Tuesday 

Outgoing NATO Chief Stoltenberg at White House Tuesday 

U.S. President Joe Biden is set to meet outgoing NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House on Tuesday as...

Protests in US Over Russians Taking Ukrainian Children to Russia

Protests in US Over Russians Taking Ukrainian Children to Russia

Across the United States this past weekend, demonstrators protested the transfer of thousands of Ukrainian children to territories occupied by...

Mother Jailed in England for Medicated Abortion Later in Pregnancy

Mother Jailed in England for Medicated Abortion Later in Pregnancy

A 44-year-old mother of three was sentenced Monday to more than two years in an English prison for medically inducing...

US Providing $325 Million More in Aid for Ukraine  

US Providing $325 Million More in Aid for Ukraine  

The United States is providing up to $325 million in additional military aid for Ukraine, a U.S. defense official tells...

Swedish Court Upholds Rejection of Quran Burning Ban

Swedish Court Upholds Rejection of Quran Burning Ban

A Swedish appeals court on Monday said police had no legal grounds to block two gatherings where protesters had planned...

ILO: Child Labor on Rise Following Decades of Progress

ILO: Child Labor on Rise Following Decades of Progress

In observance of the World Day Against Child Labor, the International Labor Organization is calling for stepped up action to...

Northern Kosovo Tensions Threaten Serbia, Kosovo Goals to Join EU

Northern Kosovo Tensions Threaten Serbia, Kosovo Goals to Join EU

Recent clashes in Northern Kosovo between Kosovars and ethnic Serbs are raising concerns about a possible new conflict in the region. From Brussels,...

UN Chief Considering Watchdog Agency for AI   

UN Chief Considering Watchdog Agency for AI   

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday that he will appoint a scientific advisory body in the coming days that will...

Startup Firm Leads Kenya into World of High-Tech Manufacturing

Startup Firm Leads Kenya into World of High-Tech Manufacturing

A three-year-old startup company is leading Kenya into the world of high-tech manufacturing, building a sophisticated workforce capable of making...

Can Russian Crude Ease Pakistan’s Economic Woes?

Can Russian Crude Ease Pakistan’s Economic Woes?

Pakistani authorities are touting the arrival of the first shipment of discounted Russian crude oil as “transformative,” however, analysts say...

Scotland’s Leader Won’t Suspend Nicola Sturgeon From Party After Arrest

Scotland’s Leader Won’t Suspend Nicola Sturgeon From Party After Arrest

Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf said on Monday he would not suspend his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon after her arrest as...

As Anti-War Russians Flock to Georgia, Tbilisi Warms to Moscow  

As Anti-War Russians Flock to Georgia, Tbilisi Warms to Moscow  

Koshini’s rooftop bar serves up local wine and a stunning view of Tbilisi, bathed, one recent evening, in a rosy...

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Has Died

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Has Died

The controversial and colorful former prime minister of Italy – Silvio Berlusconi – has died.  The perpetually tanned billionaire media...

 Survey: 33% of Young German Men Find Violence Against Women Acceptable 

 Survey: 33% of Young German Men Find Violence Against Women Acceptable 

A third of the young men in Germany find violence against women acceptable, according to a new survey. One thousand...

11-Year-Old British Girl Shot Dead in France

11-Year-Old British Girl Shot Dead in France

An 11-year-old British girl was shot dead Saturday in France.   Her father and mother also were injured in the incident...

Row Erupts in Germany Over Restitution of Benin Bronzes

Row Erupts in Germany Over Restitution of Benin Bronzes

In a move that many hailed as a salve for the historic wounds between Europe and Africa, Germany last December...

Spain to Begin Exhumation of 128 Civil War Victims, According to Report

Spain to Begin Exhumation of 128 Civil War Victims, According to Report

Forensic scientists will on Monday begin the exhumation of 128 victims of the Spanish Civil War from a vast burial...