Posts by Newsmaker

Air India Sends Plane for Stranded Passengers in Russia, With Engineers 

Air India Sends Plane for Stranded Passengers in Russia, With Engineers 

Air India sent an aircraft on Wednesday to pick up passengers whose Delhi to San Francisco flight was diverted to...

Vatican Says Pope Francis to Have Abdominal Surgery

Vatican Says Pope Francis to Have Abdominal Surgery

Pope Francis, 86, will have surgery on his abdomen on Wednesday afternoon at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, the Vatican said in...

Damage at Ukraine’s Kakhovka Reservoir Puts Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant at Risk

Damage at Ukraine’s Kakhovka Reservoir Puts Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant at Risk

Ukrainian officials are on alert following the destruction of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station and say the flooding from the...

Britain Says China Has Closed Unofficial Police Stations in UK

Britain Says China Has Closed Unofficial Police Stations in UK

British Security Minister Tom Tugendhat said on Tuesday China had closed reported “police service stations” at sites across the United...

At UN, Belarus Shut Out in Bid for Security Council Seat

At UN, Belarus Shut Out in Bid for Security Council Seat

The U.N. General Assembly approved five new members for two-year terms on the organization’s powerful 15-nation Security Council on Tuesday,...

Austin Draws Parallels Between D-Day, War in Ukraine on WWII Allied Invasion Anniversary

Austin Draws Parallels Between D-Day, War in Ukraine on WWII Allied Invasion Anniversary

As thousands walked the beaches of Normandy, France, to honor those who fought to liberate Europe in World War II,...

In New Term, Turkey’s Erdogan Makes Economic Pivot as Crisis Looms

In New Term, Turkey’s Erdogan Makes Economic Pivot as Crisis Looms

With Turkey facing a looming financial crisis, newly reelected President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has turned to market-friendly policy maker Mehmet...

Financial Institutions in US, East Asia Spoofed by Suspected North Korean Hackers

Financial Institutions in US, East Asia Spoofed by Suspected North Korean Hackers

There are renewed concerns North Korea’s army of hackers is targeting financial institutions to prop up the regime in Pyongyang...

Golf: PGA Tour, European Tour and LIV Golf Announce Merger

Golf: PGA Tour, European Tour and LIV Golf Announce Merger

The PGA Tour, European Tour and rival Saudi-backed LIV Golf circuit announced a landmark agreement on Tuesday to merge and...

Russia Copying Iran to Evade Western Sanctions, Report Claims

Russia Copying Iran to Evade Western Sanctions, Report Claims

Russia is seeking to copy Iran’s tactics in evading Western sanctions imposed on Moscow since its February 2022 invasion of...

Japan, Australia, US to Fund Undersea Cable Connection in Micronesia to Counter China’s Influence

Japan, Australia, US to Fund Undersea Cable Connection in Micronesia to Counter China’s Influence

Japan announced Tuesday that it joined the United States and Australia in signing a $95 million undersea cable project that...

Cost of Living Weighs on EU Voters Year Before Polls 

Cost of Living Weighs on EU Voters Year Before Polls 

Cost of living woes are focusing European voters’ minds one year before they go to the polls to choose a...

Could Artificial Intelligence Help Stop Trade in Goods Made From Child, Forced Labor?

Could Artificial Intelligence Help Stop Trade in Goods Made From Child, Forced Labor?

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is looking at how artificial intelligence can be used to help identify goods made...

Prince Harry Gets Day in Court Against Tabloids he accuses of Blighting His Life

Prince Harry Gets Day in Court Against Tabloids he accuses of Blighting His Life

Prince Harry entered a courtroom witness box Tuesday, swearing to tell the truth in testimony against a tabloid publisher he...

Russia Copying Iran’s Playbook to Evade Western Sanctions, Report Claims

Russia Copying Iran’s Playbook to Evade Western Sanctions, Report Claims

Russia is copying Iran’s tactics in trying to evade Western sanctions, according to a report from the Royal United Services...

Italy Reviewing Pirelli Ownership Structure

Italy Reviewing Pirelli Ownership Structure

Italian regulators are looking into efforts by China’s Sinochem to tighten control over Italian tire maker Pirelli. Sinochem owns 37%...

Law Protecting Independence of Slovenian Public TV to Take Effect

Law Protecting Independence of Slovenian Public TV to Take Effect

A new management team could be announced at Slovenia’s public broadcaster RTV in the coming weeks, as a new law...

Musk Says China Detailed Plans to Regulate AI

Musk Says China Detailed Plans to Regulate AI

Top Chinese officials told Elon Musk about plans to launch new regulations on artificial intelligence on his recent trip to...

China Establishing ‘Commanding Lead’ with Key Military Technologies

China Establishing ‘Commanding Lead’ with Key Military Technologies

Chinese research on some key military technologies is so far ahead that the United States and its key allies may...

At Normandy D-Day Celebrations, Echoes of Ukraine’s Looming Fight

At Normandy D-Day Celebrations, Echoes of Ukraine’s Looming Fight

While U.S. military officers here caution against too direct a comparison between the 1944 D-Day landings and Ukraine’s upcoming counteroffensive,...

Seven Punished by Spanish Government for Racist Insults Against Vinicius

Seven Punished by Spanish Government for Racist Insults Against Vinicius

Seven people involved in different racist attacks against Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr have been punished by Spain’s State Commission...

Moscow Bans ‘Unfriendly’ Journalists From Economic Forum

Moscow Bans ‘Unfriendly’ Journalists From Economic Forum

Moscow announced that journalists from what it deems “unfriendly countries” would not be allowed to attend this year’s St. Petersburg...