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‘AI’ Named Collins Word of the Year

‘AI’ Named Collins Word of the Year

The abbreviation of artificial intelligence (AI) has been named the Collins Word of the Year for 2023, the dictionary publisher...

Russian Court Denies RFE/RL Journalist’s Pretrial Detention Appeal

Russian Court Denies RFE/RL Journalist’s Pretrial Detention Appeal

A Russian court on Tuesday denied the appeal filed by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Alsu Kurmasheva against her pretrial...

Kenyan President Welcomes Britain’s King to Nairobi

Kenyan President Welcomes Britain’s King to Nairobi

Britain’s King Charles has begun a four-day visit to Kenya, his first trip to Africa since becoming king following the...

Russia Will Succeed in Ukraine Unless US Support Continues, Pentagon Chief Says

Russia Will Succeed in Ukraine Unless US Support Continues, Pentagon Chief Says

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Tuesday that Russia would be successful in Ukraine unless the United States kept...

Paris Police Shoot Woman Making Threats at Train Station

Paris Police Shoot Woman Making Threats at Train Station

French police opened fire on a woman after she threatened to blow herself up on a train heading into Paris...

Electric Vehicle ‘Fast Charger’ Seen as Game Changer

Electric Vehicle ‘Fast Charger’ Seen as Game Changer

With White House funding to put more electric cars on the road, some states are using the money to build...

Europe’s Inflation Eased to 2.9% in October, but Growth Vanished 

Europe’s Inflation Eased to 2.9% in October, but Growth Vanished 

The inflation that has been wearing on European consumers fell sharply to 2.9% in October, its lowest in more than...

UN Chief Urges Peace From Site Venerated as Buddha’s Birthplace

UN Chief Urges Peace From Site Venerated as Buddha’s Birthplace

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made an impassioned plea for peace on Tuesday from a Nepalese site venerated as Buddha’s birthplace,...

Ukrainian Family Murdered in Russian-Occupied Donetsk Region

Ukrainian Family Murdered in Russian-Occupied Donetsk Region

Ukraine says a family of nine were shot and killed in their home in the Russian-occupied eastern town of Volnovakha....

Spanish Soccer Official Who Kissed Unwilling Star Player Is Banned for Three Years

Spanish Soccer Official Who Kissed Unwilling Star Player Is Banned for Three Years

The Spanish soccer official who provoked a players’ rebellion and reckoning on gender when he kissed an unwilling star player...

Biden Signs Sweeping Executive Order on AI Oversight

Biden Signs Sweeping Executive Order on AI Oversight

President Joe Biden on Monday signed a wide-ranging executive order on artificial intelligence, covering topics as varied as national security,...

Ukraine Says It Is Ready to Repel Russia’s Offensive Actions in Bakhmut

Ukraine Says It Is Ready to Repel Russia’s Offensive Actions in Bakhmut

Kyiv military officials said on Monday that Russia has bulked up its forces around the devastated city of Bakhmut in...

Dutch Prime Minister: F-16s for Ukraine to Arrive in Romania Within Two Weeks

Dutch Prime Minister: F-16s for Ukraine to Arrive in Romania Within Two Weeks

The first U.S.-made F-16 combat aircraft the Netherlands is donating to Ukraine will arrive in Romania’s training center within two...

Israel Pulls Diplomats From Turkey as Erdogan Ramps Up Hamas Support

Israel Pulls Diplomats From Turkey as Erdogan Ramps Up Hamas Support

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is ramping up his support of Hamas, prompting Israel to withdraw its diplomats. In a...

Somalia Welcomes First Foreign Bank Branch in Over Half-Century

Somalia Welcomes First Foreign Bank Branch in Over Half-Century

A leading Turkish bank, Ziraat Katilim, has opened a branch in Mogadishu, becoming the first foreign bank to operate in...

Musk Pulls Plug on Paying for X Factchecks

Musk Pulls Plug on Paying for X Factchecks

Elon Musk has said that corrections to posts on X would no longer be eligible for payment as the social...

Putin Calls Meeting After Mob Storms Airport іn Dagestan Looking for Israelis оn Plane From Tel Aviv

Putin Calls Meeting After Mob Storms Airport іn Dagestan Looking for Israelis оn Plane From Tel Aviv

Russian President Vladimir Putin called a meeting of top security and law enforcement officials on Monday, the day after a...

China and Russia Take Aim at US at Chinese Military Forum 

China and Russia Take Aim at US at Chinese Military Forum 

Chinese and Russian military chiefs targeted the United States for criticism at a security forum in Beijing on Monday, even...

Putin Ally Warns EU Against Seizing Russian Assets for Ukraine’s Reconstruction

Putin Ally Warns EU Against Seizing Russian Assets for Ukraine’s Reconstruction

Russia would likely confiscate the assets of European Union countries, if the bloc takes frozen Russian funds to finance Ukraine’s...

Trade Tops Agenda as Germany’s Scholz Meets Nigerian Leader on West Africa Trip

Trade Tops Agenda as Germany’s Scholz Meets Nigerian Leader on West Africa Trip

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Sunday as part of a West Africa tour as...

On Turkey’s Birthday, Erdogan Honors Secular Founder, Touts His Islamic-Rooted Party

On Turkey’s Birthday, Erdogan Honors Secular Founder, Touts His Islamic-Rooted Party

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Sunday to stand up to “imperialist powers” as he led Turkish centenary celebrations in...

Crowd Storms Airport in Russia’s Dagestan Region to Protest Flight From Israel

Crowd Storms Airport in Russia’s Dagestan Region to Protest Flight From Israel

Hundreds of people on Sunday stormed into the main airport in Russia’s Dagestan region and onto the landing field to...