Digest

World and business news. The world is the totality of entities, the whole of reality, or everything that exists. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the world as unique while others talk of a “plurality of worlds”

Azerbaijan Denies Deal Reached to Reopen Karabakh-Armenia Road

Azerbaijan Denies Deal Reached to Reopen Karabakh-Armenia Road

Hikmet Hajiev, a foreign policy advisor to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, on Saturday denied that Baku had reached a deal...

Vatican Beatifies Polish Family of 9 Killed for Hiding Jews

Vatican Beatifies Polish Family of 9 Killed for Hiding Jews

In an unprecedented move, the Vatican on Sunday beatified a Polish family of nine — a married couple and their...

King Charles III Shows Reign Will Be More About Evolution Than Revolution

King Charles III Shows Reign Will Be More About Evolution Than Revolution

A year after the death of Queen Elizabeth II triggered questions about the future of the British monarchy, King Charles...

Niger Military Accuses France of Preparing Forces for ‘Intervention’

Niger Military Accuses France of Preparing Forces for ‘Intervention’

Niger’s military regime, which took power in July, accused France of deploying forces in several West African countries with a...

Report: UK Parliament Researcher Arrested for Spying, Suspected of Working for China

Report: UK Parliament Researcher Arrested for Spying, Suspected of Working for China

U.K. police said Saturday they had arrested a man in his twenties for spying, with The Sunday Times reporting he...

Deal Reached to Open Roads Through Azerbaijan to Nagorno-Karabakh

Deal Reached to Open Roads Through Azerbaijan to Nagorno-Karabakh

Ethnic Armenian authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh agreed on Saturday to let in aid shipments from Azerbaijan-held territory for the first time...

Paris Strips Palestinian Leader of Honor After He Minimizes Holocaust

Paris Strips Palestinian Leader of Honor After He Minimizes Holocaust

Paris has rescinded a special honor it bestowed on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas because of his recent antisemitic comments minimizing...

British Police Capture Escaped Terrorism Suspect

British Police Capture Escaped Terrorism Suspect

A former British soldier who escaped from a London prison four days ago was captured Saturday while riding a bike...

Poland’s Political Parties Reveal Campaign Programs

Poland’s Political Parties Reveal Campaign Programs

Poland’s conservative governing party and the opposition showered potential voters with promises Saturday as the country’s political parties revealed their...

AI Technology Behind ChatGPT Built in Iowa Using Lots of Water

AI Technology Behind ChatGPT Built in Iowa Using Lots of Water

The cost of building an artificial intelligence product like ChatGPT can be hard to measure. But one thing Microsoft-backed OpenAI...

Ukraine Making ‘Tactical Advances’ Against Russian Forces, UK Says

Ukraine Making ‘Tactical Advances’ Against Russian Forces, UK Says

Ukraine’s armed forces are making “gradual tactical advances” against Russia’s defensive line east of the town of Robotyne, the British...

US, India, Saudi, EU to Unveil Rail, Ports Deal on G20 Sidelines, Official Says

US, India, Saudi, EU to Unveil Rail, Ports Deal on G20 Sidelines, Official Says

A multinational rail and ports deal linking the Middle East and South Asia will be announced Saturday on the sidelines...

Britain Marks Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s Death

Britain Marks Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s Death

Britain on Friday marked one year since the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. As Henry Ridgwell reports from London, polls...

International Team Tries Rescue of US Explorer in Turkey

International Team Tries Rescue of US Explorer in Turkey

An international team of at least 150 rescuers gathered at a Turkish cave Friday and prepared to try to bring...

UN Offers Incentives for Russia’s Return to Black Sea Grain Deal

UN Offers Incentives for Russia’s Return to Black Sea Grain Deal

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in a letter last month that Russia would be eligible...

British Police Confirm First Credible Sighting of Escaped Terror Suspect

British Police Confirm First Credible Sighting of Escaped Terror Suspect

London’s Metropolitan Police on Friday reported the first confirmed sighting of a terror suspect who escaped Wednesday from a London...

Death Toll Rises as Greece Grapples With Storm Daniel

Death Toll Rises as Greece Grapples With Storm Daniel

Rescue crews have begun airlifting hundreds of people trapped in dozens of Greek hamlets after four days of cataclysmic rainfall...

World Public Broadcasters Say Switch From Analog to Digital Radio, TV Remains Slow

World Public Broadcasters Say Switch From Analog to Digital Radio, TV Remains Slow

Members of the International Radio and Television Union from about 50 countries, meeting this week in the Cameroonian capital, Yaounde,...

Friday Marks First Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s Death

Friday Marks First Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s Death

Friday marks the first anniversary of the death of England’s Queen Elizabeth.  She died a year ago at her beloved...

India Seeks a Greater Voice for the Developing World at G20, but Ukraine War May Overshadow Talks

India Seeks a Greater Voice for the Developing World at G20, but Ukraine War May Overshadow Talks

It’s never been easy for the leaders of the world’s largest economies to find common ground, but Russia’s war on...

Russia Holds Elections in Occupied Ukrainian Regions in an Effort to Tighten Its Grip There

Russia Holds Elections in Occupied Ukrainian Regions in an Effort to Tighten Its Grip There

Russian authorities are holding local elections this weekend in occupied parts of Ukraine in an effort to tighten their grip...

Ailing US Explorer Trapped 1,000 Meters Deep in Turkish Cave Awaits Difficult Rescue

Ailing US Explorer Trapped 1,000 Meters Deep in Turkish Cave Awaits Difficult Rescue

Rescuers from across Europe rushed to a cave in Turkey on Thursday, launching an operation to save an American researcher...