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Tech Leaders Sign Letter Calling for ‘Pause’ to Artificial Intelligence 

Tech Leaders Sign Letter Calling for ‘Pause’ to Artificial Intelligence 

An open letter signed by Elon Musk, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and other prominent high-tech experts and industry leaders is...

Russia’s War in Ukraine Creates Ripple Effect in Africa

Russia’s War in Ukraine Creates Ripple Effect in Africa

The disruption of Ukrainian agriculture caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is creating a shortage of commodities in African countries,...

Vatican Repudiates Colonial Era ‘Doctrine of Discovery’

Vatican Repudiates Colonial Era ‘Doctrine of Discovery’

The Vatican on Thursday formally repudiated the colonial-era “doctrine of discovery”, used centuries ago to justify European conquests of Africa...

Latest in Ukraine: Turkey to Vote on Finland’s NATO Bid

Latest in Ukraine: Turkey to Vote on Finland’s NATO Bid

New developments:      Spain to send six Leopard tanks to Ukraine in April  Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba calls April rotating...

Wall Street Journal Reporter in Russia Detained on Suspicion of Spying, Report Says

Wall Street Journal Reporter in Russia Detained on Suspicion of Spying, Report Says

Russia’s FSB security service said on Thursday that a reporter with the U.S. newspaper The Wall Street Journal, Evan Gershkovich,...

US Lawmakers Seek Assurances on Ukraine Aid Use

US Lawmakers Seek Assurances on Ukraine Aid Use

Since Russia invaded Ukraine more than a year ago, the United States has earmarked about $113 billion in military and...

Ukrainian Grain Lowers Prices, Triggers Protests in Poland, Bulgaria

Ukrainian Grain Lowers Prices, Triggers Protests in Poland, Bulgaria

Poland’s agriculture minister promised financial support from the government and the European Union and easier rules for constructing grain storage...

Russia Ramping Up Cyberattacks Against Ukraine 

Russia Ramping Up Cyberattacks Against Ukraine 

Russia is reportedly ramping up its virtual war against Ukraine, even as some of its real-world efforts to capture key...

King Charles III Makes World Debut With Visit to Germany

King Charles III Makes World Debut With Visit to Germany

King Charles III arrived in Berlin on Wednesday for his first foreign trip as Britain’s monarch, hoping to improve the...

Azerbaijani Student Reported Missing in Iran

Azerbaijani Student Reported Missing in Iran

An Azerbaijani student studying in Germany has disappeared after traveling to Iran to meet his girlfriend, according to his family....

Tens of Thousands of Ukrainian Women Have Joined Fight Against Russia

Tens of Thousands of Ukrainian Women Have Joined Fight Against Russia

Since Russia’s invasion in February 2022, tens of thousands of women have voluntarily joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As...

French Laboratory Boat Fights Plastic Pollution in Senegal

French Laboratory Boat Fights Plastic Pollution in Senegal

The French ship the Plastic Odyssey is on a world tour to show how billions of tons of plastic waste...

US Will Await European Investigations into Nord Stream Pipeline Blasts

US Will Await European Investigations into Nord Stream Pipeline Blasts

U.S. officials said Tuesday they will await the findings of three independent European investigations into the September blasts that damaged...

The Flying Hospital Bringing Ukraine’s Wounded West

The Flying Hospital Bringing Ukraine’s Wounded West

On board a Boeing 737 medevac plane, Poland, March 29, 2023 (AFP) – You can see the pain held just...

Pirates Boarded Danish Ship in Gulf of Guinea

Pirates Boarded Danish Ship in Gulf of Guinea

Pirates boarded a Danish-owned Liberian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Guinea over the weekend, the owner said Tuesday, adding...

Biden Says GOP Policies Would Surrender Tech Economy to China

Biden Says GOP Policies Would Surrender Tech Economy to China

President Joe Biden said Tuesday that Republicans’ ideas for cutting the budget could undermine U.S. manufacturing and help China dominate...

Q&A: Prosecutor Discusses How US Punishes Russian Sanctions Violators 

Q&A: Prosecutor Discusses How US Punishes Russian Sanctions Violators 

More than a year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a Justice Department task force set up to enforce U.S....

Curbed by US Sanctions, Huawei Unveils New 4G Smartphones

Curbed by US Sanctions, Huawei Unveils New 4G Smartphones

At a March 23 product launch in Shanghai, Chinese tech giant Huawei unveiled its signature P60 series of smartphones with...

Center in Poland Collects Ukrainian Accounts of Russian War Crimes

Center in Poland Collects Ukrainian Accounts of Russian War Crimes

In response to reports of military actions against civilians during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Pilecki Institute in Warsaw, Poland,...

Ford Battery Plant Using Chinese Tech Raises Alarms in Congress

Ford Battery Plant Using Chinese Tech Raises Alarms in Congress

Ford Motor Company’s plan to create batteries for the rapidly expanding electric vehicle (EV) market could encounter congressional speed bumps...

Clashes as French Protesters Rally Against Macron’s Pension Bill

Clashes as French Protesters Rally Against Macron’s Pension Bill

Black-clad groups set fire to garbage cans and threw projectiles at police in Paris, who charged at them and threw...

Amnesty Cites ‘Double Standards’ in Global Response to Russia’s War on Ukraine

Amnesty Cites ‘Double Standards’ in Global Response to Russia’s War on Ukraine

The global response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine should act as a blueprint for addressing mass human rights violations, according...