First Day of School for 4-Year-Old UK Princess Charlotte

First Day of School for 4-Year-Old UK Princess Charlotte

Britain’s Princess Charlotte had plenty of support on her first day of school she was accompanied by older brother Prince...

MH17 Suspect to be Released

MH17 Suspect to be Released

A court in Kyiv has released Volodymyr Tsemakh, a suspect in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) five...

British PM Johnson Suffers Historic Brexit Defeats as Election Looms

British PM Johnson Suffers Historic Brexit Defeats as Election Looms

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a series of damaging defeats over the government’s Brexit policy Wednesday, as lawmakers attempted...

British PM Johnson Suffers Historic Brexit Defeats as Election Looms

British PM Johnson Suffers Historic Brexit Defeats as Election Looms

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a series of damaging defeats Wednesday over the government’s policy on leaving the European...

Dutch Woman Who Saved Jews from Nazis Dies at 99

Dutch Woman Who Saved Jews from Nazis Dies at 99

A Dutch woman hailed by the king as one of the country’s national heroes for saving hundreds of Jews from...

Social Media, Tech Companies Meet With US Intelligence on 2020 Election Strategy

Social Media, Tech Companies Meet With US Intelligence on 2020 Election Strategy

A number of technology companies including Facebook Inc., Alphabet’s Google, Microsoft Corp. and Twitter Inc. met with representatives of the...

Report Warns No-Deal Brexit Means Political Uncertainty 

Report Warns No-Deal Brexit Means Political Uncertainty 

The British government announced Wednesday that it would spend an additional $2.4 billion on preparing to leave the European Union,...

Twitter Turns Off Tweeting by Text to Guard Against Hacking

Twitter Turns Off Tweeting by Text to Guard Against Hacking

Twitter on Wednesday halted users’ ability to fire off tweets via text messages as it seeks to fix a vulnerability...

Turkey’s Erdogan Defies Pressure Not to Have Nuclear Warheads

Turkey’s Erdogan Defies Pressure Not to Have Nuclear Warheads

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday lashed out at pressure on some countries — including his own — not...

Poland Pressured to Say If It Bought Israeli Phone Spyware

Poland Pressured to Say If It Bought Israeli Phone Spyware

The Polish government came under pressure Wednesday to clarify whether it has purchased sophisticated and potentially illegal phone surveillance technology...

Amid British Brexit Turmoil, EU Braces for Worst

Amid British Brexit Turmoil, EU Braces for Worst

Britain’s political turmoil is again making headlines across the English Channel, with a number of European commentators criticizing Prime Minister...

Google’s YouTube Video Site Fined $170 Million

Google’s YouTube Video Site Fined $170 Million

Google’s YouTube video service has been fined $170 million to settle charges of illegally collecting and sharing personal information from...

Swedish Lawyer Won’t Appeal A$AP Rocky’s Assault Verdict

Swedish Lawyer Won’t Appeal A$AP Rocky’s Assault Verdict

The lawyer for American rapper A$AP Rocky says his client won’t appeal his assault conviction for a June 30 street...

French Government Announces Measures to Tackle Domestic Violence

French Government Announces Measures to Tackle Domestic Violence

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has unveiled measures to tackle domestic violence, following a spate of murders of women that...

A Smart Apron That’s Like an Extra Set of Hands

A Smart Apron That’s Like an Extra Set of Hands

Online cooking videos are an indispensable tool for at-home chefs, but using a mobile device in the kitchen can get...

Tech Tools Can Lead Fight Against Modern Slavery, Says UN Expert

Tech Tools Can Lead Fight Against Modern Slavery, Says UN Expert

From tracing ill-gotten gains back to their source to spotting illegal factories, technology will be key in beating slavery as...

US Plans for Fake Social Media Run Afoul of Facebook Rules

US Plans for Fake Social Media Run Afoul of Facebook Rules

Facebook said Tuesday that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security would be violating the company’s rules if agents create fake...

Minister: Russia Open to Private Companies Developing Energy-Rich Arctic Shelf

Minister: Russia Open to Private Companies Developing Energy-Rich Arctic Shelf

Russia’s natural resources and environment minister said on Wednesday he supported allowing private oil and gas companies to work on...

Vienna Holds Off Melbourne to Top EIU Ranking of Most Liveable Cities

Vienna Holds Off Melbourne to Top EIU Ranking of Most Liveable Cities

Vienna has held off Melbourne to retain the top spot on the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Liveability Index for 2019,...

Facebook Brings Face Recognition to All Users, Discontinues ‘Tag Suggestions’

Facebook Brings Face Recognition to All Users, Discontinues ‘Tag Suggestions’

Facebook said on Tuesday its face recognition technology will now be available to all users with an option to opt...

Polish Opposition Names Surprise Candidate for Prime Minster

Polish Opposition Names Surprise Candidate for Prime Minster

A pro-European opposition coalition in Poland announced unexpectedly on Tuesday that its candidate for prime minister as the country heads...

New US Balkan Envoy Says Restarting Serbia-Kosovo Dialogue a Priority

New US Balkan Envoy Says Restarting Serbia-Kosovo Dialogue a Priority

The new U.S. Special Envoy to the Western Balkans, Matthew Palmer, said on Tuesday a priority in his new role...