EU Commission Warns of Increased Cybercrime During Coronavirus Crisis 

EU Commission Warns of Increased Cybercrime During Coronavirus Crisis 

The president of the European Commission is warning EU citizens to beware of on-line scams, particularly for counterfeit medical products...

Italy’s Veneto Region to Test Everyone for Coronavirus 

Italy’s Veneto Region to Test Everyone for Coronavirus 

In Italy, the Veneto region has initiated mass screening of citizens to find asymptomatic carriers of coronavirus.  The action follows...

MH17 Trial Resumes Briefly Amid Coronavirus Restrictions

MH17 Trial Resumes Briefly Amid Coronavirus Restrictions

The trial in absentia of three Russians and a Ukrainian charged with multiple counts of murder over the downing of...

US Could Become ‘Coronavirus Epicenter’ WHO Says

US Could Become ‘Coronavirus Epicenter’ WHO Says

The United States could become the global epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, as...

Bodies On Ice Rink as Spain Sees Record Infections, Deaths

Bodies On Ice Rink as Spain Sees Record Infections, Deaths

Health authorities say Spain has registered a daily record increase in its daily virus infections and deaths.  Spain announced 6,584...

Hard-Hit Italy Sees Slowing of New Coronavirus Cases, Deaths

Hard-Hit Italy Sees Slowing of New Coronavirus Cases, Deaths

Italy, which has suffered by far the deadliest consequences of the novel coronavirus outbreak, reported Tuesday a third consecutive day...

Lawyers for WikiLeaks Founder to Ask for Bail

Lawyers for WikiLeaks Founder to Ask for Bail

Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange say they will file papers Wednesday to have him released on bail because he...

Trial Begins for Former US Marine Accused of Espionage in Russia

Trial Begins for Former US Marine Accused of Espionage in Russia

The long-awaited trial of a former U.S. Marine facing charges of espionage got under way in Moscow on Monday — with U.S. officials...

Kurdish Crackdown Continues in Turkey, Despite Health Emergency 

Kurdish Crackdown Continues in Turkey, Despite Health Emergency 

Turkish security forces detained five elected Kurdish mayors Monday in anti-terror raids, a move that was condemned by human rights groups, as Turkey is grappling with the coronavirus...

Turkey Threatens to Seize Face Mask Producing Factories

Turkey Threatens to Seize Face Mask Producing Factories

Turkish officials are threatening to seize factories where face masks are produced if the companies running them do not agree...

Robots That Help People Walk Are Now A Reality

Robots That Help People Walk Are Now A Reality

Trexo Robotics is the invention of two passionate robotics engineers who decided they wanted to help those who cannot walk or...

Merkel in Quarantine After Doctor Tests Positive for Virus

Merkel in Quarantine After Doctor Tests Positive for Virus

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has gone into quarantine after being informed that a doctor who administered a vaccine to her...

Opera Superstar Placido Domingo Tests Positive for Coronavirus

Opera Superstar Placido Domingo Tests Positive for Coronavirus

The troubles of opera superstar Placido Domingo continue to mount.The 79-year-old Domingo announced Sunday he has tested positive for the...

Britons Call, Don’t Visit on Mother’s Day 

Britons Call, Don’t Visit on Mother’s Day 

Britons have been urged to not visit their mother’s Sunday as the country celebrates Mother’s Day amid a worsening coronavirus outbreak. “If...

Italian Prime Minister: Coronavirus is ‘Most Difficult Crisis in Our Postwar Period’ 

Italian Prime Minister: Coronavirus is ‘Most Difficult Crisis in Our Postwar Period’ 

Europe is now the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak as the virus continues to spread. New cases in China, where...

One Fatality as 5.3 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Croatia’s Capital

One Fatality as 5.3 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Croatia’s Capital

A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck Croatia’s capital, Zagreb, Sunday morning, killing at least one person and causing widespread damage and...

Virus Rebels From France to Florida Smirk at Lockdowns

Virus Rebels From France to Florida Smirk at Lockdowns

Young German adults hold “corona parties” and cough toward older people. A Spanish man leashes a goat to go for...

Strong Earthquake Shakes Croatia, Damages Buildings

Strong Earthquake Shakes Croatia, Damages Buildings

A strong earthquake shook Croatia and its capital Sunday, causing widespread damage and panic. Some casualties were reported.The European seismological...

Italy Tightens Restrictive Measures to Combat COVID-19’s Spread  

Italy Tightens Restrictive Measures to Combat COVID-19’s Spread  

Italy Saturday introduced more restrictive measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus.In a video message on his official Facebook...

Predator Birds Captivate Tourists at French Ski Resort

Predator Birds Captivate Tourists at French Ski Resort

Without snow falling from the sky, ski-resort owners in France watched profits melt away.  But one resort devised a plan...

Recruiting Tech Volunteers to Fight COVID-19 in Ethiopia   

Recruiting Tech Volunteers to Fight COVID-19 in Ethiopia   

A Washington-based software developer is recruiting other techies to combat the spread of the new coronavirus in his native Ethiopia,...

Reporter’s Notebook: Paris Under Lockdown 

Reporter’s Notebook: Paris Under Lockdown 

Like many Parisians who could, I fled the capital on Day One of the coronavirus lockdown. Green space, even a garden, sounded...