India Reports Record Coronavirus Deaths

India Reports Record Coronavirus Deaths

India on Monday reported more than 1,000 new coronavirus deaths, the most the country has recorded in a single day...

Chatbots and Telemedicine Join Vietnam’s COVID-19 Fight

Chatbots and Telemedicine Join Vietnam’s COVID-19 Fight

An idea is percolating in Vietnam as it fights COVID-19: “send in the robots.”  The pandemic has brought artificial intelligence (AI) more...

Germany Struggles to Set COVID-19 Rules as Schools Reopen

Germany Struggles to Set COVID-19 Rules as Schools Reopen

German students go back to school Monday even as federal and state leaders are still trying to figure out how to keep half a million children, their teachers, and other staffers safe from the...

6 French Aid Workers Among 8 Killed by Gunmen in Niger

6 French Aid Workers Among 8 Killed by Gunmen in Niger

Six French aid workers with the nongovernmental organization ACTED and their local guide and driver were killed Sunday by gunmen...

Protesters Call for End to Spanish Monarchy After Former King’s Exit

Protesters Call for End to Spanish Monarchy After Former King’s Exit

Protesters on Sunday called for an end to the Spanish monarchy after the sudden departure of the former King Juan...

US Tops 5 Million Coronavirus Infections

US Tops 5 Million Coronavirus Infections

The United States has more coronavirus cases than any other country.  There are more than 5 million infections in the...

French President Hosts International Conference to Raise Funds for Lebanon

French President Hosts International Conference to Raise Funds for Lebanon

French President Emmanuel Macron will host a U.N.-backed international donors’ virtual conference Sunday to raise funds for Lebanon following a...

Belarus 5-Term President Faces Strong Challenge

Belarus 5-Term President Faces Strong Challenge

Belarusians vote Sunday in a presidential election in which opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya is challenging the five-term authoritarian President Alexander...

UK Armed Forces Asked to Help Deal With Migrant Boats Crossing Channel

UK Armed Forces Asked to Help Deal With Migrant Boats Crossing Channel

Britain’s armed forces have been asked to help deal with boats carrying migrants across the Channel from France, the Defense...

Twitter Expressed Interest in Buying TikTok’s US Operations, Sources Say

Twitter Expressed Interest in Buying TikTok’s US Operations, Sources Say

Twitter Inc has approached TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance to express interest in acquiring the U.S. operations of the video-sharing app,...

Russian Far East Keeps up its Anti-Kremlin Protests

Russian Far East Keeps up its Anti-Kremlin Protests

Thousands of demonstrators gathered again Saturday in Russia’s Far East city of Khabarovsk to denounce the arrest of the region’s...

Can the Takuba Force Turn Around the Sahel Conflict?

Can the Takuba Force Turn Around the Sahel Conflict?

Two years after a pan-European military initiative was first proposed to help tackle the Sahel’s Islamist insurgency, the Takuba task...

Greek Island Locks Down as COVID-19 Infections Soar Across Country

Greek Island Locks Down as COVID-19 Infections Soar Across Country

Three months after easing nationwide restrictions to stem the spread of the coronavirus, the government in Athens has placed the...

Lukashenko’s Biggest Election Opponent: the Internet

Lukashenko’s Biggest Election Opponent: the Internet

In the closing days of the Belarus presidential election campaign, opposition candidates are holding mass rallies and incumbent President Alexander...

TikTok Threatens to Sue after US Moves to Ban App  

TikTok Threatens to Sue after US Moves to Ban App  

TikTok reacted to President Donald Trump’s executive order barring U.S. companies and individuals from doing business with its parent company, ByteDance,...

Report: Pompeo Warns Russia Against Taliban Bounties

Report: Pompeo Warns Russia Against Taliban Bounties

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned Russia’s foreign minister about alleged bounty payments to Taliban militants for killing...

Germany, France Quit WHO Reform Talks Amid Tension With Washington, Sources Say

Germany, France Quit WHO Reform Talks Amid Tension With Washington, Sources Say

France and Germany have quit talks on reforming the World Health Organization in frustration at attempts by the United States...

US Sees Election Threats From China, Russia and Iran

US Sees Election Threats From China, Russia and Iran

The director of US intelligence on Friday raised concerns about interference in the 2020 election by China, Russia and Iran.U.S....

Citing Security Concerns, Trump Orders Bans on TikTok, WeChat

Citing Security Concerns, Trump Orders Bans on TikTok, WeChat

U.S. President Donald Trump Thursday ordered sweeping bans on two Chinese consumer apps.He ordered the bans prohibiting U.S. companies from...

Melting Glacier Threatens Italian Town

Melting Glacier Threatens Italian Town

Officials in northwestern Italy have evacuated part of an Alpine resort town and are closely monitoring a glacier which, following...

Widely Seen as Warning Shot, Russia Court Sentences Young Activists for Extremism

Widely Seen as Warning Shot, Russia Court Sentences Young Activists for Extremism

A Moscow court convicted 7 young Russians on extremism charges Thursday — sentencing several of the group to lengthy prison...

Trump Orders Bans on 2 Chinese Apps, Citing Security Concerns

Trump Orders Bans on 2 Chinese Apps, Citing Security Concerns

U.S. President Donald Trump Thursday ordered sweeping bans on two Chinese consumer apps.He ordered the bans prohibiting U.S. companies from...