‘Smart’ Mask Brainstormed by Dutch Physicians, Engineers

‘Smart’ Mask Brainstormed by Dutch Physicians, Engineers

Physicians and engineers in the Netherlands said they are developing a “smart mask” that uses sensors and data to monitor...

China Launches Data Security Initiative

China Launches Data Security Initiative

China’s foreign minister announced Tuesday the start of a global data security initiative, outlining principles that should be followed in...

Prince Harry Repays Taxpayer Money for UK Home Renovation

Prince Harry Repays Taxpayer Money for UK Home Renovation

Prince Harry has repaid 2.4 million pounds ($3.2 million) in British taxpayers’ money that was used to renovate the home...

Robot Sloths Beat Humans In Race to Save Endangered Plants

Robot Sloths Beat Humans In Race to Save Endangered Plants

Many robots are being developed and used these days to maximize speed so factories can efficiently make more products.  One...

Theater, Brinkmanship Mark Brexit Talks

Theater, Brinkmanship Mark Brexit Talks

Negotiators on both sides of the English Channel say this week is the “moment of reckoning” for a post-Brexit trade...

Fearing Virus, Parents in Spain Rise Against Back to School

Fearing Virus, Parents in Spain Rise Against Back to School

Ángela López hardly fits the profile of a rule-breaker. But the mother of a 7-year-old girl with respiratory problems has...

Belarus Border Officials Say Opposition Figure Detained Trying to Enter Ukraine

Belarus Border Officials Say Opposition Figure Detained Trying to Enter Ukraine

Belarus border officials say Maria Kolesnikova, a leading member of Belarus’ opposition, was detained early Tuesday while trying to cross into...

Amnesty Says Malta Using ‘Illegal Tactics’ Against Migrants

Amnesty Says Malta Using ‘Illegal Tactics’ Against Migrants

Amnesty International condemned Malta on Tuesday for using what it described as “illegal tactics” in the Mediterranean against immigrants making...

Belarus Opposition Figure Missing; Germany, Britain Demand Her Return

Belarus Opposition Figure Missing; Germany, Britain Demand Her Return

Maria Kolesnikova, a leading member of Belarus’ opposition, was reportedly seized Monday by unidentified men in Minsk, and Germany and...

Putin Critic Navalny’s Health Improving, German Hospital Says

Putin Critic Navalny’s Health Improving, German Hospital Says

The health of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is improving, and he now has been taken out of an induced...

Report: Leading Belarus Opposition Figure Abducted

Report: Leading Belarus Opposition Figure Abducted

Maria Kolesnikova, a leading member of Belarus’ opposition, was reportedly seized by unidentified men in Minsk on Monday as demonstrations...

UK Judge Rejects Bid to Delay Assange Extradition Hearing

UK Judge Rejects Bid to Delay Assange Extradition Hearing

A British judge on Monday rejected a request by lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to delay his extradition hearing...

Russian Spokeswoman Apologizes for Facebook Post About Serbian President

Russian Spokeswoman Apologizes for Facebook Post About Serbian President

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has apologized for a Facebook post in which she compared the photo of Serbian...

Facebook Post Sparks Rare Spat Between Serbia, Russia After US-Brokered Deal

Facebook Post Sparks Rare Spat Between Serbia, Russia After US-Brokered Deal

A social media post by Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman apparently ridiculing Serbia’s president after he signed a U.S.-sponsored agreement between...

Johnson Says UK Will Quit Brexit Talks if No Deal by Oct 15

Johnson Says UK Will Quit Brexit Talks if No Deal by Oct 15

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson talked tough on Sunday ahead of a crucial round of post-Brexit trade talks with the...

Large Protests Against Belarus’ Lukashenko Persist

Large Protests Against Belarus’ Lukashenko Persist

Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets Sunday of major Belarusian cities in the latest weekend of demonstrations...

Greece Beefs up Patrols Along Borders with Turkey  

Greece Beefs up Patrols Along Borders with Turkey  

Greece is beefing up land patrols to stem a rising tide of illegal migrants trickling in from neighboring Turkey. With...

Hungarian Protesters Demand Academic Freedom for Top Arts University

Hungarian Protesters Demand Academic Freedom for Top Arts University

Several thousand people protested Sunday for the independence of Hungary’s University of Theatre and Film Arts following the imposition of...

Large Protests Against Lukashenko Persist  

Large Protests Against Lukashenko Persist  

Protesters once again took to the streets of Belarus Sunday, the latest in nearly a month of demonstrations following disupted elections that left longtime...

Czech President Tries to Tamp Down China Anger After Speaker’s Taiwan Trip  

Czech President Tries to Tamp Down China Anger After Speaker’s Taiwan Trip  

President Milos Zeman sought on Sunday to defuse a row with China over a visit by the head of the...

Pandemic Turns Summer into European Tourism’s Leanest Season

Pandemic Turns Summer into European Tourism’s Leanest Season

Bruges mayor Dirk De fauw first realized something was desperately wrong with European tourism when on a brisk March morning...

Facebook Blocks Ailing Man’s Planned End-of-Life Broadcasts

Facebook Blocks Ailing Man’s Planned End-of-Life Broadcasts

Facebook on Saturday blocked live broadcasts from a bedridden, chronically ill man who appealed to French President Emmanuel Macron for...