China Data Leak Points to Massive Global Collection Effort

China Data Leak Points to Massive Global Collection Effort

A Chinese firm with suspected ties to the Chinese government has been amassing a database of detailed personal information on...

Social Media Firms Deleting Evidence of War Crimes, Human Rights Watch Says

Social Media Firms Deleting Evidence of War Crimes, Human Rights Watch Says

Social media companies are taking down videos and images that could be vital in prosecuting serious crimes, according to a...

Britain Begins Strict Regional COVID-19 Lockdown

Britain Begins Strict Regional COVID-19 Lockdown

Britain’s health secretary, Matt Hancock, has announced new lockdown measures on the northeast of England after a significant surge in...

Greece Moves Refugees From Burned Camp to New Shelter

Greece Moves Refugees From Burned Camp to New Shelter

Greek authorities have begun moving thousands of refugees to a new army-built camp on the island of Lesbos after a...

US Consular Official Demands Release of Her Husband from Belarusian Jail

US Consular Official Demands Release of Her Husband from Belarusian Jail

A U.S. consular official says her Belarusian-American husband’s life is in “immediate danger” after security forces in Belarus arrested him...

EU Parliament Votes to Stop Recognizing Belarus President When His Term Expires

EU Parliament Votes to Stop Recognizing Belarus President When His Term Expires

The European Parliament said Thursday that Alexander Lukashenko should not be recognized as the president of Belarus when his term...

Ukraine-US Military Exercises Begin As Russia Holds Drills in Belarus

Ukraine-US Military Exercises Begin As Russia Holds Drills in Belarus

Ukraine and the United States launched joint military exercises on Thursday, two days after Russia began joint military drills with...

France Launches Effort to Right Classical Music’s Gender Imbalance

France Launches Effort to Right Classical Music’s Gender Imbalance

Only about six percent of the world’s professional classical music orchestras are headed by women. But in France, there is...

Turkey Accused of Coronavirus Cover-Up as Cases Rise

Turkey Accused of Coronavirus Cover-Up as Cases Rise

Doctors and local politicians in Turkey are voicing concerns that the government is downplaying the scale of the resurgent coronavirus...

US Vows to Restore International Sanctions on Iran

US Vows to Restore International Sanctions on Iran

The United States vowed to assert a “snapback” of all prior international sanctions on Iran, effective 8 p.m. Eastern Time on...

Belarusian Opposition Leader Denounces Lukashenko Meeting With Putin

Belarusian Opposition Leader Denounces Lukashenko Meeting With Putin

Belarusian opposition leader and human rights advocate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has expressed regret that President Alexander Lukashenko met with Russian President...

US Sanctions 2 Russians in Crypto Theft Scheme

US Sanctions 2 Russians in Crypto Theft Scheme

The U.S. government announced sanctions Wednesday on two Russian nationals for their role in the theft of at least $16.8...

Former Global Athletics Chief Sentenced for Corruption Over Russian Doping Scandal

Former Global Athletics Chief Sentenced for Corruption Over Russian Doping Scandal

A Paris court has sentenced former World Athletics chief Lamine Diack to four years in prison on charges of corruption,...

Pope Francis Links COVID-19 Pandemic With Care for Environment

Pope Francis Links COVID-19 Pandemic With Care for Environment

In his weekly general audience Wednesday at the Vatican, Pope Francis said the coronavirus pandemic has shown that there is...

Software Helps People Waiting in Lines to Social Distance

Software Helps People Waiting in Lines to Social Distance

Indonesia has had more than 220,000 COVID-19 cases and the country still hasn’t reached its peak. Social distancing is an...

US Charges 5 Chinese Hackers, 2 Malaysian Businessmen in Global Computer Intrusion Campaign

US Charges 5 Chinese Hackers, 2 Malaysian Businessmen in Global Computer Intrusion Campaign

U.S prosecutors announced charges on Wednesday against five suspected Chinese hackers and two Malaysian businessmen in connection with cyber-attacks on...

TikTok to Partner With Oracle in US, Foregoing Microsoft

TikTok to Partner With Oracle in US, Foregoing Microsoft

On September 14, famous video-sharing app TikTok confirmed it will become business partners with Oracle, foregoing Microsoft’s bid. The decision...

EU Commission President Calls on Member Nations for Unity

EU Commission President Calls on Member Nations for Unity

In a wide-ranging speech, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen Wednesday presented her vision for a new European Union...

UN Sets Up Emergency Shelters for Lesbos Refugees After Fire

UN Sets Up Emergency Shelters for Lesbos Refugees After Fire

U.N. officials say they are erecting temporary shelters at lightning speed to accommodate thousands of refugees and migrants left homeless...

Law Giving Redress to Franco Regime Victims Divides Spain

Law Giving Redress to Franco Regime Victims Divides Spain

From the outside, it seems like any other block of flats in Madrid.Inside, however, is the Fundación National Francisco Franco,...

Celebs Join Instagram ‘Freeze’ to Protest Facebook Inaction

Celebs Join Instagram ‘Freeze’ to Protest Facebook Inaction

Kim Kardashian West, Katy Perry and Leonardo DiCaprio are among celebrities taking part in a 24-hour Instagram “freeze” on Wednesday...

US House Report: Boeing, FAA Failures to Blame for 737 MAX Crashes

US House Report: Boeing, FAA Failures to Blame for 737 MAX Crashes

Two Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed all 346 passengers and crew aboard were the “horrific culmination” of failures by...