Turkey’s Plan to Regain Ottoman Empire Maritime Influence Irks Greece

Turkey’s Plan to Regain Ottoman Empire Maritime Influence Irks Greece

09/21/2020 Newsmaker
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Turkey is embarking on a major naval construction program to restore the regional maritime influence it lost after the Ottoman empire’s...

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Navalny Demands Russia Return Clothes for Poisoning Investigation

Navalny Demands Russia Return Clothes for Poisoning Investigation

09/21/2020 Newsmaker
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny demanded Monday that Russia return the clothes he was wearing when he fell ill last...

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What Fight Over TikTok Portends for Tech

What Fight Over TikTok Portends for Tech

09/21/2020 Newsmaker
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The battle between China and the U.S. over the fate of video sharing app TikTok raises questions for the tech...

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US Challenges Injunction Against WeChat App Store Bans

US Challenges Injunction Against WeChat App Store Bans

09/21/2020 Newsmaker
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The U.S. Commerce Department said Monday it is challenging a federal judge’s injunction against its order that Apple and Google...

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Western Europe Scrambling to Avoid National Lockdowns

Western Europe Scrambling to Avoid National Lockdowns

09/21/2020 Newsmaker
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Western European states are scrambling to curb a second coronavirus wave of infections by re-imposing pandemic restrictions lifted just weeks...

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EU Foreign Ministers Meet Belarus Opposition Leader  

EU Foreign Ministers Meet Belarus Opposition Leader  

09/21/2020 Newsmaker
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Foreign ministers of European Union member countries met with Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya in Brussels Monday, as they are...

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Reports: ‘FinCEN’ Documents Show Banks Moved Suspect Funds

Reports: ‘FinCEN’ Documents Show Banks Moved Suspect Funds

09/20/2020 Newsmaker
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Several global banks moved large sums of allegedly illicit funds over a period of nearly two decades, despite red flags...

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Greece: Fire in Migrant Camp on Samos Island ‘Under Control’

Greece: Fire in Migrant Camp on Samos Island ‘Under Control’

09/20/2020 Newsmaker
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A fire broke out Sunday evening in the reception and identification center for asylum-seekers on the Greek island of Samos...

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Russian Jets Strike Syrian Rebel-Held Bastion in Heaviest Strikes Since Cease-fire 

Russian Jets Strike Syrian Rebel-Held Bastion in Heaviest Strikes Since Cease-fire 

09/20/2020 Newsmaker
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Syrian opposition sources said Russian jets bombed rebel-held northwestern Syria on Sunday in the most extensive strikes since a Turkish-Russian...

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US Judge Blocks Order to Remove WeChat From App Stores 

US Judge Blocks Order to Remove WeChat From App Stores 

09/20/2020 Newsmaker
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A U.S. judge early Sunday blocked the Commerce Department from requiring Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google to remove Chinese-owned...

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Greece Scrambles to Rehouse Homeless Migrants, Refugees on Lesbos 

Greece Scrambles to Rehouse Homeless Migrants, Refugees on Lesbos 

09/20/2020 Newsmaker
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For Rahaf al Mohammed, the Moria refugee center was a living hell, but now, after militant arsonists last week razed...

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Newspaper: Facebook Tells Irish Court That Probe Threatens Its EU Operations

Newspaper: Facebook Tells Irish Court That Probe Threatens Its EU Operations

09/20/2020 Newsmaker
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Facebook has told Ireland’s High Court it cannot see how its services could operate in the European Union if regulators...

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Robert W. Gore, Inventor of Gore-Tex Fabric, Dead at 83 

Robert W. Gore, Inventor of Gore-Tex Fabric, Dead at 83 

09/20/2020 Newsmaker
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Robert W. Gore, whose invention of what created the breathable-yet-waterproof fabric known as Gore-Tex revolutionized outdoor wear and helped spawn...

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Sweden Spared Surge of Virus Cases but Many Questions Remain

Sweden Spared Surge of Virus Cases but Many Questions Remain

09/20/2020 Newsmaker
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A train pulls into the Odenplan subway station in central Stockholm, where morning commuters without masks get off or board...

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Carpenters Wow Public with Medieval Techniques at Notre Dame

Carpenters Wow Public with Medieval Techniques at Notre Dame

09/20/2020 Newsmaker
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With precision and boundless energy, a team of carpenters used medieval techniques to raise up — by hand — a...

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First Native American Racer Blazes Trail at Tour de France

First Native American Racer Blazes Trail at Tour de France

09/20/2020 Newsmaker
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A late draft to the Tour de France, Neilson Powless didn’t have time to scramble together a turtle necklace, the...

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Russia’s Navalny Says He’s Now More Than ‘Technically Alive’

Russia’s Navalny Says He’s Now More Than ‘Technically Alive’

09/20/2020 Newsmaker
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said he is recovering his verbal and physical abilities at the German hospital where he...

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Pogacar as Stunned as Everyone After Shock Tour de France Upset

Pogacar as Stunned as Everyone After Shock Tour de France Upset

09/20/2020 Newsmaker
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Tadej Pogacar was left as shocked as fans, pundits and fellow riders after pulling off one of the biggest upsets...

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Police, Protesters Clash as London Eyes Tighter Virus Rules

Police, Protesters Clash as London Eyes Tighter Virus Rules

09/19/2020 Newsmaker
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Police in London clashed with protesters Saturday at a rally against coronavirus restrictions, even as the mayor warned that it...

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Civilian Casualties Drop in Eastern Ukraine as Cease-fire Holds

Civilian Casualties Drop in Eastern Ukraine as Cease-fire Holds

09/19/2020 Newsmaker
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U.N. officials say a cease-fire that took effect in July in eastern Ukraine appears to be holding and has resulted...

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Belarus Police Detain Hundreds of Protesters in Minsk

Belarus Police Detain Hundreds of Protesters in Minsk

09/19/2020 Newsmaker
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Belarusian police detained hundreds of protesters in central Minsk on Saturday, a witness said, as around 2,000 people marched through...

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US Civil Rights Activist Rosa Parks’ Home on Display in Italy

US Civil Rights Activist Rosa Parks’ Home on Display in Italy

09/19/2020 Newsmaker
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The Detroit home where American civil rights activist Rosa Parks took refuge after the historic bus boycott has been rebuilt...

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