Breakthrough Invention Aims to Eliminate Drunk Driving

Breakthrough Invention Aims to Eliminate Drunk Driving

A breakthrough safety feature being developed for vehicles is designed to potentially save the 10,000 lives lost to drunk driving...

Britain’s Businesses Complain of Labor Shortage Due to Brexit and Pandemic

Britain’s Businesses Complain of Labor Shortage Due to Brexit and Pandemic

Since Britain voted five years ago to break with the European Union, there has been an exodus from the country...

Plane with 28 on Board Crashes in Russian Far East Region

Plane with 28 on Board Crashes in Russian Far East Region

Russia’s aviation agency said Tuesday wreckage had been found in the Kamchatka region in the far eastern portion of the...

UN Says Belarus Faces Unprecedented Human Rights Crisis 

UN Says Belarus Faces Unprecedented Human Rights Crisis 

A U.N. investigator accuses Belarusian authorities of enforcing a policy of repression aimed at purging its society of what the...

Plane with 28 on Board Missing in Russian Far East Region

Plane with 28 on Board Missing in Russian Far East Region

A plane with 28 people on board went missing in the Russian Far East region of Kamchatka on Tuesday, local...

Up to 1,500 Businesses Affected by Ransomware Attack, US Firm’s CEO Says

Up to 1,500 Businesses Affected by Ransomware Attack, US Firm’s CEO Says

Between 800 and 1,500 businesses around the world have been affected by a ransomware attack centered on U.S. information technology...

Beloved Italian Entertainer Raffaella Carrà Dies at 78

Beloved Italian Entertainer Raffaella Carrà Dies at 78

Raffaella Carrà, for decades one of Italian television’s most beloved entertainers, a woman affectionately nicknamed the “queen of Italian TV,”...

French Champagne Industry Group Fumes Over New Russian Law

French Champagne Industry Group Fumes Over New Russian Law

France’s champagne industry group on Monday blasted a new Russian law that forces foreign producers to add a “sparkling wine”...

UN Official Likens Belarus to ‘Totalitarian’ State

UN Official Likens Belarus to ‘Totalitarian’ State

The United Nations’ special rapporteur to Belarus likened the country to a totalitarian regime Sunday. Anais Marin urged authorities to release...

British PM Outlines End to COVID Restrictions

British PM Outlines End to COVID Restrictions

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britons will no longer be required by law to wear face masks indoors once...

Hungary’s Orban a Press ‘Predator,’ Media Watchdog Says

Hungary’s Orban a Press ‘Predator,’ Media Watchdog Says

A press watchdog group, Reporters Without Borders, named 37 world leaders Monday as media “predators” who “crack down massively” on...

Asia Industry Group Warns Privacy Law Changes May Force Tech Firms to Quit Hong Kong

Asia Industry Group Warns Privacy Law Changes May Force Tech Firms to Quit Hong Kong

An Asian industry group that includes Google, Facebook and Twitter has warned that tech companies could stop offering their services...

Euro Zone Business Activity Soared in June as Lockdowns Lifted

Euro Zone Business Activity Soared in June as Lockdowns Lifted

Euro zone businesses expanded activity at the fastest rate in 15 years in June as the easing of more coronavirus...

British Royal Kate Self-Isolating After COVID-19 Contact

British Royal Kate Self-Isolating After COVID-19 Contact

British royal Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, is self-isolating and has cancelled her engagements after someone she came into contact...

Illegal Migrants, People Smugglers Face Tougher New Penalties in Britain

Illegal Migrants, People Smugglers Face Tougher New Penalties in Britain

The British government will unveil Tuesday a new immigration bill making it a criminal offense for asylum-seekers to enter Britain...

Pope Alert and in Good Condition after Surgery

Pope Alert and in Good Condition after Surgery

Pope Francis is alert, breathing without assistance, and in a good overall condition following surgery to remove part of his...

’Racist’ Facial Recognition Sparks Ethical Concerns in Russia, Analysts Say

’Racist’ Facial Recognition Sparks Ethical Concerns in Russia, Analysts Say

From scanning residents’ faces to let them into their building to spotting police suspects in a crowd, the rise of facial recognition is...

Blast Rocks Caspian Sea Sector Near Azerbaijani Gas Field

Blast Rocks Caspian Sea Sector Near Azerbaijani Gas Field

A strong explosion shook the Caspian Sea area where Azerbaijan has extensive offshore oil and gas fields and a column...

The Successful Journey of a Flying Car

The Successful Journey of a Flying Car

A car with wings recently completed a test flight in Slovakia. Its designers say the successful journey brings us one...

Pope Francis Goes to Rome Hospital for Intestinal Surgery 

Pope Francis Goes to Rome Hospital for Intestinal Surgery 

The Vatican says Pope Francis has gone to a Rome hospital for scheduled surgery for a stenosis, or restriction, of...

4 Dead as Cyprus Forest Fire Rages

4 Dead as Cyprus Forest Fire Rages

Four people were found dead as a huge fire raged for a second day in Cyprus, razing tracts of forest...

Holiday-Weekend Ransomware Attack Leaves Companies Scrambling

Holiday-Weekend Ransomware Attack Leaves Companies Scrambling

Businesses around the world rushed Saturday to contain a ransomware attack that has paralyzed their computer networks, a situation complicated...