US, UK Warn Citizens to Avoid Afghanistan Hotels

US, UK Warn Citizens to Avoid Afghanistan Hotels

The United States and Britain warned their citizens on Monday to avoid hotels in Afghanistan, days after dozens were killed...

Facebook-backed Group Launches Misinformation Adjudication Panel in Australia

Facebook-backed Group Launches Misinformation Adjudication Panel in Australia

A tech body backed by the Australian units of Facebook, Google and Twitter said on Monday it has set up...

Facebook Unveils New Controls for Kids Using Its Platforms

Facebook Unveils New Controls for Kids Using Its Platforms

Facebook, in the aftermath of damning testimony that its platforms harm children, will be introducing several features including prompting teens...

Doctor: Jailed Former Georgian President Saakashvili Needs Hospital Treatment

Doctor: Jailed Former Georgian President Saakashvili Needs Hospital Treatment

Jailed former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who has been on a hunger strike since October 1, needs to be hospitalized,...

Turkish Fires Endanger World Pine Honey Supplies

Turkish Fires Endanger World Pine Honey Supplies

Beekeepers Mustafa Alti and his son Fehmi were kept busy tending to their hives before wildfires tore through a bucolic...

Paul McCartney: John Lennon Responsible for Beatles Breakup

Paul McCartney: John Lennon Responsible for Beatles Breakup

Paul McCartney has revisited the breakup of The Beatles, flatly disputing the suggestion that he was responsible for the group’s...

Pope Meets Colombian Nun Released by Mali Jihadists

Pope Meets Colombian Nun Released by Mali Jihadists

Pope Francis on Sunday met with Gloria Cecilia Narvaez, a Franciscan nun from Colombia, a day after she was freed...

Thousands March in Brussels to Demand Tougher Climate Action 

Thousands March in Brussels to Demand Tougher Climate Action 

Dressed as endangered fish or tigers or wearing toy polar bears on their heads, demonstrators marched through Brussels on Sunday...

La Palma’s Volcanic Eruption Is Going Strong 3 Weeks Later 

La Palma’s Volcanic Eruption Is Going Strong 3 Weeks Later 

Three weeks since its eruption upended the lives of thousands, the volcano on Spain’s La Palma island is still spewing...

16 Killed in Russia Plane Crash

16 Killed in Russia Plane Crash

A Russian plane crashed over the Tatarstan region Sunday, killing 16 people and injuring seven, the emergencies ministry said. The...

Infrastructure Successes Have Transformed America, Can Biden’s Plan do the Same?

Infrastructure Successes Have Transformed America, Can Biden’s Plan do the Same?

Congress appears poised to pass a bipartisan, $1 trillion plan that would be the largest federal investment in infrastructure in more than a...

Britain Wants ‘Significant Change’ in Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol

Britain Wants ‘Significant Change’ in Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol

Britain will tell the European Union again next week that “significant change” to the Northern Ireland protocol is vital for...

Russians Travel to Serbia for Western-Made COVID-19 Vaccines

Russians Travel to Serbia for Western-Made COVID-19 Vaccines

When Russian regulators approved the country’s own coronavirus vaccine, it was a moment of national pride, and the Pavlov family...

Austria’s Kurz Steps Down Over Corruption Probe to Save Coalition

Austria’s Kurz Steps Down Over Corruption Probe to Save Coalition

Austria’s conservative Chancellor Sebastian Kurz resigned Saturday to save his coalition government from collapse after the junior party demanded he...

Is Steve Jobs’ Legacy at Apple Wearing Thin?

Is Steve Jobs’ Legacy at Apple Wearing Thin?

Ten years ago, Steve Jobs died of pancreatic cancer at 56. He played a huge role in making Apple one...

Volcanic Lava in Spain’s La Palma Engulfs More Houses, Land 

Volcanic Lava in Spain’s La Palma Engulfs More Houses, Land 

Red-hot lava Saturday engulfed the land Jose Roberto Sanchez inherited from his parents, and lightning flashed around the rim of...

Czech Opposition Grabs Election Win From PM Babis

Czech Opposition Grabs Election Win From PM Babis

Czech center-right opposition group Together overtook Prime Minister Andrej Babis’ ANO party in a parliamentary election on Saturday, according to nearly complete...

UN Monitors: Eastern Ukraine Casualties Rose After Cease-Fire Ended

UN Monitors: Eastern Ukraine Casualties Rose After Cease-Fire Ended

United Nations monitors have found a significant rise in casualties in eastern Ukraine since Russia-backed separatists ended a cease-fire agreement...

France’s Macron Vows Return of African Art, Admitting ‘Colonial Pillage’

France’s Macron Vows Return of African Art, Admitting ‘Colonial Pillage’

French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that his country will return 26 African artworks — royal thrones, ceremonial altars, revered...

Russian Agency: More than 49,000 Died From COVID-19 in August

Russian Agency: More than 49,000 Died From COVID-19 in August

Russia’s state statistics service reported nearly 50,000 coronavirus deaths in the country in August, taking the toll since the beginning...

Volcanic Grit, Water Shortage Threaten La Palma’s Banana Crop

Volcanic Grit, Water Shortage Threaten La Palma’s Banana Crop

“It’s worse than a plague,” said Pedro Antonio Sanchez, fuming over the volcanic grit coating his bananas, the main source...

Chinese Cyber Operations Scoop Up Data for Political, Economic Aims 

Chinese Cyber Operations Scoop Up Data for Political, Economic Aims 

Mustang Panda is a Chinese hacking group that is suspected of attempting to infiltrate the Indonesian government last month. The...