Facebook Oversight Panel Votes to Uphold Trump Ban

Facebook Oversight Panel Votes to Uphold Trump Ban

Facebook’s quasi-independent Oversight Board has upheld the social media company’s decision to indefinitely prohibit former President Donald Trump from posting to his Facebook and Instagram accounts.The...

Spain’s Bullrings Reopen and Reignite Fiery Debate

Spain’s Bullrings Reopen and Reignite Fiery Debate

As its COVID-19 lockdown eases, Spain has resumed bullfights — and reignited a fiery political debate between right-wingers who defend...

French Journalist Kidnapped in Northern Mali Appears in Video

French Journalist Kidnapped in Northern Mali Appears in Video

A journalist who disappeared last month in Mali’s northern city of Gao appeared in a video on Wednesday appealing to...

With Eye on China, EU Drafts Rules to Curb State-Backed Foreign Buyers

With Eye on China, EU Drafts Rules to Curb State-Backed Foreign Buyers

The European Commission proposed rules on Wednesday to restrain companies that benefit from foreign subsidies to buy EU businesses or...

Italy Jury Deliberates Fate of 2 Americans in Police Slaying

Italy Jury Deliberates Fate of 2 Americans in Police Slaying

A jury in Rome on Wednesday began deliberating the fates of two young American men who are charged with killing...

Coronavirus Vaccines, Combatting Climate Change on G-7 Agenda

Coronavirus Vaccines, Combatting Climate Change on G-7 Agenda

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies turn their attention to issues of global interest including coronavirus vaccines, climate change...

Facebook Oversight Panel to Rule on Trump Ban

Facebook Oversight Panel to Rule on Trump Ban

Facebook’s quasi-independent Oversight Board is set to announce Wednesday whether the social media company was correct to indefinitely prohibit former...

G-7 Foreign Ministers Meet in London as Russia, China Top Agenda  

G-7 Foreign Ministers Meet in London as Russia, China Top Agenda  

Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G-7) industrialized nations are meeting in London this week, with climate change, Russia and China among...

G-7 Nations Vow to End Syrian War, Top US Diplomat Says  

G-7 Nations Vow to End Syrian War, Top US Diplomat Says  

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that the Group of 7 industrialized nations have vowed to end the...

Belarus Media Is Under ‘Wave of Repression’ 

Belarus Media Is Under ‘Wave of Repression’ 

Belarus has never had a strong tradition for media freedom but a mass crackdown after contested elections last year has...

New COVID Surge Forces Another Lockdown in Turkey

New COVID Surge Forces Another Lockdown in Turkey

Turkey was recently heralded as one of the most successful nations in containing the spread of COVID 19, prompting the...

At G-7, US Emphasizes Desire to Uphold International Rules, Not Hold China Down

At G-7, US Emphasizes Desire to Uphold International Rules, Not Hold China Down

Foreign ministers representing the Group of 7 industrialized nations have a busy day of meetings Tuesday in London discussing a range of world issues,...

Vatican Museums Reopen After 2-Month Lockdown

Vatican Museums Reopen After 2-Month Lockdown

With COVID-19 restrictions easing as new infections decrease in Italy, the Vatican has reopened the majestic doors of its art-filled...

G-7 Foreign Ministers Discussing China, Russia, Myanmar and Syria

G-7 Foreign Ministers Discussing China, Russia, Myanmar and Syria

Foreign ministers representing the Group of 7 industrialized nations have a busy day of meetings Tuesday in London discussing a range of world issues,...

Bill Gates and Melinda Gates Announce ‘Decision to End’ Marriage

Bill Gates and Melinda Gates Announce ‘Decision to End’ Marriage

Billionaire Bill Gates and Melinda Gates said in a joint statement on Monday that they have made the decision to...

French Lawmakers to Vote on Controversial Climate Bill

French Lawmakers to Vote on Controversial Climate Bill

France’s centrist government has released a video ahead of Wednesday’s vote on the so-called Climate and Resilience bill, with Ecological Transition...

Reporter’s Notebook: The Ups, But Mostly Downs of Traveling From West Virginia to Rome During COVID

Reporter’s Notebook: The Ups, But Mostly Downs of Traveling From West Virginia to Rome During COVID

“All changed, changed utterly,” Ireland’s WB Yeats once lamented in a poem. Being caught between the past and something as...

G-7 Foreign Ministers Meet in Person to Discuss Pandemic, Russia, China

G-7 Foreign Ministers Meet in Person to Discuss Pandemic, Russia, China

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in London for talks with his counterparts from G-7 nations, with the coronavirus pandemic, Russia...

Facebook Oversight Board to Announce Ruling on Trump May 5

Facebook Oversight Board to Announce Ruling on Trump May 5

Facebook’s oversight board will soon be announcing its decision about whether to uphold the company’s ban on former President Donald...

Internet Trailblazers Yahoo and AOL Sold, Again, for $5B

Internet Trailblazers Yahoo and AOL Sold, Again, for $5B

AOL and Yahoo are being sold again, this time to a private equity firm.   Verizon will sell Verizon Media,...

Germany Shuts Down International Child Pornography Site

Germany Shuts Down International Child Pornography Site

Germany has shut down “one of the biggest darknet child pornography platforms in the world” and arrested four of its...

G-7 Foreign Ministers Meet in London to Discuss Pandemic, Russia, China

G-7 Foreign Ministers Meet in London to Discuss Pandemic, Russia, China

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in London for talks with his counterparts from G-7 nations, with the coronavirus pandemic, Russia...