G7 ministers move closer to Russian assets deal to help Ukraine
Stresa, Italy — Finance ministers representing the G7 are expected Saturday to agree a broad plan to use interest from frozen...
China’s Digital Silk Road exports internet technology, controls
washington — China promotes its help to Southeast Asian countries in modernizing their digital landscapes through investments in infrastructure as part...
France’s secularism increasingly struggling with schools, integration
MARSEILLE, France — Brought into the international spotlight by the ban on hijabs for French athletes at the upcoming Paris Olympics,...
Attempts to regulate AI’s hidden hand in Americans’ lives flounder
DENVER — The first attempts to regulate artificial intelligence programs that play a hidden role in hiring, housing and medical decisions...
Italian museum recreates Tanzanian butterfly forest
TRENTO, Italy — In a lush greenhouse high in the Alps, butterflies of various species and colors flutter freely while butterfly...
UK election has been called for July 4. Here’s what to know
LONDON — The United Kingdom’s first national election in five years is shaping up as a battle for the country’s soul,...
Allies prepare to mark D-Day’s 80th anniversary in shadow of Ukraine war
Carentan-les-Marais, France — Agnes Scelle grew up listening to her parents’ stories about life in occupied France, living near the Normandy...
Allies prepare to mark D-Day’s 80th anniversary in shadow of Ukraine war
Some of the last surviving World War Two veterans gather in Normandy, France, next month to mark the 1944 allied...
French court issues life sentences to three senior Syrian officials for war crimes
washington — A court in the French capital on Friday ordered life sentences for three senior Syrian government officials in a...
Mali, Russia start work on major solar plant
Dakar, Senegal — Mali and Russia on Friday launched the construction of the largest solar power plant in West Africa, Malian...
Hungary to seek to opt out of NATO efforts to support Ukraine, Orban says
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary will seek to opt out of any NATO operations aimed at supporting Ukraine, Prime Minister Viktor Orban...
Thousands protest as Georgia MPs plan to override veto of ‘foreign influence’ law
Tbilisi, Georgia — Thousands of people took part in a rally in the Georgian capital on Friday against a controversial anti-NGO...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy marks 5 years as president of Ukraine
May 20 marked Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s fifth anniversary as Ukraine’s president. By law, the president serves five years, but elections have...
Remote workers quietly take ‘workations’ without telling the boss
Study finds 1 in 3 secretly travel while working remotely …
Russian prison population fell by 50,000 last year, media report
LONDON — The number of people held in Russian prisons dropped by 58,000 last year, Russian independent media reported on Friday,...
New Caledonia airport to stay closed to commercial flights until Tuesday
Noumea, New Caledonia — The international airport in the New Caledonian capital, Noumea, will remain closed to commercial flights until at...
Sellers of Arctic land unconcerned by potential Chinese buyers
Private land in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard is being auctioned off by its owner, with strong interest from Chinese...
Russian satellite launch renews concerns about conflict in space
The U.S. assertion this week that Russia has launched a satellite capable of inspecting and destroying other satellites prompted a...
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