Posts by Newsmaker

How AI Can ‘Resurrect’ People

How AI Can ‘Resurrect’ People

In 2023, a new way to use AI has come online. Some companies are using the tool to make lifelike avatars of people,...

Greece Cracks Down on Attacks on Migrants as Wildfires Rage 

Greece Cracks Down on Attacks on Migrants as Wildfires Rage 

Greece’s Supreme Court has ordered an urgent investigation into racist attacks that followed the outbreak of ferocious wildfires in the...

Jet Crash in Russia Kills 10; Wagner Chief Was on Passenger List

Jet Crash in Russia Kills 10; Wagner Chief Was on Passenger List

A private jet crashed in Russia on Wednesday, killing all 10 people aboard, emergency officials said. Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin...

India Lands Craft on Moon’s Unexplored South Pole

India Lands Craft on Moon’s Unexplored South Pole

An Indian spacecraft has landed on the moon, becoming the first craft to touch down on the lunar surface’s south...

Kenyan Court Gives Meta and Sacked Moderators 21 Days to Pursue Settlement  

Kenyan Court Gives Meta and Sacked Moderators 21 Days to Pursue Settlement  

A Kenyan court has given Facebook’s parent company, Meta, and the content moderators who are suing it for unfair dismissal...

Turkey Orders VOA Turkish to Obtain License or Face Charges

Turkey Orders VOA Turkish to Obtain License or Face Charges

Turkey’s media regulator has given Voice of America’s Turkish Service a three-day deadline to apply for a broadcast license or...

Daughter Pleads With US, Germany to Help Father on Iran’s Death Row

Daughter Pleads With US, Germany to Help Father on Iran’s Death Row

The daughter of a German citizen of Iranian descent who was sentenced to death by Tehran pleaded Tuesday for the...

Survey: Many Hongkongers in UK Feel Unsafe Visiting Beijing’s Diplomatic Offices, at Protests

Survey: Many Hongkongers in UK Feel Unsafe Visiting Beijing’s Diplomatic Offices, at Protests

Many Hongkongers who moved to the U.K. after China cracked down on their home city are concerned about their safety...

In Tunisia, Fear and Shrinking Options for Sub-Saharan Africans

In Tunisia, Fear and Shrinking Options for Sub-Saharan Africans

Activists warn a deal between Tunisia and Libya to share responsibility for hundreds of sub-Saharan African migrants once stranded on...

Advocates Hope Spain’s World Cup Win Might Help Fight Sexism

Advocates Hope Spain’s World Cup Win Might Help Fight Sexism

In a gloomy, indoor football camp on an industrial estate on the edge of Barcelona, Marta dives into tackles with...

Meta Rolls Out Web Version of Threads 

Meta Rolls Out Web Version of Threads 

Meta Platforms on Tuesday launched the web version of its new text-first social media platform Threads, in a bid to...

Reporter’s Notebook: Kupiansk Families Prepare for Feared Attack

Reporter’s Notebook: Kupiansk Families Prepare for Feared Attack

A public kitchen closes early so workers can get home on a day of heavy bombing. Police officers stuff the...

Europe’s Sweeping Rules for Tech Giants Are About to Kick In

Europe’s Sweeping Rules for Tech Giants Are About to Kick In

Google, Facebook, TikTok and other Big Tech companies operating in Europe are facing one of the most far-reaching efforts to...

Major Wildfire in Northeastern Greece Has Forced Evacuation of Villages, City Hospital

Major Wildfire in Northeastern Greece Has Forced Evacuation of Villages, City Hospital

A massive wall of flames raced through forests toward a port city in northeastern Greece overnight, prompting authorities to evacuate...

Russia’s Prigozhin Posts First Video Since Mutiny, Hints He’s in Africa

Russia’s Prigozhin Posts First Video Since Mutiny, Hints He’s in Africa

Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin posted his first video address since leading a short-lived mutiny in late June, appearing in...

Will F-16 Fighter Jets Turn War in Ukraine’s Favor?

Will F-16 Fighter Jets Turn War in Ukraine’s Favor?

Ukraine’s president has described the decision by the Netherlands and Denmark to supply his country with F-16 fighter jets as...

Will F-16 Fighter Jets Tip War in Ukraine’s Favor?

Will F-16 Fighter Jets Tip War in Ukraine’s Favor?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has described the decision by the Netherlands and Denmark to supply his country with F-16 fighter...

Major Wildfires Burn in Greece, Spain’s Canary Island of Tenerife

Major Wildfires Burn in Greece, Spain’s Canary Island of Tenerife

Major wildfires were burning in Greece and on one of Spain’s Canary Islands off the northwest coast of Africa Monday,...

Meta to Soon Launch Web Version of Threads in Race with X for Users

Meta to Soon Launch Web Version of Threads in Race with X for Users

Meta Platforms is set to roll out the web version on its new text-first social media platform Threads, hoping to...

Biden Administration Announces More New Funding for Rural Broadband Infrastructure

Biden Administration Announces More New Funding for Rural Broadband Infrastructure

The Biden administration on Monday continued its push toward internet-for-all by 2030, announcing about $667 million in new grants and...

Two Injured in Moscow From Shot-Down Ukrainian Drone

Two Injured in Moscow From Shot-Down Ukrainian Drone

  Two people were injured in Moscow on Monday when debris from a Ukrainian drone destroyed by Russian air defenses fell...

Spaniards Back Home Celebrate La Roja Winning Women’s World Cup

Spaniards Back Home Celebrate La Roja Winning Women’s World Cup

Spaniards erupted in joy after La Roja won the Women’s World Cup on Sunday, with some following coach Jorge Vilda’s...