Posts by Newsmaker

Generative AI Might Make It Easier to Target Journalists, Researchers Say

Generative AI Might Make It Easier to Target Journalists, Researchers Say

Since the artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT launched last fall, a torrent of think pieces and news reports about the ins...

Five Eyes Security Partners Meet in New Zealand

Five Eyes Security Partners Meet in New Zealand

Politicians from the Five Eyes alliance are meeting in the New Zealand capital, Wellington, where migration and security are top...

Latest in Ukraine: Deadly Russian Strike Hits Kramatorsk

Latest in Ukraine: Deadly Russian Strike Hits Kramatorsk

Latest developments:  Pope Francis' peace envoy Cardinal Matteo Zuppi traveled to Moscow weeks after a visit to Kyiv, with the...

An NPR Icon Bids Farewell After 40 Years of Reporting From Italy

An NPR Icon Bids Farewell After 40 Years of Reporting From Italy

As a veteran correspondent for National Public Radio, Sylvia Poggioli spent the bulk of her 41-year career at the American broadcaster...

Klimt Portrait Sets European Auction Record: $108 Million

Klimt Portrait Sets European Auction Record: $108 Million

A portrait of an unnamed woman by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt sold for 85.3 million pounds ($108.4 million) on Tuesday,...

US Election Commission Not Acting on Deepfakes in Campaign Ads

US Election Commission Not Acting on Deepfakes in Campaign Ads

The commission that enforces rules for U.S. elections is not regulating AI-generated deepfakes in political advertising ahead of the 2024...

US Sanctions Companies Linked to Gold Trade to Fund Wagner Fighters

US Sanctions Companies Linked to Gold Trade to Fund Wagner Fighters

The United States on Tuesday accused companies in the United Arab Emirates, the Central African Republic and Russia of engaging...

UN: Hundreds of Civilians Arbitrarily Detained in Ukraine, Most by Russia

UN: Hundreds of Civilians Arbitrarily Detained in Ukraine, Most by Russia

A blistering new report by the U.N. human rights office shows that nobody in Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine...

US Plans Action Against Prigozhin’s Wagner for Activities in Africa

US Plans Action Against Prigozhin’s Wagner for Activities in Africa

The United States will this week announce actions to hold the Russian mercenary Wagner Group accountable, the U.S. State Department...

Italy Looks for Man Seen in Viral Video Carving Names Into Rome’s Almost 2,000-Year-Old Colosseum 

Italy Looks for Man Seen in Viral Video Carving Names Into Rome’s Almost 2,000-Year-Old Colosseum 

Italy’s culture and tourism ministers have vowed to find and punish a tourist who was filmed carving his name and...

Ukraine Fights Russia With Various Aircraft While Waiting for F-16 Jets

Ukraine Fights Russia With Various Aircraft While Waiting for F-16 Jets

While Ukrainian pilots could soon be training to fly U.S.-made F-16s, analysts say the jet fighters won’t be seen on...

LogOn: Robot Jellyfish Aims to Explore the Oceans

LogOn: Robot Jellyfish Aims to Explore the Oceans

Robot makers who want to explore the oceans are looking to one of Earth’s most successful sea creatures for design...

Russian Authorities Drop Case Against Wagner Fighters

Russian Authorities Drop Case Against Wagner Fighters

Russia’s Federal Security Service announced Tuesday it was closing an investigation into the armed mutiny by Yevgeny Prigozhin and members...

German Court Sentences Former Audi Head in Emissions Scandal

German Court Sentences Former Audi Head in Emissions Scandal

A German court gave Rupert Stadler, the former head of Audi, a suspended sentence along with a fine Tuesday as...

For-Profit Entity Will Oversee Interests of Merged PGA Tour, DP World Tour, and LIV Golf Leagues

For-Profit Entity Will Oversee Interests of Merged PGA Tour, DP World Tour, and LIV Golf Leagues

A new for-profit entity will oversee the commercial interests of the proposed merger between the U.S. and European men’s professional...

Turkey Detains Dozens of LGBTQ Activists During Pride March

Turkey Detains Dozens of LGBTQ Activists During Pride March

Turkish police have ramped up a crackdown on LGBTQ activists as dozens of people were detained Sunday at Pride marches...

Latest in Ukraine: Foreign Minister Advocates for NATO Membership Ahead of Summit 

Latest in Ukraine: Foreign Minister Advocates for NATO Membership Ahead of Summit 

Latest developments:             President Joe Biden said Monday that the United States had "nothing to do" with Wagner's revolt against the...

Washington: ‘Too Soon to Tell’ Impact of Wagner Mutiny on Russia, War

Washington: ‘Too Soon to Tell’ Impact of Wagner Mutiny on Russia, War

The White House said Monday it was “too soon to tell” whether the dramatic events of this weekend in Russia...

Amsterdam’s Hermitage Museum Renamed After Cutting Ties with Russia Over Ukraine

Amsterdam’s Hermitage Museum Renamed After Cutting Ties with Russia Over Ukraine

An Amsterdam museum that severed ties with St. Petersburg’s Hermitage collection after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine last year has been...

Serbia Releases 3 Kosovo Police Officers After Arrests Fueled Balkan Tensions

Serbia Releases 3 Kosovo Police Officers After Arrests Fueled Balkan Tensions

A court in Serbia released three police officers from Kosovo who were detained near the disputed border between the former...

Netherlands, Belgium Join Probe into Crimes Against Yazidis in Iraq, Syria

Netherlands, Belgium Join Probe into Crimes Against Yazidis in Iraq, Syria

The Netherlands and Belgium have joined an international investigation into atrocities committed against the Yazidi minority in Syria and Iraq,...

Will Prigozhin’s Brief Russia Rebellion Have an Impact in Africa? 

Will Prigozhin’s Brief Russia Rebellion Have an Impact in Africa? 

Analysts say it’s too early to assess how the Wagner Group’s operations in Africa will be affected after its leader...