Posts by Newsmaker

Election Monitors Step Up Efforts Ahead of Turkey’s Second Round

Election Monitors Step Up Efforts Ahead of Turkey’s Second Round

Ahead of Turkey’s presidential runoff vote on Sunday, independent election monitors are stepping up their efforts amid voter concerns following...

White House Probes Claims US-Made Gear Was Used in Russia Raid

White House Probes Claims US-Made Gear Was Used in Russia Raid

The White House says it is looking into reports about the alleged use of U.S.-provided equipment in what appeared to...

Microsoft Says China-Backed Hacker Targeted Critical Infrastructure in Guam, US

Microsoft Says China-Backed Hacker Targeted Critical Infrastructure in Guam, US

Microsoft Corp. said on Wednesday it had uncovered malicious activity by a state-sponsored actor based in China aimed at critical...

Ukraine Foreign Minister Urges African Nations to Ditch Neutrality in Russia War

Ukraine Foreign Minister Urges African Nations to Ditch Neutrality in Russia War

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is urging African countries to abandon their stances of neutrality towards his country’s war with...

Germany Cracks Down on Climate Activists After Scholz Calls Protest Group ‘Nutty’

Germany Cracks Down on Climate Activists After Scholz Calls Protest Group ‘Nutty’

German police raided 15 properties linked to the Last Generation climate activist group Wednesday, seizing assets as part of an...

Russian Prime Minister Praises Ties with China

Russian Prime Minister Praises Ties with China

Visiting Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has praised his country’s ties with China, saying relations “are at an unprecedented high...

Apple Inks Multi-Billion-Dollar Deal With Broadcom for U.S.-Made Chips

Apple Inks Multi-Billion-Dollar Deal With Broadcom for U.S.-Made Chips

Apple Inc on Tuesday said it has entered a multi-billion-dollar deal with chipmaker Broadcom Inc. to use chips made in...

Geneva Airport Briefly Closed as Climate Activists Protest Private Jet Fair

Geneva Airport Briefly Closed as Climate Activists Protest Private Jet Fair

Geneva’s airport was briefly closed to flights on Tuesday as climate activists stormed a private jet fair on a nearby...

Dutch Government to Hold 3M Liable for ‘Forever Chemicals’ Harm

Dutch Government to Hold 3M Liable for ‘Forever Chemicals’ Harm

The Dutch government said on Tuesday it would hold U.S. industrial group 3M Co. liable for polluting the Western Scheldt...

VOA Exclusive: Ukrainians’ Abrams Tanks Training Expected to Start in Days

VOA Exclusive: Ukrainians’ Abrams Tanks Training Expected to Start in Days

U.S. forces are expected to start training Ukrainians on M1A1 Abrams tanks “in the next week or so,” Pentagon press...

UN Chief: Warring Nations Must Protect Civilians

UN Chief: Warring Nations Must Protect Civilians

The U.N. Secretary-General said Tuesday that the world is failing to live up to its commitments to protect civilians, an...

Russian Court Extends Pre-Trial Detention for US Journalist Evan Gershkovich

Russian Court Extends Pre-Trial Detention for US Journalist Evan Gershkovich

The United States has called for Russia to immediately release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich after Moscow sought to...

Turkish Presidential Challenger Targets Nationalists in Runoff Vote

Turkish Presidential Challenger Targets Nationalists in Runoff Vote

As Turkey heads to a presidential runoff on May 28, challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu is targeting nationalist voters with an anti-refugee...

4 Men Arrested in Spain on Suspicion of Hanging Vinícius Júnior Effigy Off Bridge 

4 Men Arrested in Spain on Suspicion of Hanging Vinícius Júnior Effigy Off Bridge 

Four men suspected of hanging an effigy of Real Madrid player Vinícius Júnior off a highway bridge in Madrid in...

Germany Detains 3 More Suspects Linked to Far-Right Coup Plot

Germany Detains 3 More Suspects Linked to Far-Right Coup Plot

Germany’s federal prosecutor’s office said Tuesday that criminal police have detained three more suspected far-right extremists who are linked to...

As Interpol Turns 100, Criticism Persists Over Abuse of Its Red Notice System

As Interpol Turns 100, Criticism Persists Over Abuse of Its Red Notice System

Interpol, the international police organization founded in 1923 to facilitate cooperation among law enforcement agencies, has transformed into a formidable...

Vatican Confirms August Trip by Pope to Lisbon for World Youth Day

Vatican Confirms August Trip by Pope to Lisbon for World Youth Day

Pope Francis will travel to Portugal for World Youth Day in the first week of August and include a stop...

TikTok Sues to Stop Ban in US State of Montana

TikTok Sues to Stop Ban in US State of Montana

TikTok on Monday filed suit in U.S. federal court to stop the northern state of Montana from implementing an overall...

Ray Stevenson, of ‘Rome’ And ‘Thor’ Movies, Dies At 58

Ray Stevenson, of ‘Rome’ And ‘Thor’ Movies, Dies At 58

Ray Stevenson, who played the villainous British governor in “RRR,” an Asgardian warrior in the “Thor” films, and a member...

Portuguese Police Say They’ll Begin New Search for Missing UK Toddler

Portuguese Police Say They’ll Begin New Search for Missing UK Toddler

Portuguese police have said they will resume searching for Madeleine McCann, the British toddler who disappeared in the country’s Algarve...

Song Created with Help of AI Rattles Music Industry

Song Created with Help of AI Rattles Music Industry

After an anonymous TikTok user created a song using artificial intelligence that fooled many into thinking it was made by...

Russia Denies Consular Access to American Journalist for Second Time

Russia Denies Consular Access to American Journalist for Second Time

The U.S. State Department and media analysts have criticized Russia over its refusal to allow regular consular access to a...