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Ukraine Welcomes Lifting of Ban on Grain Shipments to Neighbors

Ukraine Welcomes Lifting of Ban on Grain Shipments to Neighbors

The Polish ban on Ukrainian agricultural products last month sent a shock wave across Ukraine, which lost $143 million in...

Spanish Journalist’s Supporters Denounce Spy Claims 

Spanish Journalist’s Supporters Denounce Spy Claims 

Supporters of a Spanish journalist accused of spying for Moscow have condemned a Russian media outlet for publishing what it...

Britain Pledges $102 Million for Brazil’s Amazon Fund

Britain Pledges $102 Million for Brazil’s Amazon Fund

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged more than $100 million Friday for Brazil’s fund to protect the Amazon rainforest, at...

Could AI Pen ‘Casablanca’? Screenwriters Take Aim at ChatGPT

Could AI Pen ‘Casablanca’? Screenwriters Take Aim at ChatGPT

When Greg Brockman, the president and co-founder of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, was recently extolling the capabilities of artificial intelligence, he...

Latest in Ukraine: Wagner Group Chief Says He’s Withdrawing Fighters from Bakhmut Next Week 

Latest in Ukraine: Wagner Group Chief Says He’s Withdrawing Fighters from Bakhmut Next Week 

New developments: Russia “highly likely” unable to protect its vast rail system from sabotage uptick, according to British Defense Ministry....

King’s Coronation Draws Apathy, Criticism in Former Colonies

King’s Coronation Draws Apathy, Criticism in Former Colonies

When King Charles III is crowned on Saturday, soldiers carrying flags from the Bahamas, South Africa, Tuvalu and beyond will...

Australia Urges US to End Pursuit of Julian Assange

Australia Urges US to End Pursuit of Julian Assange

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Friday he is frustrated that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange remains in a British prison...

Britain Prepares for Charles III Coronation, as Monarchy Faces 21st Century Challenges   

Britain Prepares for Charles III Coronation, as Monarchy Faces 21st Century Challenges   

Britain is preparing for the coronation of King Charles III, due to take place on Saturday. Dozens of world leaders...

Britain Prepares for Charles III Coronation, as Monarchy Faces 21st Century Challenges

Britain Prepares for Charles III Coronation, as Monarchy Faces 21st Century Challenges

Britain is preparing for the coronation of King Charles the third, due to take place on May 6. Dozens of...

At Least 8 Dead, 13 Wounded in 2nd Mass Shooting in Serbia

At Least 8 Dead, 13 Wounded in 2nd Mass Shooting in Serbia

A shooter killed at least eight people and wounded 13 in a drive-by attack near a town close to Belgrade...

White House Denies Russian Allegations of US Involvement in Kremlin Drone Attack

White House Denies Russian Allegations of US Involvement in Kremlin Drone Attack

The White House says the United States was not involved in Wednesday’s drone attack on the Kremlin, after Russia claimed,...

Napoli Wins First Title Since Maradona Played for the Club

Napoli Wins First Title Since Maradona Played for the Club

Napoli won its first Italian soccer league title since the days when Diego Maradona played for the club, sealing the...

White House Mulls AI Oversight, Protections With Industry Leaders

White House Mulls AI Oversight, Protections With Industry Leaders

White House Mulls AI Oversight, Protections with Industry Leaders …

Belgian Police Arrest 7 Suspected of Planning Terrorist Attack

Belgian Police Arrest 7 Suspected of Planning Terrorist Attack

Belgian police on Thursday arrested seven people suspected of supporting the Islamic State group and plotting a “terrorist attack,” prosecutors...

European Central Bank Raises Rates, Says Inflation Still Too High

European Central Bank Raises Rates, Says Inflation Still Too High

The European Central Bank announced on Thursday the seventh-straight increase in its three key interest rates since July. At 0.25%,...

Hate Passwords? You’re in Luck — Google Is Sidelining Them

Hate Passwords? You’re in Luck — Google Is Sidelining Them

Good news for all the password-haters out there: Google has taken a big step toward making them an afterthought by...

Italian Conductor Muti to Visit Syrian Refugee Camp

Italian Conductor Muti to Visit Syrian Refugee Camp

Italian conductor Riccardo Muti plans to visit Syrian musicians living in the vast Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan on the...

Shocked Serbians Mourn Victims of Belgrade School Shooting

Shocked Serbians Mourn Victims of Belgrade School Shooting

Scores of Serbian students, many wearing black and carrying flowers, paid silent homage on Thursday to peers killed a day...

US-Hosted Armenia-Azerbaijan Talks to Conclude

US-Hosted Armenia-Azerbaijan Talks to Conclude

The U.S. State Department said peace talks between diplomats from Armenia and Azerbaijan held outside Washington since Sunday are expected...

Canadian Journalist Turns Meme Into Symbol of Ukrainian Resistance

Canadian Journalist Turns Meme Into Symbol of Ukrainian Resistance

Days before Russia invaded Ukraine, Canadian journalist Christian Borys, who had worked in Ukraine between 2014 and 2019, started a...

Latest in Ukraine: Zelenskyy Calls for Special Tribunal to Investigate Russia’s ‘Crime of Aggression’

Latest in Ukraine: Zelenskyy Calls for Special Tribunal to Investigate Russia’s ‘Crime of Aggression’

New developments: The Kremlin claims Ukraine launched two drones at Russian President Vladimir Putin’s residence overnight but that security services...

King’s Coronation Reignites Australia’s Constitutional Debate

King’s Coronation Reignites Australia’s Constitutional Debate

The coronation of Britain’s King Charles III takes place in London on Saturday. The king came to the throne after...