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EU Tech Tsar Vestager Sees Political Agreement on AI Law This Year 

EU Tech Tsar Vestager Sees Political Agreement on AI Law This Year 

The European Union is likely to reach a political agreement this year that will pave the way for the world’s...

Germany’s Climate Activists Find Sanctuary in Churches

Germany’s Climate Activists Find Sanctuary in Churches

Copies of a climate change petition along with photos of the signatories lay at the foot of the altar. Meters...

Pope Francis Celebrates Mass on Final Day in Hungary

Pope Francis Celebrates Mass on Final Day in Hungary

On his third and final day of his Hungary trip, Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Sunday in Budapest before tens...

Details Revealed About King Charles III’s Coronation Service

Details Revealed About King Charles III’s Coronation Service

It will be a coronation of many faiths and many languages. King Charles III, keen to show that he can...

Russia Vows Harsh Response After Polish ‘Seizure’ of Embassy School

Russia Vows Harsh Response After Polish ‘Seizure’ of Embassy School

Russia on Saturday promised it would respond harshly to what it said was Poland’s illegal seizure of its embassy school...

Erdogan, Back on Election Trail, Unveils Turkey’s First Astronaut

Erdogan, Back on Election Trail, Unveils Turkey’s First Astronaut

Turkey’s first astronaut will travel to the International Space Station by the end of the year, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...

Russian Court Fines War Critic Who Asked for Prison Instead

Russian Court Fines War Critic Who Asked for Prison Instead

A court in Russia convicted a woman from a Siberian city over social media posts condemning the war in Ukraine...

Armenia, Azerbaijan to Meet in US for Talks to Normalize Relations

Armenia, Azerbaijan to Meet in US for Talks to Normalize Relations

Armenia and Azerbaijan will hold a new round of talks in Washington on Sunday to try to normalize relations, Yerevan...

Had Russians Reached Kyiv, ‘I Know How to Shoot,’ Zelenskyy Says

Had Russians Reached Kyiv, ‘I Know How to Shoot,’ Zelenskyy Says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy carries a pistol and would have fought to the death with his inner circle had the...

Life-size Sculpture of Euthanized Walrus Unveiled in Norway

Life-size Sculpture of Euthanized Walrus Unveiled in Norway

A walrus that became a global celebrity last year after it was seen frolicking and basking in a Oslo fjord...

Why China is Trying to Mediate in Russia’s War With Ukraine

Why China is Trying to Mediate in Russia’s War With Ukraine

Chinese leader Xi Jinping said Wednesday that Beijing will send an envoy to Ukraine to discuss a possible “political settlement”...

Turkey’s Erdogan Cancels Third Day of Election Appearances

Turkey’s Erdogan Cancels Third Day of Election Appearances

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan canceled his election appearances for a third day Friday after falling ill with what officials...

Deal for Ukraine Grain Transit Made With 5 EU Countries

Deal for Ukraine Grain Transit Made With 5 EU Countries

The European Commission said Friday that it had reached a deal in principle to allow the transit of Ukrainian grain...

Turkey Arrests Four Kurdish Journalists Ahead of Crucial Elections

Turkey Arrests Four Kurdish Journalists Ahead of Crucial Elections

Four Kurdish journalists appeared in court in Turkey this week, accused of having ties to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)....

Pope, in Hungary, Warns of Rising Nationalism in Europe

Pope, in Hungary, Warns of Rising Nationalism in Europe

Pope Francis, starting a trip to Hungary, pointedly warned Friday of the dangers of rising nationalism in Europe and told...

BBC’s Sharp Resigns After Breaching Rules over Boris Johnson Loan

BBC’s Sharp Resigns After Breaching Rules over Boris Johnson Loan

BBC Chairman Richard Sharp resigned on Friday after an independent report found he had breached public appointment rules by not...

Pope Arrives in Hungary for 3-Day Visit

Pope Arrives in Hungary for 3-Day Visit

Pope Francis arrived in Hungary on Friday. During his three-day visit, he is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Viktor...

Latest in Ukraine: Missile Strikes Across Ukraine Kill 5

Latest in Ukraine: Missile Strikes Across Ukraine Kill 5

NATO allies have delivered almost all promised combat vehicles to Ukraine, including more than 1550 armored vehicles and 230 tanks....

Experts Say Wagner Group Could Fuel the Conflict in Sudan

Experts Say Wagner Group Could Fuel the Conflict in Sudan

Reports emerged this week that the Kremlin-linked Wagner Group could be supplying weapons to one of the warring parties in...

Ambassador: Pakistan Importing Russian Oil With US Approval

Ambassador: Pakistan Importing Russian Oil With US Approval

Pakistan said Thursday that it was buying discounted Russian crude oil with the implicit approval of the United States, and...

Ukrainian Journalist Ambushed, Killed by Suspected Russian Snipers

Ukrainian Journalist Ambushed, Killed by Suspected Russian Snipers

 A Ukrainian journalist working with an Italian newspaper was shot dead by suspected Russian snipers in southern Ukraine on Wednesday....

Can Turkey’s Elections Bring Reset to Troubled Relations With US?

Can Turkey’s Elections Bring Reset to Troubled Relations With US?

Political analysts say with both Turkey’s ruling and opposition parties pledging to improve ties with the United States ahead of...