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Biden Travels to Northern Ireland to Mark Anniversary of Peace Accord

Biden Travels to Northern Ireland to Mark Anniversary of Peace Accord

U.S. President Joe Biden travels to both sides of the Irish border this week, taking part in commemorations to mark...

News Presenter Generated with AI Appears in Kuwait

News Presenter Generated with AI Appears in Kuwait

A Kuwaiti media outlet has unveiled a virtual news presenter generated using artificial intelligence, with plans for it to read...

Russia Pounds Eastern Ukraine, Kyiv Reported to Rethink Counteroffensive After Leak

Russia Pounds Eastern Ukraine, Kyiv Reported to Rethink Counteroffensive After Leak

Russian forces pressed attacks on front-line cities in eastern Ukraine on Monday, while Ukrainian officials played down a report that...

Kremlin Critic Facing 25 Years in Jail Says Regrets Nothing

Kremlin Critic Facing 25 Years in Jail Says Regrets Nothing

Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza said on Monday he stood by all of his political statements, including against the Ukraine...

Greece Moves to Ban Neo-Nazi Party From Polls

Greece Moves to Ban Neo-Nazi Party From Polls

Greek lawmakers are set to vote on urgent legislation introduced by the government in Athens to ban neo-Nazi parties from...

Latest in Ukraine: Belarus Cites Need for Russian Security Guarantee 

Latest in Ukraine: Belarus Cites Need for Russian Security Guarantee 

Latest developments: Two killed In Zaporizhzhia after a Russian airstrike hit a residential building in the southeastern Ukrainian city. In...

Two Bodies Found in French Building Collapse as Rescue Efforts Continue

Two Bodies Found in French Building Collapse as Rescue Efforts Continue

Two bodies were found in the rubble of a building that collapsed in Marseille following a major explosion, French authorities...

Avalanche Kills Four in France, Two Missing

Avalanche Kills Four in France, Two Missing

An avalanche on Sunday near Mont Blanc in southeastern France swept four people to their deaths and left two more...

Bittersweet Easter for Turkish City’s Dwindling Armenian Community

Bittersweet Easter for Turkish City’s Dwindling Armenian Community

The aroma of corek, a spiced bun the Armenian community makes for Easter, is once again wafting through the streets...

Reports: Tesla Plans Shanghai Factory for Power Storage

Reports: Tesla Plans Shanghai Factory for Power Storage

Electric car maker Tesla Inc. plans to build a factory in Shanghai to produce power-storage devices for sale worldwide, state...

Show Stopper: Singalong Fans Ejected, ‘Bodyguard’ Halted

Show Stopper: Singalong Fans Ejected, ‘Bodyguard’ Halted

A British performance of “The Bodyguard” musical ended in unrequited love for some audience members who couldn’t refrain from singing...

Jon Rahm Rallies to Win the Masters

Jon Rahm Rallies to Win the Masters

Jon Rahm turned the longest day into his sweetest victory, starting Sunday with a four-shot deficit in the morning chill...

Grim Task of Collecting Russia’s War Dead Falls to Special Ukrainian Units

Grim Task of Collecting Russia’s War Dead Falls to Special Ukrainian Units

An enemy soldier’s badly decomposed remains, still in his green uniform and black boots, had lain for months on the...

Macron Says Europe Should Not Follow US or Chinese Policy Over Taiwan

Macron Says Europe Should Not Follow US or Chinese Policy Over Taiwan

Two former Black Democratic lawmakers who were expelled by Republican colleagues in Tennessee say they want to be reappointed, then...

Irish PM Seeks Restoration of Northern Ireland Power-Sharing   

Irish PM Seeks Restoration of Northern Ireland Power-Sharing   

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar pledged Sunday to intensify efforts with his British counterpart Rishi Sunak to restore power-sharing government...

Pope at Easter: Pray for Ukrainian, Russian People, Refugees

Pope at Easter: Pray for Ukrainian, Russian People, Refugees

In an Easter message highlighting hope, Pope Francis on Sunday invoked prayers for both the Ukrainian and Russian people, praised...

Hamburg Residents on Alert for Toxins from Fire Kilometers Away

Hamburg Residents on Alert for Toxins from Fire Kilometers Away

The residents of the German city of Hamburg have been warned that toxins from  a warehouse fire in the city...

Mayor in Australia Ready to Sue over Alleged AI Chatbot Defamation

Mayor in Australia Ready to Sue over Alleged AI Chatbot Defamation

A mayor in Australia’s Victoria state said Friday he may sue the artificial intelligence writing tool ChatGPT after it falsely...

Pope, Big Crowd Mark Easter in Flower-Adorned Vatican Square

Pope, Big Crowd Mark Easter in Flower-Adorned Vatican Square

Pope Francis opened a celebration of Mass on Easter Sunday joined by dozens of prelates and tens of thousands of...

Building Collapses in Marseille, France

Building Collapses in Marseille, France

A residential building in Marseille collapsed Sunday.  Emergency workers are looking for victims.  At least six people were injured. Officials...

Latest in Ukraine:  UK Says Russia Attempting to Normalize Illegal Annexation of Areas in Ukraine

Latest in Ukraine:  UK Says Russia Attempting to Normalize Illegal Annexation of Areas in Ukraine

The British Defense Ministry said Sunday that having Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev deliver the main report at the recent...

Ben Ferencz, Last Living Nuremberg Prosecutor of Nazis, Dies

Ben Ferencz, Last Living Nuremberg Prosecutor of Nazis, Dies

Ben Ferencz, the last living prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, who tried Nazis for genocidal war crimes and was among...