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Is AI About to Steal Your Job?

Is AI About to Steal Your Job?

Almost all U.S. jobs, from truck driver to childcare provider to software developer, include skills that can be done, or...

Stoltenberg ‘Confident’ of Continued US Support for Ukraine

Stoltenberg ‘Confident’ of Continued US Support for Ukraine

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday he is confident the United States will continue to provide support for Ukraine amid...

Iran Finalizes Deal to Buy Russian Fighter Jets – Tasnim

Iran Finalizes Deal to Buy Russian Fighter Jets – Tasnim

Iran has finalized arrangements for the delivery of Russian made Sukhoi SU-35 fighter jets and helicopters, Iran’s deputy defense minister...

Russia Extends Detention of US Journalist

Russia Extends Detention of US Journalist

A Russian court has extended the detention of U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich until Jan. 30, 2024. The two-month extension was...

Ukraine Has New Way to Get Grain to World Despite Russia’s Threat in Black Sea

Ukraine Has New Way to Get Grain to World Despite Russia’s Threat in Black Sea

Grain thunders into rail cars and trucks zip around a storage facility in central Ukraine, a place that growing numbers...

Finland Will Close Last Russian Border Crossing if Necessary, Its PM Says

Finland Will Close Last Russian Border Crossing if Necessary, Its PM Says

Finland is ready to close its last border crossing with Russia if Moscow keeps pushing migrants across, Prime Minister Petteri...

Niger Junta Repeals Law Aimed at Slowing Migration to Europe 

Niger Junta Repeals Law Aimed at Slowing Migration to Europe 

Niger’s junta said Monday that it had revoked an anti-migration law that helped reduce the flow of West Africans to...

Top ICC Prosecutor Ends Further Probes into 2010 Kenya Case

Top ICC Prosecutor Ends Further Probes into 2010 Kenya Case

A senior International Criminal Court prosecutor on Monday announced that she was dropping all further investigations into crimes committed in...

Dutch Museum Sends Crimean Treasures to Kyiv After Russia-Ukraine Legal Struggle

Dutch Museum Sends Crimean Treasures to Kyiv After Russia-Ukraine Legal Struggle

Historical treasures that were stored for years at an Amsterdam museum during an ownership dispute sparked by Russia’s annexation of...

Turkey’s Civil Society Under Threat as Crackdown Scares Away Donors

Turkey’s Civil Society Under Threat as Crackdown Scares Away Donors

Members of Turkey’s civil society are voicing concerns for their future as international funding declines. As Dorian Jones reports from...

Blinken Off to Brussels as NATO Shores Commitment to Ukraine

Blinken Off to Brussels as NATO Shores Commitment to Ukraine

The United States is joining member states from NATO this week in renewing the alliance’s “steadfast commitment” to Ukraine in...

Obama portraitist turns his brush to African presidents

Obama portraitist turns his brush to African presidents

Acclaimed American artist Kehinde Wiley — known for portraying former US president Barack Obama and U.S. pop star Michael Jackson...

Spain to Invest 1.4 Billion Euros to Protect Threatened Donana Wetland

Spain to Invest 1.4 Billion Euros to Protect Threatened Donana Wetland

National and regional authorities in Spain signed an agreement Monday to invest 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) in areas around...

Greek Police Arrest 6 Alleged Migrant Traffickers, Hunting 7 More

Greek Police Arrest 6 Alleged Migrant Traffickers, Hunting 7 More

Greek police have arrested six people who they say are members of a large human trafficking gang that violently extorted...

4 Employees of Germany’s Main Aid Agency Arrested in Afghanistan

4 Employees of Germany’s Main Aid Agency Arrested in Afghanistan

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan arrested four local employees of Germany’s main government-owned aid agency, according to the German Ministry for...

Church Official Says Kidnapped German Priest Freed in Mali

Church Official Says Kidnapped German Priest Freed in Mali

German missionary Father Hans Joachim Lohre who was kidnapped in Mali’s capital Bamako last year has been freed by his...

Tens of Thousands March Against Antisemitism in London

Tens of Thousands March Against Antisemitism in London

Ten of thousands of people participated in a march against antisemitism in London on Sunday protesting a rise in hate...

Russia Launches Largest-Yet Wave of Drone Strikes on Kyiv

Russia Launches Largest-Yet Wave of Drone Strikes on Kyiv

Russia launched its largest drone strike to date on Ukraine over the weekend. Kyiv says it destroyed all but one,...

Russia Puts Meta Spokesperson Andy Stone on ‘Wanted List’

Russia Puts Meta Spokesperson Andy Stone on ‘Wanted List’

Russia has added the spokesperson of U.S. tech giant Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, to a wanted list, according...

Ukraine Thwarts New Russian Drone Attack 

Ukraine Thwarts New Russian Drone Attack 

The Ukrainian military destroyed eight of nine attack drones launched overnight by Russia, the air force said Sunday, a day...

Israel Summons Irish Ambassador for Tweet It Says Doesn’t Condemn Hamas 

Israel Summons Irish Ambassador for Tweet It Says Doesn’t Condemn Hamas 

Israel’s Foreign Ministry said Sunday that it would summon the Irish ambassador over a tweet celebrating the release of a...

13 Missing as Cargo Ship Sinks Off Greek Island in Stormy Seas 

13 Missing as Cargo Ship Sinks Off Greek Island in Stormy Seas 

A cargo ship sank off the Greek island of Lesbos in stormy seas early Sunday, leaving 13 crew members missing...