Posts by Newsmaker

US Imposes Sanctions on Turkish Businessman, Citing Links to Iran’s Quds Force

US Imposes Sanctions on Turkish Businessman, Citing Links to Iran’s Quds Force

The Biden administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on prominent Turkish businessman Sitki Ayan and his network of companies, accusing him...

Brittney Griner Freed From Russian Prison in Exchange

Brittney Griner Freed From Russian Prison in Exchange

Brittney Griner, the American female basketball star who was held for months in Russian prisons on drug charges, was released...

Ukrainian American Helps Wounded Ukrainians Get Back on Their Feet

Ukrainian American Helps Wounded Ukrainians Get Back on Their Feet

Ukrainian American Yakov Gradinar makes prostheses.  So, after Russia’s war on Ukraine began to take its toll, he knew how...

US-Russia Prisoner Swap: Basketball Star Griner for Arms Dealer Bout

US-Russia Prisoner Swap: Basketball Star Griner for Arms Dealer Bout

The U.S. and Russia carried out a high-stakes prisoner swap on Thursday, with Moscow freeing professional basketball star Brittney Griner...

Arizona Ramps Up Tech Workforce, Skills to Meet Chips Job Boom

Arizona Ramps Up Tech Workforce, Skills to Meet Chips Job Boom

Taiwanese chip giant TSMC is building a second U.S. facility in the southwest state of Arizona, highlighting the Biden Administration’s push to bring more of the semiconductor...

Boeing’s Final 747 Rolls Out of Washington State Factory

Boeing’s Final 747 Rolls Out of Washington State Factory

After more than half a century, the last Boeing 747 rolled out of a Washington state factory on Tuesday. The...

Snipers and Icy Water: Ukrainians Risk Dnipro River Crossings

Snipers and Icy Water: Ukrainians Risk Dnipro River Crossings

Gunning the engine of his aging skiff, Oleksiy Kovbasyuk races away from Kherson toward an island in the Dnipro River,...

Russian Gas Swap Scheme Gets Cold Shoulder in Central Asia

Russian Gas Swap Scheme Gets Cold Shoulder in Central Asia

A Russian scheme to facilitate natural gas sales to China and other Asian markets through a “gas union” with Kazakhstan...

European Energy Firms Dominate Landmark California Offshore Wind Auction

European Energy Firms Dominate Landmark California Offshore Wind Auction

The U.S. government’s first-ever sale of offshore wind development rights off the coast of California drew $757.1 million in high...

Russian Court Upholds Ex-Reporter’s 22-Year Treason Sentence

Russian Court Upholds Ex-Reporter’s 22-Year Treason Sentence

A court in the Russian capital on Wednesday rejected an appeal from a former journalist who was convicted of treason...

Oldest Known DNA Reveals Life in Greenland 2 Million Years Ago

Oldest Known DNA Reveals Life in Greenland 2 Million Years Ago

Scientists discovered the oldest known DNA and used it to reveal what life was like 2 million years ago in...

Germany: 25 Arrested on Suspicion of Planning Armed Coup 

Germany: 25 Arrested on Suspicion of Planning Armed Coup 

Federal prosecutors said some 3,000 officers conducted searches at 130 sites in 11 of Germany’s 16 states against adherents of...

Biden Touts Advanced Chips Manufacturing in Visit to Arizona Semiconductor Plant

Biden Touts Advanced Chips Manufacturing in Visit to Arizona Semiconductor Plant

President Joe Biden’s visit Tuesday to a massive construction project in north Phoenix highlighted Arizona’s role in a major U.S....

Biden Touts Advanced Chips Manufacturing in Visit to Arizona Semiconductor Plant

Biden Touts Advanced Chips Manufacturing in Visit to Arizona Semiconductor Plant

U.S. President Joe Biden was in Arizona Tuesday promoting investments in U.S. semiconductor manufacturing. He was joined by officials from...

Q & A: Republican, Democratic Senators Predict Continuing US Support for Ukraine

Q & A: Republican, Democratic Senators Predict Continuing US Support for Ukraine

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen and U.S. Senator Jim Risch discuss war aid, weapons and what’s at stake for democracies worldwide...

Spain Under Pressure Over Migrant Deaths on Moroccan Border

Spain Under Pressure Over Migrant Deaths on Moroccan Border

Rights groups are pressuring Spain’s government over the deaths of at least 23 people after thousands of migrants forced their...

Morocco Knocks Spain Out of World Cup on Penalties

Morocco Knocks Spain Out of World Cup on Penalties

Achraf Hakimi calmly converted a penalty to send Morocco through to the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time with...

Brussels Approves Groundbreaking Import Ban on Goods Linked to Deforestation

Brussels Approves Groundbreaking Import Ban on Goods Linked to Deforestation

Companies exporting products like chocolate, timber and palm oil will soon face tough new European Union regulations to ensure these...

Al Jazeera Takes Slain Journalist’s Case to ICC

Al Jazeera Takes Slain Journalist’s Case to ICC

TV network Al Jazeera submitted the case of slain journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to the International Criminal Court on Tuesday,...

Ukrainian Community in Indiana Bands to Help Motherland

Ukrainian Community in Indiana Bands to Help Motherland

According to the U.S. census, there are over a million Americans of Ukrainian descent. They are a diverse group, but...

Biden to Visit Arizona Computer Chip Facility

Biden to Visit Arizona Computer Chip Facility

U.S. President Joe Biden is traveling to Arizona on Tuesday to visit a computer chip facility, underscoring the Grand Canyon...

Brussels Reopens Painful Page With Start of Trial Over 2016 Terror Attacks

Brussels Reopens Painful Page With Start of Trial Over 2016 Terror Attacks

Belgium reopened a painful chapter in its recent history Monday, as the trial opened for alleged conspirators in the 2016...