Posts by Newsmaker

FBI Echoes Warning on Danger of Artificial Intelligence

FBI Echoes Warning on Danger of Artificial Intelligence

Just as many in the United States are starting to explore how to use artificial intelligence to make their lives...

Media Lawyers Call on UN to Help Secure Gershkovich’s Release

Media Lawyers Call on UN to Help Secure Gershkovich’s Release

At the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva Monday, the legal team for jailed American journalist Evan Gershkovich called...

Italy Toughens Asylum Laws Amid Surge in Migrant Arrivals

Italy Toughens Asylum Laws Amid Surge in Migrant Arrivals

Italy’s government passed toughened asylum laws Monday as the country faces a surge in migrant arrivals on its southern shores....

Chinese, Russian Diplomats Open Talks in Moscow

Chinese, Russian Diplomats Open Talks in Moscow

China’s top diplomat, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, hailed his country’s “strategic cooperation” with Russia as he opened talks Monday in...

Erdogan Steps Up Efforts to Save Ukraine Grain Deal at UN

Erdogan Steps Up Efforts to Save Ukraine Grain Deal at UN

With world leaders gathering in New York for the United Nations General Assembly this week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...

Karabakh Gets Red Cross Aid Via Two Routes, in Step to Ease Crisis 

Karabakh Gets Red Cross Aid Via Two Routes, in Step to Ease Crisis 

Badly needed food and medicines were delivered to Azerbaijan’s breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh on Monday along two roads simultaneously, a...

Ukraine Says Russia Used Drones, Cruise Missiles in Overnight Attacks

Ukraine Says Russia Used Drones, Cruise Missiles in Overnight Attacks

Ukraine said Monday that Russia used 24 drones to attack the Mykolaiv and Odesa regions overnight, in addition to firing...

Ex-US Marine on Fighting in Donetsk: ’For Sure, I Was Going to Die’ 

Ex-US Marine on Fighting in Donetsk: ’For Sure, I Was Going to Die’ 

American Bohdan Olinares was born in Ukraine and moved to the U.S. with his parents at age two, but when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022,...

Chechen Strongman Kadyrov Appears in New Video Amid Rumors of Ill Health

Chechen Strongman Kadyrov Appears in New Video Amid Rumors of Ill Health

Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov on Sunday released new video footage in which he smiled and recommended everyone practice sport, in...

First 2 Cargo Ships Arrive at Ukrainian Port Since Russia Pulled Out of Grain Deal

First 2 Cargo Ships Arrive at Ukrainian Port Since Russia Pulled Out of Grain Deal

Two cargo ships arrived at one of Ukraine’s ports over the weekend, using a temporary Black Sea corridor established by...

Letter Shows Pope Pius XII Probably Knew About Holocaust Early On 

Letter Shows Pope Pius XII Probably Knew About Holocaust Early On 

Wartime Pope Pius XII knew details about the Nazi attempt to exterminate Jews in the Holocaust as early as 1942,...

Water-Starved Saudi Confronts Desalination’s Heavy Toll

Water-Starved Saudi Confronts Desalination’s Heavy Toll

Solar panels soak up blinding noontime rays that help power a water desalination facility in eastern Saudi Arabia, a step...

Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate Spray-Painted by Climate Activists

Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate Spray-Painted by Climate Activists

Climate activists sprayed orange and yellow paint on the columns of Berlin’s landmark Brandenburg Gate on Sunday to push demands...

European Leaders Visit Lampedusa

European Leaders Visit Lampedusa

European Union Commision President Ursula von de Leyen and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni toured a migrant center Sunday on...

‘Boiling Planet’ Reducing Spain’s Olive Crop, Raising Olive Oil Prices

‘Boiling Planet’ Reducing Spain’s Olive Crop, Raising Olive Oil Prices

Farmers say extreme temperatures caused a huge drop in the output of olive oil in Spain, the world’s largest producer,...

Stoltenberg: ‘We Must Prepare Ourselves for a Long War in Ukraine

Stoltenberg: ‘We Must Prepare Ourselves for a Long War in Ukraine

“We must prepare ourselves for a long war in Ukraine,” NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview with Germany’s...

Beer Flows, Crowds Descend on Munich for Oktoberfest

Beer Flows, Crowds Descend on Munich for Oktoberfest

The beer is flowing and millions of people are descending on the Bavarian capital to celebrate the official opening of...

Ukraine, Russia Both Claim Control of Village Near Bakhmut

Ukraine, Russia Both Claim Control of Village Near Bakhmut

Ukrainian forces made progress Saturday in their offensive against Russian troops in the east and south, a military spokesperson said,...

EU Chief to Visit Italy’s Lampedusa Amid Protests Over Migrants 

EU Chief to Visit Italy’s Lampedusa Amid Protests Over Migrants 

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will travel to Lampedusa on Sunday, an official said, as dozens of the...

North Korea’s Kim Discusses Stronger Ties With Russia, State Media Says

North Korea’s Kim Discusses Stronger Ties With Russia, State Media Says

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un discussed practical issues in stepping up military cooperation with Russia’s defense minister, state KCNA...

Court Sentences 5 Suspects to Prison for 2016 Belgian Terror Attack

Court Sentences 5 Suspects to Prison for 2016 Belgian Terror Attack

A Belgian court on Friday sentenced five men to prison terms ranging from 20 years to life on charges of...

IAEA Chief Condemns Iran’s ‘Unprecedented’ Barring of Inspectors

IAEA Chief Condemns Iran’s ‘Unprecedented’ Barring of Inspectors

United Nations nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi on Saturday condemned Iran’s “disproportionate and unprecedented” move to bar multiple inspectors assigned...