Posts by Newsmaker

Rally in Northern Greece Protesting New IDs Draws 5,000 People

Rally in Northern Greece Protesting New IDs Draws 5,000 People

About 5,000 people gathered in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki Sunday to protest a new type of identity card...

Accent Masking Software Aims to Smooth Call Center Interactions

Accent Masking Software Aims to Smooth Call Center Interactions

A California tech startup is using artificial intelligence, or AI, to mask the accents of call center workers to reduce...

Israeli-Iranian Movie, Filmed Undercover to Avoid Suspicion, Premiers in Venice

Israeli-Iranian Movie, Filmed Undercover to Avoid Suspicion, Premiers in Venice

The first production co-directed by Iranian and Israeli filmmakers had to be shot in secret to prevent possible interference by...

Israeli PM Pitches Fiber Optic Cable Idea to Link Asia, Middle East to Europe

Israeli PM Pitches Fiber Optic Cable Idea to Link Asia, Middle East to Europe

Israel’s prime minister floated the idea Sunday of building infrastructure projects such as a fiber optic cable linking countries in...

Turkey’s Erdogan to Meet Putin, Hopes to Renew Black Sea Grain Deal

Turkey’s Erdogan to Meet Putin, Hopes to Renew Black Sea Grain Deal

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet with Vladimir Putin on Monday, hoping to persuade the Russian leader to rejoin...

Corgis Parade at Buckingham Palace, Marking Year After Queen Elizabeth’s Death

Corgis Parade at Buckingham Palace, Marking Year After Queen Elizabeth’s Death

The changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace may draw tourists from far and wide, but Sunday visitors to the...

Swedish Police Arrest Two as Riot Breaks Out at Quran Burning Protest

Swedish Police Arrest Two as Riot Breaks Out at Quran Burning Protest

Swedish police on Sunday arrested two people and detained around 10 people after a violent riot broke out at a...

Bavaria’s Governor Leaves Deputy in Office Despite Furor Over Antisemitism Allegations

Bavaria’s Governor Leaves Deputy in Office Despite Furor Over Antisemitism Allegations

The governor of the German state of Bavaria said Sunday that he will let his deputy stay in office despite...

Eighty Years on, Italian Victims of Nazi Crimes Finally to Get Compensation

Eighty Years on, Italian Victims of Nazi Crimes Finally to Get Compensation

In October 1943, after the Nazis began a brutal occupation of their former ally, German troops hanged six Italian civilians...

Cambodian Ex-Leader Hun Sen Back on Facebook After Long-Running Row

Cambodian Ex-Leader Hun Sen Back on Facebook After Long-Running Row

Cambodia’s ex-leader Hun Sen returned to Facebook on Sunday, claiming the social media giant had “rendered justice” to him by...

Ukraine Shoots Down 22 Drones Launched from Russia

Ukraine Shoots Down 22 Drones Launched from Russia

Ukraine shot down 22 of the 25 Iranian-made Shahed drones Russia launched into the southern Odesa region early Sunday, Ukraine’s...

Russian Parents Send Children for Patriotic School Year

Russian Parents Send Children for Patriotic School Year

Girls with big white hair bows and boys in blazers held hands as they lined up for their first day...

Zelenskyy Touts Ukrainian Counteroffensive: ‘We Are on the Move’

Zelenskyy Touts Ukrainian Counteroffensive: ‘We Are on the Move’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy touted Ukraine’s steady advances against Russian forces Saturday and derided Western criticism of Ukraine’s grinding counteroffensive....

Italy Says China Trade Deal Not Meeting Expectations

Italy Says China Trade Deal Not Meeting Expectations

A controversial investment deal with China has failed to meet Italy’s expectations, Rome’s top diplomat said Saturday ahead of a...

More Cargo Ships From Ukraine Use Civilian Corridor Despite Russian Threats

More Cargo Ships From Ukraine Use Civilian Corridor Despite Russian Threats

Two cargo vessels have left Ukraine despite Russian threats and are in the Black Sea, maritime officials said Saturday. The...

Ukraine Names Powerful Businessman Suspect in Fraud Probe

Ukraine Names Powerful Businessman Suspect in Fraud Probe

Ukrainian state security officials named powerful businessman Ihor Kolomoisky as a suspect in a fraud and money laundering case, the...

Nobel Foundation Retracts Invite to Russia, Belarus, Iran to Attend Ceremonies

Nobel Foundation Retracts Invite to Russia, Belarus, Iran to Attend Ceremonies

The Nobel Foundation on Saturday retracted its invitation for representatives of Russia, Belarus and Iran to attend this year’s Nobel...

Russia Declares Nobel-Winning Editor Dmitry Muratov a Foreign Agent

Russia Declares Nobel-Winning Editor Dmitry Muratov a Foreign Agent

Russian authorities on Friday declared journalist Dmitry Muratov, a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, to be a foreign agent,...

Britain Closes More Than 150 Schools Due to Faulty Concrete

Britain Closes More Than 150 Schools Due to Faulty Concrete

Britain’s Education Department has ordered more than 150 schools to shut down buildings constructed with RAAC, a type of concrete...

Ukraine War Fuels Surge of Volunteers in Poland

Ukraine War Fuels Surge of Volunteers in Poland

Poland plans to double its armed forces to 300,000 by 2035 with a combination of professional soldiers and volunteers. As...

Is the West Changing Its Policy on Serbia?

Is the West Changing Its Policy on Serbia?

In July, a group of 56 European and American lawmakers sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken,...

NASA: New Moon Crater Is ‘Likely’ Impact Site of Russia’s Failed Mission

NASA: New Moon Crater Is ‘Likely’ Impact Site of Russia’s Failed Mission

The U.S. space agency NASA says a new 10-meter-wide crater on the moon “is likely the impact site of Russia’s...