Fire at French Vacation Home for Adults With Disabilities Leaves 11 Dead
A devastating fire that raged through a vacation home for adults with disabilities in eastern France left 11 people dead...
Dam in Norway Partially Bursts After Days of Heavy Rains
A dam partially burst on Wednesday following days of heavy rain that triggered landslides and flooding in mountainous southern Norway,...
US Launches Contest to Use AI to Prevent Government System Hacks
The White House on Wednesday said it had launched a multimillion-dollar cyber contest to spur use of artificial intelligence to...
Kremlin Falsely Accuses West of Censoring Media Over War
At a youth forum near the Moscow region last week , Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claimed that Western media take orders and...
US to Restrict High-Tech Investment in China
U.S. President Joe Biden is planning Wednesday to impose restrictions on U.S. investments in some high-tech industries in China. Biden’s...
US issues new sanctions against top Russian ally Belarus
The United States issued new sanctions against Belarus on Wednesday, the Treasury Department said, adding it was designating eight individuals...
Bodies Recovered from Ashes of Burned Vacation Lodge in Eastern France
Fire officials say nine bodies have been recovered from the rubble of a massive fire at a vacation cottage in...
ANSA: 41 Dead in Migrant Shipwreck in Central Mediterranean
Forty-one migrants died in a shipwreck last week in the central Mediterranean, the Ansa news agency reported on Wednesday, citing...
TASS: Sixteen Injured in Blast at Factory Northeast of Moscow
A blast rocked an optical-mechanical factory in the town of Sergiev Posad, 50 kilometers northeast of Moscow, on Wednesday, injuring...
Paris Plans for Dramatic Facelift to Cope With Rising Temperatures
Paris has recently been shivering under the kind of summer for which it was once infamous — before climate change...
Russia Criticizes Western Pressure on Iran
Russia on Tuesday aligned itself with its ally Iran in rejecting Western attempts to maintain curbs on Iran despite the...
Deal Struck to Send Leopard 1 Tanks From Belgium to Ukraine
Dozens of second-hand Leopard 1 tanks that once belonged to Belgium have been bought by another European country for Ukrainian...
Zoom, Symbol of Remote Work Revolution, Wants Workers Back in Office Part-time
The company whose name became synonymous with remote work is joining the growing return-to-office trend. Zoom, the video conferencing pioneer,...
China’s July Exports Tumble, Adding to Pressure to Shore Up Economy
China’s exports plunged by 14.5% in July compared with a year earlier, adding to pressure on the ruling Communist Party...
Poland to Hold Parliamentary Election on Oct. 15, Launching Campaign in Shadow of War in Region
Poland’s president announced Tuesday that the country would hold its parliamentary election on Oct. 15, marking the official start of...
LogOn: Police Recruit AI to Analyze Police Body-Camera Footage
U.S. police reform advocates have long argued that police-worn body cameras will help reduce officers’ excessive use of force and...
‘Comics for Ukraine’ Anthology Raises Relief Money for War-Torn Country
Watching news of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, U.S. comic book editor Scott Dunbier felt compelled to help. He reached out...
US Tech Groups Back TikTok in Challenge to Montana State Ban
Two to tech groups on Monday backed TikTok Inc in its lawsuit seeking block enforcement of a Montana state ban...
UK Sanctions Target Foreign Suppliers to Russian Military
Britain on Tuesday imposed sanctions on an Iranian drone maker and a range of other foreign businesses, accusing them of...
Pope Warns Against Potential Dangers of Artificial Intelligence
Pope Francis on Tuesday called for a global reflection on the potential dangers of artificial intelligence (AI), noting the new...
Latest in Ukraine: Russian Strikes in Residential Areas Kill at Least Seven, Injure Dozens
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: At least seven people killed in two Russian missile strikes in eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk Monday evening ...
Russian Writer Dmitry Glukhovsky Given 8-year Prison Term for Discrediting Russia’s Army
A Moscow court sentenced Russian writer Dmitry Glukhovsky on Monday to eight years in prison, finding him guilty of deliberately...
