Klimt Portrait Sets European Auction Record: $108 Million
A portrait of an unnamed woman by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt sold for 85.3 million pounds ($108.4 million) on Tuesday,...
US Election Commission Not Acting on Deepfakes in Campaign Ads
The commission that enforces rules for U.S. elections is not regulating AI-generated deepfakes in political advertising ahead of the 2024...
US Sanctions Companies Linked to Gold Trade to Fund Wagner Fighters
The United States on Tuesday accused companies in the United Arab Emirates, the Central African Republic and Russia of engaging...
UN: Hundreds of Civilians Arbitrarily Detained in Ukraine, Most by Russia
A blistering new report by the U.N. human rights office shows that nobody in Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine...
US Plans Action Against Prigozhin’s Wagner for Activities in Africa
The United States will this week announce actions to hold the Russian mercenary Wagner Group accountable, the U.S. State Department...
Italy Looks for Man Seen in Viral Video Carving Names Into Rome’s Almost 2,000-Year-Old Colosseum
Italy’s culture and tourism ministers have vowed to find and punish a tourist who was filmed carving his name and...
Ukraine Fights Russia With Various Aircraft While Waiting for F-16 Jets
While Ukrainian pilots could soon be training to fly U.S.-made F-16s, analysts say the jet fighters won’t be seen on...
LogOn: Robot Jellyfish Aims to Explore the Oceans
Robot makers who want to explore the oceans are looking to one of Earth’s most successful sea creatures for design...
Russian Authorities Drop Case Against Wagner Fighters
Russia’s Federal Security Service announced Tuesday it was closing an investigation into the armed mutiny by Yevgeny Prigozhin and members...
German Court Sentences Former Audi Head in Emissions Scandal
A German court gave Rupert Stadler, the former head of Audi, a suspended sentence along with a fine Tuesday as...
For-Profit Entity Will Oversee Interests of Merged PGA Tour, DP World Tour, and LIV Golf Leagues
A new for-profit entity will oversee the commercial interests of the proposed merger between the U.S. and European men’s professional...
Turkey Detains Dozens of LGBTQ Activists During Pride March
Turkish police have ramped up a crackdown on LGBTQ activists as dozens of people were detained Sunday at Pride marches...
Latest in Ukraine: Foreign Minister Advocates for NATO Membership Ahead of Summit
Latest developments: President Joe Biden said Monday that the United States had "nothing to do" with Wagner's revolt against the...
Washington: ‘Too Soon to Tell’ Impact of Wagner Mutiny on Russia, War
The White House said Monday it was “too soon to tell” whether the dramatic events of this weekend in Russia...
Amsterdam’s Hermitage Museum Renamed After Cutting Ties with Russia Over Ukraine
An Amsterdam museum that severed ties with St. Petersburg’s Hermitage collection after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine last year has been...
Serbia Releases 3 Kosovo Police Officers After Arrests Fueled Balkan Tensions
A court in Serbia released three police officers from Kosovo who were detained near the disputed border between the former...
Netherlands, Belgium Join Probe into Crimes Against Yazidis in Iraq, Syria
The Netherlands and Belgium have joined an international investigation into atrocities committed against the Yazidi minority in Syria and Iraq,...
Will Prigozhin’s Brief Russia Rebellion Have an Impact in Africa?
Analysts say it’s too early to assess how the Wagner Group’s operations in Africa will be affected after its leader...
Kremlin Fights to Salvage Putin’s Image After Wagner Mutiny
Russia experienced the most serious threat to its stability in decades when the mercenary Wagner group mutinied, and its leader...
UNESCO Members to Decide on US Rejoining
UNESCO member states meet later this week on the Biden administration’s bid to rejoin the Paris-based U.N. scientific and cultural...
Ukraine Battles Fierce Despite Chaos in Russia
As tensions soared inside Russia between the government and private military group Wagner, front-line Ukrainian fighters say their fight with...
Australia’s High Court Dismisses Russia’s Bid for Injunction to Stop Its Embassy’s Eviction
Australia’s highest court on Monday dismissed Russia’s application for an injunction that would have prevented Moscow’s embassy being evicted from...
