Posts by Newsmaker

Cost of Living Weighs on EU Voters Year Before Polls 

Cost of Living Weighs on EU Voters Year Before Polls 

Cost of living woes are focusing European voters’ minds one year before they go to the polls to choose a...

Could Artificial Intelligence Help Stop Trade in Goods Made From Child, Forced Labor?

Could Artificial Intelligence Help Stop Trade in Goods Made From Child, Forced Labor?

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is looking at how artificial intelligence can be used to help identify goods made...

Prince Harry Gets Day in Court Against Tabloids he accuses of Blighting His Life

Prince Harry Gets Day in Court Against Tabloids he accuses of Blighting His Life

Prince Harry entered a courtroom witness box Tuesday, swearing to tell the truth in testimony against a tabloid publisher he...

Russia Copying Iran’s Playbook to Evade Western Sanctions, Report Claims

Russia Copying Iran’s Playbook to Evade Western Sanctions, Report Claims

Russia is copying Iran’s tactics in trying to evade Western sanctions, according to a report from the Royal United Services...

Italy Reviewing Pirelli Ownership Structure

Italy Reviewing Pirelli Ownership Structure

Italian regulators are looking into efforts by China’s Sinochem to tighten control over Italian tire maker Pirelli. Sinochem owns 37%...

Law Protecting Independence of Slovenian Public TV to Take Effect

Law Protecting Independence of Slovenian Public TV to Take Effect

A new management team could be announced at Slovenia’s public broadcaster RTV in the coming weeks, as a new law...

Musk Says China Detailed Plans to Regulate AI

Musk Says China Detailed Plans to Regulate AI

Top Chinese officials told Elon Musk about plans to launch new regulations on artificial intelligence on his recent trip to...

China Establishing ‘Commanding Lead’ with Key Military Technologies

China Establishing ‘Commanding Lead’ with Key Military Technologies

Chinese research on some key military technologies is so far ahead that the United States and its key allies may...

At Normandy D-Day Celebrations, Echoes of Ukraine’s Looming Fight

At Normandy D-Day Celebrations, Echoes of Ukraine’s Looming Fight

While U.S. military officers here caution against too direct a comparison between the 1944 D-Day landings and Ukraine’s upcoming counteroffensive,...

Seven Punished by Spanish Government for Racist Insults Against Vinicius

Seven Punished by Spanish Government for Racist Insults Against Vinicius

Seven people involved in different racist attacks against Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr have been punished by Spain’s State Commission...

Moscow Bans ‘Unfriendly’ Journalists From Economic Forum

Moscow Bans ‘Unfriendly’ Journalists From Economic Forum

Moscow announced that journalists from what it deems “unfriendly countries” would not be allowed to attend this year’s St. Petersburg...

Latest in Ukraine: Ukraine Dismisses Russian Claims of Offensive as ‘Fake’

Latest in Ukraine: Ukraine Dismisses Russian Claims of Offensive as ‘Fake’

Latest developments: In a meeting with British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly in Kyiv on Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed...

US Sanctions Target Russian Influence Campaign in Moldova

US Sanctions Target Russian Influence Campaign in Moldova

The United States imposed sanctions on Monday on members of a Russian intelligence-linked group for their role in Moscow’s efforts...

Is It Real or Made by AI? Europe Wants a Label as It Fights Disinformation 

Is It Real or Made by AI? Europe Wants a Label as It Fights Disinformation 

The European Union is pushing online platforms like Google and Meta to step up the fight against false information by...

‘It Was Tough’: WWII Veterans Return to Utah Beach to Commemorate D-Day

‘It Was Tough’: WWII Veterans Return to Utah Beach to Commemorate D-Day

Looking at the vastness of Utah Beach, its sand blowing in strong wind and bright sunshine, made Robert Gibson’s memory...

France’s Spectacular Abbey Mont-Saint-Michel Celebrates 1,000th Birthday 

France’s Spectacular Abbey Mont-Saint-Michel Celebrates 1,000th Birthday 

 PARIS (AP) — France’s beloved abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel has reached a ripe old age. It’s been 1,000 years since the...

Latest in Ukraine: Russia Says It Thwarted Ukrainian Attack in Donetsk

Latest in Ukraine: Russia Says It Thwarted Ukrainian Attack in Donetsk

Latest developments: U.S. President Joe Biden is hosting talks Monday with Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen that are expected to...

Fans Go Undercover To Track Racism at European Soccer Matches

Fans Go Undercover To Track Racism at European Soccer Matches

Among the thousands of fans in the stands at Europe’s biggest soccer games are a few people operating undercover. Trained...

App Offering Government Services to Ukrainians Expands Reach

App Offering Government Services to Ukrainians Expands Reach

In collaboration with the Ukrainian government, the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, has created an app that connects...

Life ‘in Danger’ of German Jailed in Iran, Activist Says

Life ‘in Danger’ of German Jailed in Iran, Activist Says

The life of a German Iranian detained in Iran is in danger and she is in such pain she can...

Tour de France Anti-COVID Protocol to Keep Riders in Hotels

Tour de France Anti-COVID Protocol to Keep Riders in Hotels

Tour de France organizers have set up an anti-COVID protocol for this year’s race, with riders and team staff banned...

Latest in Ukraine: Many of Kyiv’s Bomb Shelters Unusable, Inspection Finds 

Latest in Ukraine: Many of Kyiv’s Bomb Shelters Unusable, Inspection Finds 

Latest developments: A 2-year-old girl was killed and 22 other injured, five of them children, from a Russian missile strike...