Posts by Newsmaker

Amazon to Pay $31 Million in Privacy Violation Penalties for Alexa Voice Assistant, Ring Camera

Amazon to Pay $31 Million in Privacy Violation Penalties for Alexa Voice Assistant, Ring Camera

Amazon agreed Wednesday to pay a $25 million civil penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations it violated a child...

China Eyes Spain in Drive to Conquer European EV Market

China Eyes Spain in Drive to Conquer European EV Market

The International Energy Agency says Chinese car manufacturers are emerging as a major force in the global electric car market,...

SpaceX’s Starlink Wins Pentagon Contract for Satellite Services for Ukraine

SpaceX’s Starlink Wins Pentagon Contract for Satellite Services for Ukraine

SpaceX’s Starlink, the satellite communications service started by billionaire Elon Musk, now has a Defense Department contract to buy those...

China’s Micron Chips Ban Is Litmus Test for South Korea

China’s Micron Chips Ban Is Litmus Test for South Korea

The semiconductor trade war between Washington and Beijing may ensnare Seoul as South Korea must decide between backing its closest...

Latest in Ukraine: Deadly Russian Missile Attack Hits Kyiv

Latest in Ukraine: Deadly Russian Missile Attack Hits Kyiv

 Latest Developments:     Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanks United States for new $300 million aid package that includes air defense systems...

Russia Evacuates Children After Shelling Near Ukraine Border

Russia Evacuates Children After Shelling Near Ukraine Border

Russia said it was evacuating hundreds of children from villages because of intensifying shelling in the border region of Belgorod,...

Georgia Treads a Cautious Line Between EU Dreams, Russia

Georgia Treads a Cautious Line Between EU Dreams, Russia

Amid fresh strikes on Kyiv and as Ukraine readies its counteroffensive against Russia, another former Soviet republic is watching closely....

Efforts to Defuse Kosovo Crisis Intensify Amid More Protests

Efforts to Defuse Kosovo Crisis Intensify Amid More Protests

International efforts to defuse a crisis in Kosovo intensified Wednesday as ethnic Serbs held more protests in a northern town...

Moldova Intensifies Push to Join EU

Moldova Intensifies Push to Join EU

Moldova on Thursday hosts a symbolic summit of EU leaders where Moldovan leaders hope to push their country’s longstanding bid...

Key US Official Calls for Tech Companies to ‘Do Something’ About AI

Key US Official Calls for Tech Companies to ‘Do Something’ About AI

The director of the leading U.S. cybersecurity agency has a message for scientists and top technology company officials who are...

Ankara Could Get F16s but US–Turkey Ties Remain Fraught

Ankara Could Get F16s but US–Turkey Ties Remain Fraught

Aiming to secure support for Sweden’s bid to join NATO, U.S. President Joe Biden signaled a transactional approach in his...

Ankara Could Get F16s but US-Turkey Ties Remain Fraught

Ankara Could Get F16s but US-Turkey Ties Remain Fraught

Aiming to secure support for Sweden’s bid to join NATO, U.S. President Joe Biden signaled a transactional approach in his...

European Leaders Head to Moldova for Symbolic Summit on Ukraine’s Doorstep

European Leaders Head to Moldova for Symbolic Summit on Ukraine’s Doorstep

More than 40 European leaders plan to meet in Moldova on Thursday in a show of support for the former...

Taliban Call for Stop to Afghan Brain Drain

Taliban Call for Stop to Afghan Brain Drain

The Taliban have called on Western countries to stop evacuating and resettling educated and skilled Afghans abroad, saying the practice...

Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Starts 11-year Sentence for Blood-Testing Hoax

Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Starts 11-year Sentence for Blood-Testing Hoax

Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is in custody at a Texas prison where she could spend the next 11 years...

 Turkey to Investigate Media Outlets Over Election Coverage 

 Turkey to Investigate Media Outlets Over Election Coverage 

Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog on Tuesday announced it is investigating six opposition TV channels for “insulting the public” through coverage of...

British PM Rishi Sunak to Visit Washington Next Week for Talks with Biden

British PM Rishi Sunak to Visit Washington Next Week for Talks with Biden

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will hold talks with U.S. President Joe Biden next week when they will discuss improving...

Racist Insults towards Real Madrid Player Spark National Debate in Spain

Racist Insults towards Real Madrid Player Spark National Debate in Spain

Vinicius Junior is an idol to millions for his sublime goalscoring skills for Real Madrid but off the football pitch...

South African Rand Dives After Russia Accusations

South African Rand Dives After Russia Accusations

South Africa’s currency, already under pressure, has plummeted to new lows after a US official accused the country of helping...

NATO Soldiers on Guard in Kosovo Town, Serb Protesters Smash 2 Cars

NATO Soldiers on Guard in Kosovo Town, Serb Protesters Smash 2 Cars

Serb protesters smashed two cars belonging to Albanian journalists in Kosovo’s Leposavic town on Tuesday, a day after 30 NATO...

5 Greek Border Police Officers Arrested on Suspicion of Working With Migrant Smugglers

5 Greek Border Police Officers Arrested on Suspicion of Working With Migrant Smugglers

Greek authorities said Monday they had arrested five police officers from a special border guard force on suspicion of working...

China’s Shenzhou-16 Mission Takes Off Bound for Space Station

China’s Shenzhou-16 Mission Takes Off Bound for Space Station

China sent three astronauts to its Tiangong space station on Tuesday, putting a civilian scientist into space for the first...