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Vatican Confirms August Trip by Pope to Lisbon for World Youth Day

Vatican Confirms August Trip by Pope to Lisbon for World Youth Day

Pope Francis will travel to Portugal for World Youth Day in the first week of August and include a stop...

TikTok Sues to Stop Ban in US State of Montana

TikTok Sues to Stop Ban in US State of Montana

TikTok on Monday filed suit in U.S. federal court to stop the northern state of Montana from implementing an overall...

Ray Stevenson, of ‘Rome’ And ‘Thor’ Movies, Dies At 58

Ray Stevenson, of ‘Rome’ And ‘Thor’ Movies, Dies At 58

Ray Stevenson, who played the villainous British governor in “RRR,” an Asgardian warrior in the “Thor” films, and a member...

Portuguese Police Say They’ll Begin New Search for Missing UK Toddler

Portuguese Police Say They’ll Begin New Search for Missing UK Toddler

Portuguese police have said they will resume searching for Madeleine McCann, the British toddler who disappeared in the country’s Algarve...

Song Created with Help of AI Rattles Music Industry

Song Created with Help of AI Rattles Music Industry

After an anonymous TikTok user created a song using artificial intelligence that fooled many into thinking it was made by...

Russia Denies Consular Access to American Journalist for Second Time

Russia Denies Consular Access to American Journalist for Second Time

The U.S. State Department and media analysts have criticized Russia over its refusal to allow regular consular access to a...

South Korea, EU to Boost Pressure on Russia, Condemn North Korean Missile Tests

South Korea, EU to Boost Pressure on Russia, Condemn North Korean Missile Tests

Leaders of South Korea and the European Union agreed Monday to increase pressure on Russia over its war against Ukraine...

Spanish Football Admits It Has Racism Problem After Vinicius Incident

Spanish Football Admits It Has Racism Problem After Vinicius Incident

Spanish soccer has a racism problem, football federation chief Luis Rubiales said on Monday, after Real Madrid lodged a complaint...

EU Fines Facebook Parent Meta $1.3 Billion for Transferring User Data to US 

EU Fines Facebook Parent Meta $1.3 Billion for Transferring User Data to US 

The European Union fined Meta a record $1.3 billion on Monday and ordered it to stop transferring user data across...

SpaceX Sends Saudi Astronauts, Including Nation’s 1st Woman in Space, to International Space Station

SpaceX Sends Saudi Astronauts, Including Nation’s 1st Woman in Space, to International Space Station

Saudi Arabia’s first astronauts in decades rocketed toward the International Space Station on a chartered multimillion-dollar flight Sunday.  SpaceX launched...

Early Warning Systems Send Disaster Deaths Plunging, UN Says

Early Warning Systems Send Disaster Deaths Plunging, UN Says

Weather-related disasters have surged over the past 50 years, causing swelling economic damage even as early warning systems have meant...

Greece’s Ruling Conservatives Win Big, But No Outright Majority

Greece’s Ruling Conservatives Win Big, But No Outright Majority

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, whose conservative party scored a landslide election Sunday but without the seats in parliament to...

Pro-Government Rally in Moldovan Capital Draws Tens of Thousands

Pro-Government Rally in Moldovan Capital Draws Tens of Thousands

Tens of thousands of Moldovans rallied in the capital Chisinau on Sunday to support their pro-Western government’s drive toward Europe...

Iran Summons Swiss Envoy Over Call to Halt Executions

Iran Summons Swiss Envoy Over Call to Halt Executions

Iran on Sunday summoned Switzerland’s ambassador over a tweet calling for a stop to executions linked to protests triggered by...

Peace, Food and Fertilizer: African Leaders’ Challenge Heading to Talks With Moscow, Kyiv

Peace, Food and Fertilizer: African Leaders’ Challenge Heading to Talks With Moscow, Kyiv

A delegation of six African leaders set to hold talks with Kyiv and Moscow aim to “initiate a peace process,”...

‘Exhaust Them:’ Why Ukraine Has Fought Russia for Every Inch of Bakhmut, Despite High Cost

‘Exhaust Them:’ Why Ukraine Has Fought Russia for Every Inch of Bakhmut, Despite High Cost

The nine-month battle for Bakhmut has destroyed the 400-year-old city in eastern Ukraine and killed tens of thousands of people...

SpaceX Launching Saudi Astronauts on Private Flight to Space Station

SpaceX Launching Saudi Astronauts on Private Flight to Space Station

SpaceX’s next private flight to the International Space Station awaited takeoff Sunday, weather and rocket permitting. The passengers include Saudi...

Iraq Rebuilding Efforts Get High-Tech Boost

Iraq Rebuilding Efforts Get High-Tech Boost

It’s been more than a decade since the end of the Iraq War. Much of the country still bears the...

China Tells Tech Manufacturers: Stop Using US-Made Micron Chips

China Tells Tech Manufacturers: Stop Using US-Made Micron Chips

Stepping up a feud with Washington over technology and security, China’s government Sunday told users of computer equipment deemed sensitive...

Trevi Fountain Water Turns Black in Rome Climate Protest

Trevi Fountain Water Turns Black in Rome Climate Protest

Seven young activists protesting against climate change climbed into the Trevi Fountain in Rome on Sunday and poured diluted charcoal...

German Police Say Probing Suspected Poisoning of Russian Exiles

German Police Say Probing Suspected Poisoning of Russian Exiles

German police are investigating the possible poisoning of exiled Russians after a journalist and an activist reported health problems following...

Greece Votes in First Election Since International Bailout Spending Controls Ended

Greece Votes in First Election Since International Bailout Spending Controls Ended

Greeks were voting Sunday in the first election since their country’s economy ceased to be subject to strict supervision and...