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 Poland, Belarus Spar About Migrants at Border

 Poland, Belarus Spar About Migrants at Border

Poland and Belarus traded accusations Tuesday as a group of migrants remained on the Belarus side of the border between...

Australia Plans Electric Car Boost With 50,000 New Home Charging Stations

Australia Plans Electric Car Boost With 50,000 New Home Charging Stations

Australia’s electric car industry has criticized the government’s new policy to build thousands of charging stations as “far too little, too late.” The Australian government Tuesday pledged...

Original Apple Built by Jobs and Wozniak to be Auctioned 

Original Apple Built by Jobs and Wozniak to be Auctioned 

An original Apple computer, hand-built by company founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak 45 years ago, goes under the hammer...

Ukrainian, Russian Charged in US Ransomware Attacks

Ukrainian, Russian Charged in US Ransomware Attacks

U.S. prosecutors on Monday said they had charged a Ukrainian man with launching a July ransomware attack on an American...

Spain’s La Palma Island Volcano Eruption Enters Eighth Week

Spain’s La Palma Island Volcano Eruption Enters Eighth Week

The eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma entered its eighth week Monday, powerful...

European Rights Group: Palestinian Civil Society Workers’ Phones Hacked

European Rights Group: Palestinian Civil Society Workers’ Phones Hacked

A European human rights group alleged Monday that Israeli-made Pegasus spyware was used to hack the phones of staff members...

Kremlin: Putin, CIA Chief Discuss ‘Regional Conflicts’

Kremlin: Putin, CIA Chief Discuss ‘Regional Conflicts’

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed regional conflicts and a crisis in ties with the head of the US Central Intelligence...

Jailed ex-US Marine Whelan to Keep Fighting for Transfer from Russia

Jailed ex-US Marine Whelan to Keep Fighting for Transfer from Russia

Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, convicted by Russia of spying, will continue to fight for his transfer to the United...

Costs, Literacy and Design: The Invisible Barriers to Tackling the Digital Divide

Costs, Literacy and Design: The Invisible Barriers to Tackling the Digital Divide

Connecting everyone in the world to the web will not single-handedly bridge the digital divide, tech experts at the Web...

Poland’s Health Ministry Clarifies Abortion Law After Woman’s Death 

Poland’s Health Ministry Clarifies Abortion Law After Woman’s Death 

Poland’s Health Ministry issued instructions Sunday to doctors confirming that it is legal to terminate a pregnancy when the woman’s...

German Rescue Boat with 800 Migrants Reaches Sicilian Port

German Rescue Boat with 800 Migrants Reaches Sicilian Port

A German humanitarian ship with more than 800 rescued migrants, including 15 very young children, steamed into a Sicilian port...

Kerry Rallies Global Climate Push as Uncertainty Grows in US

Kerry Rallies Global Climate Push as Uncertainty Grows in US

John Kerry is everywhere and on the move at a fateful U.N. climate summit. President Joe Biden’s envoy at the...

3 Wounded in Knife Attack on German Train

3 Wounded in Knife Attack on German Train

Three people were wounded in a knife attack on a high-speed train in southern Germany on Saturday, local police said,...

Glasgow Climate Negotiators Seek to Resolve 4 Key Challenges

Glasgow Climate Negotiators Seek to Resolve 4 Key Challenges

As this year’s U.N. climate talks go into their second week, negotiations on key topics are inching forward. Boosted by...

Frustrations Grow as Marchers Demand Faster Climate Action

Frustrations Grow as Marchers Demand Faster Climate Action

Tens of thousands of climate activists marched Saturday through the Scottish city hosting the U.N. climate summit, physically close to...

Pregnant Woman’s Death Ignites Debate About Poland’s Abortion Law

Pregnant Woman’s Death Ignites Debate About Poland’s Abortion Law

The death of a pregnant Polish woman has reignited debate over abortion in one of Europe’s most devoutly Catholic countries,...

Coup Puts Into Question Sudan’s Debt Cancellation, France Says

Coup Puts Into Question Sudan’s Debt Cancellation, France Says

The coup in Sudan puts into doubt the process that would have seen France cancel some $5 billion debt it...

Alleged Russian Hacks of Microsoft Service Providers Highlight Cybersecurity Deficiencies

Alleged Russian Hacks of Microsoft Service Providers Highlight Cybersecurity Deficiencies

Cybersecurity experts say Microsoft’s recent disclosure that alleged Russian hackers successfully attacked several IT service providers this year is a...

Russian Military Maneuvers Near Ukraine ‘Unusual,’ US Warns

Russian Military Maneuvers Near Ukraine ‘Unusual,’ US Warns

The United States is keeping a close watch on Russian troop movements near the country’s border with Ukraine, describing the...

Tensions Soar on Poland-Belarus Border as Warsaw Protests Incursion

Tensions Soar on Poland-Belarus Border as Warsaw Protests Incursion

In a tit-for-tat round of recriminations, Belarus summoned Poland’s top diplomat in Minsk on Thursday to protest claims made earlier...

UN Recap: October 31-November 5

UN Recap: October 31-November 5

Editor’s note: Here is a fast take on what the international community has been up to this past week, as...

Exodus of Foreign Internet Giants Strengthens China’s Homegrown Ecosystem

Exodus of Foreign Internet Giants Strengthens China’s Homegrown Ecosystem

China now depends almost entirely on its own online content providers, as the number of big foreign companies in the...