Posts by Newsmaker

80 Romanian Health Care Workers Arrive in Austria to Assist Elderly

80 Romanian Health Care Workers Arrive in Austria to Assist Elderly

Eighty health care workers from Romania arrived in Vienna, Austria, Monday on a chartered train.The workers, mostly female, have been...

Virtual Political Conventions Becoming a Realistic Alternative   

Virtual Political Conventions Becoming a Realistic Alternative   

If the coronavirus pandemic forces large-scale events to be either discouraged or cancelled this summer, American political conventions may be...

Virtual Political Conventions Becoming a Realistic Alternative

Virtual Political Conventions Becoming a Realistic Alternative

Events and event planning are among the societal casualties of the coronavirus pandemic. In 2020, in the United States, the biggest among them could be national political nominating conventions....

Britain Enters Post-coronavirus Period Monday

Britain Enters Post-coronavirus Period Monday

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson emphasized that Britain is not ending the lockdown but only modifying tough measures that had...

Poland to Announce New Election Date Within 2 Weeks

Poland to Announce New Election Date Within 2 Weeks

The head of Poland’s electoral commission said on Sunday that the parliament speaker had 14 days to declare the date...

Turkey Threatens Retaliation Against Haftar’s Forces in Libya

Turkey Threatens Retaliation Against Haftar’s Forces in Libya

Turkey is threatening tough retaliation if forces loyal to Libyan general Khalifa Haftar strike Turkish interests or its diplomatic missions...

Bundesliga Could Provide Blueprint for NFL

Bundesliga Could Provide Blueprint for NFL

The National Football League has time on its side as the sports world prepares to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic...

Kidnapped Italian Aid Worker Held in Somalia Returns Home 

Kidnapped Italian Aid Worker Held in Somalia Returns Home 

A kidnapped Italian aid worker who had been held in an al-Shabab-controlled area of Somalia has been freed. Silvia Romano arrived in Rome on Sunday after...

South Korea Warns of Possible ‘Second Wave’ of COVID 

South Korea Warns of Possible ‘Second Wave’ of COVID 

South Korea warned Sunday of the possibility of a second wave of COVID-19 infections. “It’s not over until it’s over,” President...

Five Players Test Positive for Coronavirus in Spain 

Five Players Test Positive for Coronavirus in Spain 

Five players in Spain’s top two divisions have tested positive for COVID-19 since clubs began testing players and staff members...

Migrant Lives at Risk as Rescues on Mediterranean Sea Come to Halt 

Migrant Lives at Risk as Rescues on Mediterranean Sea Come to Halt 

U.N. agencies are warning migrants and refugees crossing the central Mediterranean Sea risk losing their lives if European nations continue...

Pandemic Gives Fresh Momentum to Digital Voice Technology

Pandemic Gives Fresh Momentum to Digital Voice Technology

In a world suddenly fearful of touch, voice technology is getting a fresh look.Voice-activated systems such as Google Assistant, Amazon...

Radical Russian Imperial Movement Expanding Global Outreach

Radical Russian Imperial Movement Expanding Global Outreach

The Russian Imperial Movement (RIM), a white supremacist group based in St. Petersburg, is increasingly expanding its outreach beyond Russia...

Which Country Was Instrumental in Winning World War II?

Which Country Was Instrumental in Winning World War II?

Russia on Saturday marked the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe, a day after...

Serbia Protests EU Site’s Reference to Inventor Tesla as Croatian

Serbia Protests EU Site’s Reference to Inventor Tesla as Croatian

The Serbian government Saturday protested to the European Union after one of the bloc’s educational websites described inventor and electricity...

‘Smart Helmets’ at Rome Airport Check On Passengers’ Temperatures

‘Smart Helmets’ at Rome Airport Check On Passengers’ Temperatures

Fiumicino International Airport in Rome is the first one in Europe to use “smart helmets” to check the temperature of travelers...

EU Says Its Envoy Erred After China Demanded Cuts to Op-Ed

EU Says Its Envoy Erred After China Demanded Cuts to Op-Ed

The European Union said Friday that its envoy to China made a mistake by allowing the country’s foreign ministry to...

British PM Delays Lifting Coronavirus Restrictions

British PM Delays Lifting Coronavirus Restrictions

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will keep Britain under a coronavirus lockdown until at least next month — to the frustration...

Greek Police Tackle Corona Parties as Government Eases Lockdown

Greek Police Tackle Corona Parties as Government Eases Lockdown

Greece’s government is gradually easing lockdown restrictions, and after 42 days of strict stay-at-home rules, young Greeks are spilling onto...

Europe Holds Low-Key VE Day Commemorations Due to Virus

Europe Holds Low-Key VE Day Commemorations Due to Virus

Europe was marking the 75th anniversary of the surrender of Nazi Germany to Allied forces following six years of war ...

Hundreds Protest in Belgrade Against President’s Grip on Power

Hundreds Protest in Belgrade Against President’s Grip on Power

In Serbia, hundreds of people took to the streets of the capital, Belgrade, late Thursday to demonstrate against the country’s...

Croatia Defense Minister Resigns Over Military Plane Crash

Croatia Defense Minister Resigns Over Military Plane Crash

Croatia’s defense minister has resigned after an air force training plane crashed shortly after takeoff from a military airbase in...