Posts by Newsmaker

Furry Hero: UK Honors Dog Who Stopped White House Intruder

Furry Hero: UK Honors Dog Who Stopped White House Intruder

A four-legged hero who saved then-President Barack Obama from a White House intruder is now an award-winner in Britain.Hurricane, a...

Russian Election Chief Defends Ban on Moscow Candidates

Russian Election Chief Defends Ban on Moscow Candidates

The head of Russia’s election commission is standing by a decision to keep a dozen independent candidates from running for...

Conte Asked to Seek New Italy Government Aimed at Foiling Salvini

Conte Asked to Seek New Italy Government Aimed at Foiling Salvini

Ex-premier Giuseppe Conte on Thursday accepted a fresh mandate to try and cobble together a new government backed by the...

Swedish Teen Climate Activist Sails Into New York for UN Summit 

Swedish Teen Climate Activist Sails Into New York for UN Summit 

Teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg arrived in New York on Wednesday after crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a zero-emissions sailboat to attend a conference...

Brazil’s President Accepts Chile’s Help in Battling Amazon Wildfires

Brazil’s President Accepts Chile’s Help in Battling Amazon Wildfires

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Wednesday that he had accepted the help of four Chilean aircraft in the fight against wildfires in the Amazon...

Pinterest to Direct Vaccine-Related Searches to Health Organizations

Pinterest to Direct Vaccine-Related Searches to Health Organizations

Pinterest said it would try to combat misinformation about vaccines by showing only information from health organizations when people search. ...

Bolton Warns Of ‘Unfair Chinese Trade Practices’ During Kyiv Visit  

Bolton Warns Of ‘Unfair Chinese Trade Practices’ During Kyiv Visit  

White House national security adviser John Bolton said Wednesday that he had discussed Washington’s concerns about the threat of “unfair Chinese trade practices”...

National Security Concerns Threaten Undersea Cable to China, Wall Street Journal Reports

National Security Concerns Threaten Undersea Cable to China, Wall Street Journal Reports

U.S. officials are seeking to block an undersea cable between Los Angeles and Hong Kong that is being backed by...

Apple Apologizes, Changes How Humans Review Siri Audio

Apple Apologizes, Changes How Humans Review Siri Audio

Apple is apologizing and changing the way humans review audio recordings made through the company’s Siri digital assistant.The company already...

Russia: US Senators Claiming Visa Ban Are on Blacklist

Russia: US Senators Claiming Visa Ban Are on Blacklist

Russia’s Foreign Ministry says the two U.S. senators who claim that their visas applications were denied knew that they were...

Fighting Distracted Driving, a Tech Company Provides an Extra Eye on the Road

Fighting Distracted Driving, a Tech Company Provides an Extra Eye on the Road

Self-driving cars may be years from becoming reality on the road, but some of the technology going into autonomous vehicles...

Facebook Tightens Political ad Rules, but Leaves Loopholes

Facebook Tightens Political ad Rules, but Leaves Loopholes

Facebook is tightening its rules around political advertising ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential elections, an acknowledgement of previous misuse....

British PM Suspends Parliament Until Oct. 14

British PM Suspends Parliament Until Oct. 14

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday that parliament would be suspended until mid-October, a move that angered lawmakers opposed...

Kyiv Court Releases Russian Journalist Vyshinsky From Custody Ahead Of Trial

Kyiv Court Releases Russian Journalist Vyshinsky From Custody Ahead Of Trial

A Kyiv court has ruled that Russian journalist Kirill Vyshinsky, who is in detention in Ukraine on high treason charges,...

Over 200 Migrants Rescued in Med This Week

Over 200 Migrants Rescued in Med This Week

An Italian charity ship rescued around 100 migrants in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, bringing the total number of migrants saved...

Macron Says Europe Should Reach Out to Russia

Macron Says Europe Should Reach Out to Russia

French President Emmanuel Macron says the European continent will never be stable and safe if its relationship with Russia is...

3 European Nations Condemn North Korea’s Missile Launches

3 European Nations Condemn North Korea’s Missile Launches

Three important U.S. allies on Tuesday condemned the “repeated provocative launches” of ballistic missiles by North Korea, saying they violate...

In Spotlight After Trump Offer, Greenland Sees Chance for Economic Win

In Spotlight After Trump Offer, Greenland Sees Chance for Economic Win

Greenland’s leaders want to use global interest in the Arctic island aroused by President Donald Trump’s eye-catching offer of a...

France Rescues 22 Migrants Heading for Britain

France Rescues 22 Migrants Heading for Britain

French rescuers picked up 22 migrants — including 11 children — whose vessel broke down as they tried to cross...

Italy Close to New Government as Trump Backs Conte’s Return as PM

Italy Close to New Government as Trump Backs Conte’s Return as PM

The two parties trying to form a new Italian government appeared close to a coalition deal Tuesday, cheering financial markets...

Russia Denies Visas to Two US Senators, Amid G-7 Tensions

Russia Denies Visas to Two US Senators, Amid G-7 Tensions

Republican and Democratic U.S. senators said Russia refused to grant them visas for a visit to Moscow next week, amid...

Norway Urges Its Companies in Brazil to Safeguard Amazon

Norway Urges Its Companies in Brazil to Safeguard Amazon

Norway, until recently the main donor to a fund to curb Amazonian deforestation, on Tuesday called on Norwegian companies active...