Posts by Newsmaker

US Secretary of Defense Makes Surprise Visit to Kyiv

US Secretary of Defense Makes Surprise Visit to Kyiv

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin slipped unannounced into Kyiv on Monday in a brazen display of Western solidarity to reassure...

Verdicts Expected in Italy’s Mafi Syndicate Trial

Verdicts Expected in Italy’s Mafi Syndicate Trial

Verdicts are expected Monday in the trial of hundreds of people accused of membership in Italy’s ’ndrangheta organized crime syndicate,...

Russia Steps Up Drone Assaults on Kyiv

Russia Steps Up Drone Assaults on Kyiv

Russia launched several waves of drone attacks on Kyiv early Sunday for the second night in row, stepping up its...

Orphaned Teen Who Was Taken to Russia Early in Ukraine War Back Home With Relatives

Orphaned Teen Who Was Taken to Russia Early in Ukraine War Back Home With Relatives

An orphaned Ukrainian teenager who was taken to Russia last year during the war in his country returned home after...

Around 3,000 Trucks Stuck at Ukrainian Border Due to Polish Drivers’ Blockade

Around 3,000 Trucks Stuck at Ukrainian Border Due to Polish Drivers’ Blockade

About 3,000 mostly Ukrainian trucks were stuck on the Polish side of the border as of Sunday morning due to...

Zelenskyy Calls for Rapid Operations Changes for Soldiers, Sacks Commander

Zelenskyy Calls for Rapid Operations Changes for Soldiers, Sacks Commander

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday demanded rapid changes in the operations of Ukraine’s military and announced the dismissal of...

German Lawmaker Welcomes Release on Bail of Iranian Rapper 

German Lawmaker Welcomes Release on Bail of Iranian Rapper 

A German lawmaker who serves as the political sponsor of Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi has welcomed the release on bail...

Extreme Weather Kills 2 in Bulgaria, Leaves Many Without Power 

Extreme Weather Kills 2 in Bulgaria, Leaves Many Without Power 

Gale-force winds and heavy rain and snow hit large parts of Bulgaria Sunday, claiming the lives of two people, causing...

Napoleon’s Hat Sells for Record Sum at French Auction 

Napoleon’s Hat Sells for Record Sum at French Auction 

A hat belonging to Napoleon Bonaparte when he was French emperor sold for a record of nearly two million euros...

Space Tracking Helps Australia Monitor, Manage Feral Buffalo Herds

Space Tracking Helps Australia Monitor, Manage Feral Buffalo Herds

Indigenous rangers in northern Australia have started managing herds of feral animals from space. In the largest project of its...

Trans Women Welcome Pope’s Message of Inclusivity

Trans Women Welcome Pope’s Message of Inclusivity

Pope Francis’ recent gesture of welcome for transgender Catholics has resonated strongly in a working class, seaside town south of...

French Holocaust Survivors Recoil at New Antisemitism; Activists Plead for Peace

French Holocaust Survivors Recoil at New Antisemitism; Activists Plead for Peace

Survivors of Nazi atrocities joined young Jewish activists outside the Paris Holocaust memorial Saturday to sound the alarm about resurgent...

Ukraine Announces Sanctions on 37 Russian Groups, 108 People

Ukraine Announces Sanctions on 37 Russian Groups, 108 People

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has sanctioned 37 Russian groups and 108 people including a former prime minister and a former education...

Migrants Wait at Finland-Russia Border After Helsinki Blocks Crossings

Migrants Wait at Finland-Russia Border After Helsinki Blocks Crossings

Dozens of migrants stood behind barriers Saturday at two crossings on Finland’s border with Russia, the Finnish Border Guard said,...

Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Rally Across Europe

Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Rally Across Europe

Thousands of protesters rallied across France and Britain calling Saturday for a cease-fire in Gaza, while hundreds of others turned...

Artists Push for US Copyright Reforms on AI, But Tech Industry Says Not So Fast

Artists Push for US Copyright Reforms on AI, But Tech Industry Says Not So Fast

Country singers, romance novelists, video game artists and voice actors are appealing to the U.S. government for relief — as...

No Anomalies in Germany’s Aid to Palestinians: Foreign Ministry

No Anomalies in Germany’s Aid to Palestinians: Foreign Ministry

Germany’s Foreign Ministry scrutinized humanitarian aid payments to the Palestinian territories and did not detect any misuse, the ministry said...

Pashinyan: Armenia, Azerbaijan Speak ‘Different Diplomatic Languages’

Pashinyan: Armenia, Azerbaijan Speak ‘Different Diplomatic Languages’

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Saturday that his country and Azerbaijan are speaking “different diplomatic languages” even though they...

Biggest Protest in Spain Against Catalan Amnesty Law Draws 170,000

Biggest Protest in Spain Against Catalan Amnesty Law Draws 170,000

About 170,000 people marched through Madrid Saturday in the largest protest yet against an amnesty law that Spain’s Socialists agreed...

Censored Artwork Finds Second Opportunity at New Barcelona Museum

Censored Artwork Finds Second Opportunity at New Barcelona Museum

A drawing of a nude Donald Trump. A punching bag sculpture shaped like a woman’s torso. A display of women’s...

Advertisers Flee Elon Musk’s X Amid Concerns of Antisemitism Backlash

Advertisers Flee Elon Musk’s X Amid Concerns of Antisemitism Backlash

Advertisers are fleeing social media platform X over concerns about their ads showing up next to pro-Nazi content and hate...

Second SpaceX Starship Launch Presumed Failed Minutes After Reaching Space

Second SpaceX Starship Launch Presumed Failed Minutes After Reaching Space

SpaceX’s uncrewed spacecraft Starship, developed to carry astronauts to the moon and beyond, was presumed to have failed in space...