Posts by Newsmaker

Nearly 32,000 Migrants Reached Spain’s Canary Islands in 2023 

Nearly 32,000 Migrants Reached Spain’s Canary Islands in 2023 

Nearly 32,000 migrants have reached Spain’s Canary Islands on fragile boats from West Africa this year, passing a previous record...

Ukraine Opens Criminal Probe After Strike on Brigade

Ukraine Opens Criminal Probe After Strike on Brigade

Ukraine said Sunday it had opened a criminal investigation after a Russian missile strike killed multiple soldiers during what media...

Daughter: Life of German Jailed in Iran ‘at Grave Risk’

Daughter: Life of German Jailed in Iran ‘at Grave Risk’

A German citizen abducted in Dubai and sentenced to death by Iran is almost unable to walk and talk because...

EU Commission President to Request Additional $53 Billion in Ukraine Aid

EU Commission President to Request Additional $53 Billion in Ukraine Aid

The European Union Commission has proposed another $53 billion in aid for Ukraine. The announcement came as Ukraine’s military readies...

German Police Say Hostage Situation at Hamburg Airport Is Over

German Police Say Hostage Situation at Hamburg Airport Is Over

The hostage situation at Hamburg Airport ended Sunday afternoon, around 18 hours after a man drove his vehicle through the...

Russia Test-Fired Intercontinental Ballistic Missile from New Nuclear Submarine 

Russia Test-Fired Intercontinental Ballistic Missile from New Nuclear Submarine 

The Russian military reported Sunday a successful test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile designed to carry nuclear warheads from...

Pro-Palestinian Protest at Air Base Housing US Troops in Turkey 

Pro-Palestinian Protest at Air Base Housing US Troops in Turkey 

Turkish police used tear gas and water cannon as hundreds of people at a pro-Palestinian rally Sunday tried to storm...

Moldovans Cast Ballots in Local Elections Amid Claims of Russian Meddling

Moldovans Cast Ballots in Local Elections Amid Claims of Russian Meddling

Moldovans are casting ballots in nationwide local elections on Sunday amid claims by Moldovan authorities that Russia has been conducting...

Pope Urges ‘Stop in The Name of God’, Calls for Gaza Humanitarian Aid 

Pope Urges ‘Stop in The Name of God’, Calls for Gaza Humanitarian Aid 

Pope Francis made an urgent plea for a halt to the conflict in Gaza on Sunday, calling for humanitarian aid...

Passengers Warned to Avoid Hamburg Airport Amid Hostage Situation

Passengers Warned to Avoid Hamburg Airport Amid Hostage Situation

German police advised travelers on Sunday not to use Hamburg airport due to a developing hostage situation. The airport in...

Kyiv Makes Reforms Ahead of EU Membership Talks

Kyiv Makes Reforms Ahead of EU Membership Talks

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday visited Kyiv, where she met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The European...

Thousands of Ancient Coins Found Off Sardinia

Thousands of Ancient Coins Found Off Sardinia

A diver who spotted something metallic not far from Sardinia’s coast has led to the discovery of tens of thousands...

Protesters March in Major Cities to Demand Gaza Cease-Fire

Protesters March in Major Cities to Demand Gaza Cease-Fire

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators staged protests Saturday in London, Berlin, Paris, Ankara, Istanbul and Washington to call for a cease-fire in Gaza...

More Than 500 Migrants Rescued Off Spain’s Canary Islands

More Than 500 Migrants Rescued Off Spain’s Canary Islands

More than 500 migrants were rescued in the Atlantic Ocean off Spain’s Canary Islands, the Spanish coast guard said Saturday,...

World Bank to Host Climate Loss and Damage Fund, Despite Concerns

World Bank to Host Climate Loss and Damage Fund, Despite Concerns

Countries moved a step closer Saturday to getting a fund off the ground to help poor states damaged by climate...

Musk Teases AI Chatbot ‘Grok,’ With Real-time Access To X

Musk Teases AI Chatbot ‘Grok,’ With Real-time Access To X

Elon Musk unveiled details Saturday of his new AI tool called “Grok,” which can access X in real time and...

Ukraine Says Its Forces Hit Shipyard in Russian-Occupied Crimea

Ukraine Says Its Forces Hit Shipyard in Russian-Occupied Crimea

Ukraine said its forces hit a shipyard in the port city of Kerch in Russian-occupied Crimea on Saturday.  “The evening...

Freed Researcher Says Anti-Hijab Protests Changed Iran, Its Prisons

Freed Researcher Says Anti-Hijab Protests Changed Iran, Its Prisons

The protest movement that erupted in Iran last year has transformed the country both outside and inside prison, a French-Iranian...

European Commission President Visits Ukraine

European Commission President Visits Ukraine

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is in Kyiv. Her Saturday visit takes place days before the European Union...

New US WWII Museum Pavilion Addresses Conflict’s World-Shaping Legacy

New US WWII Museum Pavilion Addresses Conflict’s World-Shaping Legacy

A new, permanent addition to the sprawling National WWII Museum in New Orleans is a three-story complex with displays as...

Storm in Western Europe Leaves 14 Dead

Storm in Western Europe Leaves 14 Dead

Officials in Western Europe said Storm Ciaran killed at least 14 people over three days as it swept from the...

NASA Spacecraft Discovers Tiny Moon Around Asteroid

NASA Spacecraft Discovers Tiny Moon Around Asteroid

The little asteroid visited by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft this week had a big surprise for scientists. It turns out that...