Posts by Newsmaker

In Switzerland, voters reject plan to better protect country’s biodiversity

In Switzerland, voters reject plan to better protect country’s biodiversity

Geneva — Switzerland, known for natural beauty like pristine lakes and majestic Alpine peaks, ranks among the world’s richest countries whose...

PM Rama says Albania to grant sovereignty to Bektashi Muslims in Tirana

PM Rama says Albania to grant sovereignty to Bektashi Muslims in Tirana

Tirana, Albania — Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said Sunday his country would transform the Tirana-based Bektashi Muslims, an Islamic Sufi...

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy visits Pennsylvania ammunition factory to thank workers

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy visits Pennsylvania ammunition factory to thank workers

Scranton, Pennsylvania — Under extraordinarily tight security, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday visited the Pennsylvania ammunition factory that is producing...

US to propose ban on Chinese software, hardware in connected vehicles, sources say

US to propose ban on Chinese software, hardware in connected vehicles, sources say

Washington — The U.S. Commerce Department is expected on Monday to propose prohibiting Chinese software and hardware in connected and autonomous...

Kyiv-born entrepreneur in US helps Ukrainian children get online education

Kyiv-born entrepreneur in US helps Ukrainian children get online education

A business owner in Baltimore, Maryland, who was born in Kyiv has started a charity to help Ukrainian children affected...

Exit poll gives Scholz’s Social Democrats slight lead over far right in German state vote 

Exit poll gives Scholz’s Social Democrats slight lead over far right in German state vote 

POTSDAM, Germany — An exit poll released after voting ended in a state election in Brandenburg on Sunday showed the Social...

Exclusive: US officials say sanctions against pro-Russian former Georgian PM are ready to go 

Exclusive: US officials say sanctions against pro-Russian former Georgian PM are ready to go 

Russian strike on Ukraine’s Kharkiv wounds 21 

Russian strike on Ukraine’s Kharkiv wounds 21 

Kharkiv, Ukraine — A Russian strike on a residential neighborhood in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv wounded 21 people including three...

Instagram makes teen accounts private as pressure mounts to protect children

Instagram makes teen accounts private as pressure mounts to protect children

Germany’s far-right AfD on track for another state election win

Germany’s far-right AfD on track for another state election win

berlin — The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is predicted to come first in an election in Brandenburg on Sunday, seeking...

In US visit, Zelenskyy plans to press case for long-range missiles

In US visit, Zelenskyy plans to press case for long-range missiles

Hong Kong diaspora media in Britain reports ‘government-backed attacks’

Hong Kong diaspora media in Britain reports ‘government-backed attacks’

london — The Chaser, a news website run by Hong Kong journalists in Britain, says Google informed the diaspora media outlet...

Russia, China start naval exercises in Sea of Japan, report agencies

Russia, China start naval exercises in Sea of Japan, report agencies

moscow — Russia and China started naval exercises in the Sea of Japan on Saturday, Russian news agencies cited Russia’s Pacific...

2 months after divisive elections, France announces center-right government

2 months after divisive elections, France announces center-right government

paris — The French presidential palace unveiled a new center-right government Saturday, more than two months after elections that produced a...

Climate protesters say pace of change isn’t fast enough

Climate protesters say pace of change isn’t fast enough

NEW YORK — Six years after a teenage Greta Thunberg walked out of school in a solitary climate protest outside of...

California governor signs law to protect children from social media addiction

California governor signs law to protect children from social media addiction

SACRAMENTO, California — California will make it illegal for social media platforms to knowingly provide addictive feeds to children without parental...

Czechs vote in Senate, regional elections in aftermath of flooding

Czechs vote in Senate, regional elections in aftermath of flooding

PRAGUE — Czechs went to the polls on Friday in a two-day vote for a third of the seats in Parliament’s...

Ukraine says Russian missile strike kills 3

Ukraine says Russian missile strike kills 3

Kyiv, Ukraine — An overnight Russian missile strike on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih killed a 12-year-old boy and...

Russia says it downed 101 Ukrainian drones overnight

Russia says it downed 101 Ukrainian drones overnight

Faces of transgender people adorn an artwork in London’s Trafalgar Square

Faces of transgender people adorn an artwork in London’s Trafalgar Square

LONDON — An artwork featuring the plaster face casts of hundreds of transgender people went on display Wednesday in London’s Trafalgar...

Rotterdam fatal knife attack may have had terrorist motive, prosecutors say

Rotterdam fatal knife attack may have had terrorist motive, prosecutors say

Zelenskyy says Ukraine ‘victory plan’ depends on quick decisions by allies

Zelenskyy says Ukraine ‘victory plan’ depends on quick decisions by allies

KYIV — Ukraine’s “victory plan” in the war against Russia depends on quick decisions being taken by allies this year, President...