Digest

World and business news. The world is the totality of entities, the whole of reality, or everything that exists. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the world as unique while others talk of a “plurality of worlds”

Footballer Details ‘Scary’ Toll on Ukrainian Children’s Mental Health

Footballer Details ‘Scary’ Toll on Ukrainian Children’s Mental Health

PARIS – Arsenal defender Oleksandr Zinchenko says he only had to look into the eyes of Ukrainian children who lived...

Latest in Ukraine: Ukrainian Drones Attack Moscow, Russian Authorities Say 

Latest in Ukraine: Ukrainian Drones Attack Moscow, Russian Authorities Say 

Latest developments: Three Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow early Sunday, injuring one person and forcing a temporary closure of one of...

More Wagner Fighters Move Closer to Polish Border, Poland Says

More Wagner Fighters Move Closer to Polish Border, Poland Says

WARSAW – About 100 soldiers from the Russian Wagner group have moved closer to the Belarusian city of Grodno near...

Ilestedt Scores Twice, Sweden Beats Italy

Ilestedt Scores Twice, Sweden Beats Italy

After leaving it to the last minute against South Africa, Sweden left nothing to chance Saturday in a 5-0 win...

Turkey Urges Denmark to Take Urgent Action to Prevent Quran Burnings: Source

Turkey Urges Denmark to Take Urgent Action to Prevent Quran Burnings: Source

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Saturday urged Denmark to take urgent action to prevent burnings of...

Niger Loses Aid as Western Countries Condemn Coup

Niger Loses Aid as Western Countries Condemn Coup

NIAMEY, Niger — The European Union has cut off financial support to Niger, and the United States has threatened to...

French President Macron Visits His Counterpart in Sri Lanka

French President Macron Visits His Counterpart in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA — French President Emmanuel Macron held discussions with his Sri Lankan counterpart Saturday on an open and...

African Leaders Tell Putin: ‘We Have a Right to Call for Peace’

African Leaders Tell Putin: ‘We Have a Right to Call for Peace’

African leaders pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday to move ahead with their plan to end the Ukraine conflict...

US Report: Chinese Support Is ‘Critical’ to Russia’s War Effort

US Report: Chinese Support Is ‘Critical’ to Russia’s War Effort

A declassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released Thursday says that support from China is...

FBI Warns About China Theft of US AI Technology

FBI Warns About China Theft of US AI Technology

China is pilfering U.S.-developed artificial intelligence (AI) technology to enhance its own aspirations and to conduct foreign influence operations, senior...

UN Weekly Roundup: July 22-28, 2023

UN Weekly Roundup: July 22-28, 2023

Editor’s note: Here is a fast take on what the international community has been up to this past week, as...

Ukrainian, Polish Farmers Call for Solutions Amid Global Food Security Threat

Ukrainian, Polish Farmers Call for Solutions Amid Global Food Security Threat

The European Union allowed the free trade of Ukrainian crops after Russia invaded. The glut that resulted prompted some EU...

Pope Francis Sounds Alarm on Climate Threat as Crews Battle Europe Fires

Pope Francis Sounds Alarm on Climate Threat as Crews Battle Europe Fires

Pope Francis urged governments to do more to fight climate change and protect “our common home” as improving weather conditions...

Prospect of AI Producing News Articles Concerns Digital Experts 

Prospect of AI Producing News Articles Concerns Digital Experts 

Google’s work developing an artificial intelligence tool that would produce news articles is concerning some digital experts, who say such...

Leading Tech Companies Pledge to Develop AI Safeguards Set by White House

Leading Tech Companies Pledge to Develop AI Safeguards Set by White House

Seven leading tech companies recently agreed to abide by a request from President Joe Biden to develop their artificial intelligence...

Vietnam Orders Social Media Firms to Cut ‘Toxic’ Content Using AI

Vietnam Orders Social Media Firms to Cut ‘Toxic’ Content Using AI

HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM – Vietnam’s demand that international social media firms use artificial intelligence to identify and remove...

From Pakistan to Paris, Journalist Brings Together Exiles at Risk

From Pakistan to Paris, Journalist Brings Together Exiles at Risk

A Pakistani journalist forced to flee for his own safety now runs a club for fellow exiles in France. They...

Latest in Ukraine: Russia-Africa Conference Opens in St. Petersburg

Latest in Ukraine: Russia-Africa Conference Opens in St. Petersburg

Latest developments: Ukrainian soldiers recaptured the southeastern village of Staromaiorske in Donetsk region. the recapture is part of Ukraine's ongoing...

Latest in Ukraine: Ukraine Recaptures Southeastern Village Staromaiorske

Latest in Ukraine: Ukraine Recaptures Southeastern Village Staromaiorske

Latest developments: Ukrainian soldiers recaptured the southeastern village of Staromaiorske in Donetsk region. the recapture is part of Ukraine's ongoing...

US, Italy Reaffirm Partnership as Rome Looks Away From Beijing  

US, Italy Reaffirm Partnership as Rome Looks Away From Beijing  

President Joe Biden met with Italy’s new leader Thursday at the White House, where the two reaffirmed their support for...

New Permit Applications to Burn Religious Books Worry Swedish PM

New Permit Applications to Burn Religious Books Worry Swedish PM

Sweden’s prime minister said Thursday that police have received several permit applications for the burning of religious texts in the...

Interview: Kirby Discusses US Dismissal of Russia’s Offer of Free Grain to Africa

Interview: Kirby Discusses US Dismissal of Russia’s Offer of Free Grain to Africa

The Biden administration is dismissing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s offer to supply free grain to several African nations whose leaders...