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Ukraine’s prosecutor general resigns following draft-dodging scandal

Ukraine’s prosecutor general resigns following draft-dodging scandal

10/23/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest

Ukraine’s prosecutor general announced his resignation Tuesday amid charges that his office provided exemptions to the military draft for government...

VOA interview: US Army General Costanza discusses Russia’s threat to West

VOA interview: US Army General Costanza discusses Russia’s threat to West

10/22/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest

The war in Ukraine is reshaping the strategic landscape of Europe. While Western and Eastern European nations within the NATO...

US warns ramped-up election influence efforts aim to stoke violence

US warns ramped-up election influence efforts aim to stoke violence

10/22/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest

WASHINGTON — Efforts by U.S. adversaries to divide Americans and sow growing distrust in the upcoming presidential election have already begun...

Biden welcomes Slovenian leader Golob to White House

Biden welcomes Slovenian leader Golob to White House

10/22/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest

President Joe Biden on Tuesday welcomed Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob to the White House, where Biden spoke of the...

Kremlin moves to silence Russia war critics in Central Asia

Kremlin moves to silence Russia war critics in Central Asia

10/22/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest

For Lev Skoryakin, a fugitive Russian political activist on the Kremlin’s wanted list for staging anti-government protests, luck ran out...

Xi, Putin embrace growing cooperation between Russia and China at BRICS summit

Xi, Putin embrace growing cooperation between Russia and China at BRICS summit

10/22/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest

Russian President Vladimir Putin called Chinese President Xi Jinping his “dear friend,” amid growing cooperation between Moscow and Beijing, as...

Bilingual school in Hungary helps Ukrainian children preserve identity

Bilingual school in Hungary helps Ukrainian children preserve identity

10/22/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest

The United Nations says the war in Ukraine has displaced more than 6 million people and forced many of them...

New mpox variant detected in Germany

New mpox variant detected in Germany

10/22/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest

Berlin — An infection with the new mpox variant clade 1b has been detected in Germany for the first time, the...

King Charles III ends first Australian visit by reigning British monarch in 13 years

King Charles III ends first Australian visit by reigning British monarch in 13 years

10/22/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest

MELBOURNE, Australia — King Charles III ends the first visit to Australia by a reigning British monarch in 13 years Tuesday...

One dead, 15 hurt in Welsh train collision

One dead, 15 hurt in Welsh train collision

10/22/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest

LONDON — Two passenger trains collided in Wales, killing a man and injuring 15 people, transport police said Tuesday. The low-speed...

Russia says Ukrainian drone attack hit biochemical plant

 Russia says Ukrainian drone attack hit biochemical plant

10/22/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest

Russian officials said Tuesday a Ukrainian drone attack caused an explosion and fire at a biochemical plant in the Tambov...

Indigenous Australian embraces King Charles at civil rights birthplace

Indigenous Australian embraces King Charles at civil rights birthplace

10/22/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest

SYDNEY — Britain’s King Charles was embraced by an Indigenous elder after a welcome smoking ceremony on Tuesday in the birthplace...

Spain sees opportunity in African migrant influx, bucking EU trend

Spain sees opportunity in African migrant influx, bucking EU trend

10/21/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest

Many European Union countries are calling for the bloc to clamp down on migration amid a surge in support for...

World Uyghur Congress faces harassment ahead of general assembly

World Uyghur Congress faces harassment ahead of general assembly

10/21/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest

washington — The General Assembly of the World Uyghur Congress (WUC) is set to begin Thursday, following months of ongoing harassment...

‘Garbage in, garbage out’: AI fails to debunk disinformation, study finds

‘Garbage in, garbage out’: AI fails to debunk disinformation, study finds

10/21/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest, Technology

Washington — When it comes to combating disinformation ahead of the U.S. presidential elections, artificial intelligence and chatbots are failing, a...

Former Albanian President Meta arrested for alleged corruption

Former Albanian President Meta arrested for alleged corruption

10/21/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest

TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s left-wing Freedom Party said Monday its leader and former Albanian President Ilir Meta has been arrested on...

Microsoft to allow autonomous AI agent development starting next month

Microsoft to allow autonomous AI agent development starting next month

10/21/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest, Technology

Microsoft will allow customers to build autonomous artificial intelligence agents starting in November, the software giant said on Monday, in...

French government takes new blows over deal to sell painkiller maker to US fund

French government takes new blows over deal to sell painkiller maker to US fund

10/21/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest

Paris — French drugmaker Sanofi’s confirmation that it will sell a controlling stake in its consumer health unit to a U.S....

Russia on track to ban adoptions from countries allowing gender change

Russia on track to ban adoptions from countries allowing gender change 

10/21/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest

In late September, the Russian parliament backed new legislation that will make it harder for some people to adopt children...

Germany inaugurates Baltic Sea naval HQ amid rising tensions with Moscow

Germany inaugurates Baltic Sea naval HQ amid rising tensions with Moscow

10/21/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest

Berlin — Germany inaugurated on Monday a new multinational naval headquarters for the Baltic Sea capable of leading operations for NATO...

Gulen, the powerful cleric accused of orchestrating a Turkish coup, dies

Gulen, the powerful cleric accused of orchestrating a Turkish coup, dies

10/21/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest

ISTANBUL — The U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who built a powerful Islamic movement in Turkey and beyond but spent his later...

Moldova’s EU referendum goes to wire after Sandu decries vote meddling

Moldova’s EU referendum goes to wire after Sandu decries vote meddling

10/21/2024 Newsmaker

Business, Digest

CHISINAU, Moldova — A knife-edge majority of 50.17% voted “yes” in Moldova’s pivotal referendum on joining the European Union, nearly final...

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