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German Court Rules Police Use of Crime-Fighting Software is Unlawful 

German Court Rules Police Use of Crime-Fighting Software is Unlawful 

Police use of automated data analysis to prevent crime in some German states was unconstitutional, a top German court said...

Stoltenberg Says ‘Time is Now’ For Turkey to Approve Finland, Sweden Joining NATO

Stoltenberg Says ‘Time is Now’ For Turkey to Approve Finland, Sweden Joining NATO

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday “the time is now to ratify both Finland and Sweden” as new members of...

NATO Chief Pledges Support for Earthquake-Hit Turkey

NATO Chief Pledges Support for Earthquake-Hit Turkey

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was in the Turkish capital, Ankara, Thursday in a show of solidarity following last week’s...

US Worried by Myanmar Junta, Russia Expanding Nuclear Cooperation

US Worried by Myanmar Junta, Russia Expanding Nuclear Cooperation

The United States is concerned about the expansion of Russia’s nuclear cooperation with the military-led government in Myanmar — also...

Ukrainian Troops in Poland for Training on Leopard 2 Tanks

Ukrainian Troops in Poland for Training on Leopard 2 Tanks

More than 100 members of the Ukrainian military are in Poland for intense training on the German-made Leopard 2 battle...

Ukrainians Near Bakhmut Endure Near-Constant Shelling

Ukrainians Near Bakhmut Endure Near-Constant Shelling

Ukrainians in Chasiv Yar — a town near Bakhmut in the east of the country — are enduring near-constant shelling as...

Blinken Heads to Germany, Turkey, Greece Amid Ukraine War, Quake Relief

Blinken Heads to Germany, Turkey, Greece Amid Ukraine War, Quake Relief

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is traveling to Germany, Turkey and Greece February 16-22 ahead of the February 24...

War Splits Families in Ukrainian Town Near Russia

War Splits Families in Ukrainian Town Near Russia

Oleg Moloskniy has become bitter since the war began. Before the Russian invasion nearly a year ago, Moloskniy, like most...

China’s Top Diplomat Starts Weeklong Europe Tour in Paris 

China’s Top Diplomat Starts Weeklong Europe Tour in Paris 

China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, met with French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday at the start of his trip to...

Report Says US Justice Department Escalates Apple Probe

Report Says US Justice Department Escalates Apple Probe

The United States Justice Department has in recent months escalated its antitrust probe on Apple Inc., The Wall Street Journal...

Russian Journalist Gets Six Years for Accusing Russia of Ukraine Theater Bombing

Russian Journalist Gets Six Years for Accusing Russia of Ukraine Theater Bombing

A Russian journalist was sentenced to six years in a penal colony on Wednesday for accusing the Russian air force...

All Flights Diverted From Frankfurt Amid Lufthansa IT Glitch

All Flights Diverted From Frankfurt Amid Lufthansa IT Glitch

Germany’s air traffic control agency said Wednesday that it is diverting all flights away from the country’s busiest airport, Frankfurt,...

EU Proposes New Russia Sanctions as NATO Holds Defense Talks 

EU Proposes New Russia Sanctions as NATO Holds Defense Talks 

The European Union proposed a new round of Russian sanctions on Wednesday, while NATO defense ministers gathered in Brussels discussed...

Italy’s Berlusconi Acquitted in Starlet Bribery Trial 

Italy’s Berlusconi Acquitted in Starlet Bribery Trial 

An Italian court on Wednesday acquitted billionaire former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi of bribing witnesses to lie about his notorious...

Elon Musk Hopes to Have Twitter CEO Toward the End of Year 

Elon Musk Hopes to Have Twitter CEO Toward the End of Year 

Billionaire Elon Musk said Wednesday that he anticipates finding a CEO for Twitter “probably toward the end of this year.”...

Scottish Leader Nicola Sturgeon to Resign after 8 Years

Scottish Leader Nicola Sturgeon to Resign after 8 Years

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Wednesday announced her intention to resign, saying that part of serving in politics is...

Death Toll in Turkey and Syria from February 6 Earthquake Rises Above 40,000

Death Toll in Turkey and Syria from February 6 Earthquake Rises Above 40,000

The combined death toll in Turkey and Syria from last week’s powerful earthquake has now risen above 40,000.   Turkish President...

Court Overturns Ban Against Former Haitian Soccer President

Court Overturns Ban Against Former Haitian Soccer President

A lifetime ban against former Haitian soccer federation president Yves Jean-Bart over allegations he sexually abused female players was overturned...

11 States Consider ‘Right to Repair’ for Farming Equipment

11 States Consider ‘Right to Repair’ for Farming Equipment

On Colorado’s northeastern plains, where the pencil-straight horizon divides golden fields and blue sky, a farmer named Danny Wood scrambles...

A Cold War on Two Fronts? No Thanks, Says Biden

A Cold War on Two Fronts? No Thanks, Says Biden

Despite intense pressure from his Republican opposition, President Joe Biden appears intent on maintaining a measured response to the Chinese...

US-Backed Report Says Russia Has Held at Least 6,000 Ukrainian Children for ‘Re-Education’

US-Backed Report Says Russia Has Held at Least 6,000 Ukrainian Children for ‘Re-Education’

Russia has held at least 6,000 Ukrainian children — likely many more — in sites in Russian-held Crimea and Russia...

Indian Tax Authorities Search BBC Offices in Delhi, Mumbai

Indian Tax Authorities Search BBC Offices in Delhi, Mumbai

Tax officials in India searched the British Broadcasting Corporation’s offices Tuesday in New Delhi and Mumbai, weeks after the Indian...