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Benin Startup Builds Low-Cost Computers

Benin Startup Builds Low-Cost Computers

BloLab is converting plastic jerricans into computers using recycled components.. Anne Nzouankeu visited the startup in Cotonou, Benin in this...

Spain’s Plan to Curb Soaring Energy Prices a Sign of Growing State Intervention

Spain’s Plan to Curb Soaring Energy Prices a Sign of Growing State Intervention

Spain has led a rebellion over soaring energy prices across Europe which analysts fear could endanger the continent’s economic recovery...

Putin’s United Russia Claims Victory amid Allegations of Vote-Rigging

Putin’s United Russia Claims Victory amid Allegations of Vote-Rigging

Russia’s Sunday election results came as no surprise to opponents of President Vladimir Putin — it was a foregone conclusion,...

Kremlin-Backed Party Claims Victory Amid Tampering Allegations 

Kremlin-Backed Party Claims Victory Amid Tampering Allegations 

The Kremlin-backed ruling United Russia party has claimed it won a two-thirds supermajority in Russia’s lower house of parliament, after...

At Least Eight Dead in Russian Campus Shooting

At Least Eight Dead in Russian Campus Shooting

A student opened fire on a university campus in central Russia on Monday killing at least eight people, investigators said,...

Thousands March in Ukraine’s Pride Parade

Thousands March in Ukraine’s Pride Parade

Thousands marched in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Sunday for LGTBQ rights, an annual march that was canceled last...

France Cancels Defense Meeting with United Kingdom

France Cancels Defense Meeting with United Kingdom

France has canceled a meeting between Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly and her British counterpart planned for this week after...

4 Found Dead, 7 More Hospitalized on Belarus-Poland Border

4 Found Dead, 7 More Hospitalized on Belarus-Poland Border

Four people were found dead Sunday on the Belarus-Polish border according to officials from both countries, a week after Warsaw...

Lava Shoots up From Volcano on La Palma in Spanish Canary Islands 

Lava Shoots up From Volcano on La Palma in Spanish Canary Islands 

A volcano erupted on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma on Sunday, sending fountains of lava and a plume...

Kremlin-Backed Party Takes Early Lead in Duma Vote Amid Tampering Allegations

Kremlin-Backed Party Takes Early Lead in Duma Vote Amid Tampering Allegations

The Kremlin-backed ruling United Party is on track to victory in Russia’s lower house of parliament, early results showed, after...

UK’s Johnson to Urge Climate Action During 4-day Trip to US

UK’s Johnson to Urge Climate Action During 4-day Trip to US

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was travelling to the United States on Sunday with senior Cabinet officials to urge world...

France: Biden, Macron to Confer on End of Australian Submarine Pact

France: Biden, Macron to Confer on End of Australian Submarine Pact

France says U.S. President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron are planning to talk in the next few days...

Australia Says New Defense Accord with US and Britain Will Boost Regional Security

Australia Says New Defense Accord with US and Britain Will Boost Regional Security

Australia is defending its decision to join a tripartite alliance with the United States and Britain despite an angry reaction...

Greece Opens New Migrant Camp on Aegean Island Amid Controversy

Greece Opens New Migrant Camp on Aegean Island Amid Controversy

Greece has opened a new migrant holding camp to ease longstanding overcrowded conditions that authorities themselves have called a disgrace....

Australia had ‘Deep and Grave Concerns’ Over French Subs, PM Says

Australia had ‘Deep and Grave Concerns’ Over French Subs, PM Says

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Sunday the French government would have known Canberra had “deep and grave concerns” about...

Media: ‘Quad’ Countries to Agree on Secure Microchip Supply Chains

Media: ‘Quad’ Countries to Agree on Secure Microchip Supply Chains

Leaders of the United States, Japan, India and Australia will agree to take steps to build secure semiconductor supply chains...

Australia Made ‘Huge Mistake’ Canceling Submarine Deal, Says French Envoy

Australia Made ‘Huge Mistake’ Canceling Submarine Deal, Says French Envoy

Australia has made a “huge” diplomatic error by ditching a multi-billion-dollar order for French submarines in favor of an alternative...

Telegram Messenger Blocks Russia Opposition App During Vote

Telegram Messenger Blocks Russia Opposition App During Vote

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s “Smart Voting” app has disappeared from the Telegram messenger following similar moves by Apple and...

Dusting Off Its Forever Wars, Australia Names US Its ‘Forever Partner’ In Indo-Pacific

Dusting Off Its Forever Wars, Australia Names US Its ‘Forever Partner’ In Indo-Pacific

This week’s nuclear submarine deal between the United States and Australia threatens to become divisive in Australia, where some critics...

British Food Industry Demands Government Action Over CO2 Shortage

British Food Industry Demands Government Action Over CO2 Shortage

Britain’s food industry called on the government to subsidize carbon dioxide (CO2) production during a spike in gas prices or...

Hungary Opposition Goes to Primary Polls in Hope to Oust Orban

Hungary Opposition Goes to Primary Polls in Hope to Oust Orban

Hungary’s newly united opposition politicians started going to the polls Saturday in the country’s first-ever primary elections that they hope...

‘Devious Licks’ Videos of Damage, Thefts Bedevil US Schools 

‘Devious Licks’ Videos of Damage, Thefts Bedevil US Schools 

Kids across the U.S. are posting TikTok videos of themselves vandalizing school bathrooms and stealing soap dispensers and even turf...