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Italy Cable Car Accident Kills 14

Italy Cable Car Accident Kills 14

At least 14 people, including two children, were killed Sunday in northern Italy when a cable car popular among tourists fell 20 meters...

Italian Eurovision Singer to Take ‘Voluntary Drug Test,’ Organizers Say

Italian Eurovision Singer to Take ‘Voluntary Drug Test,’ Organizers Say

The singer for Italy’s Eurovision Song Contest winning rockers Maneskin will take a voluntary drug test after denying speculation that...

Belarus Journalist Arrested after Flight Diverted to Minsk 

Belarus Journalist Arrested after Flight Diverted to Minsk 

A Belarusian journalist wanted by the government of Alexander Lukashenko was arrested after the plane he was traveling on made...

UK Plans Fully Digital Border to Provide Accurate Immigration Numbers

UK Plans Fully Digital Border to Provide Accurate Immigration Numbers

Britain will fully digitize its border, allowing accurate counting of people entering and leaving the country, the government said.  The...

Shamed BBC Journalist Apologizes Over Diana Interview 

Shamed BBC Journalist Apologizes Over Diana Interview 

Martin Bashir, the BBC journalist who tricked princess Diana into giving an explosive interview, on Sunday apologized to Princes William...

Rock Band Maneskin Wins Eurovision Song Contest for Italy

Rock Band Maneskin Wins Eurovision Song Contest for Italy

Move over sequins, disco beats and power ballads. A four-piece band of Italian rockers won the Eurovision Song Contest in...

Ex-BBC Head Quits Gallery Job Amid Diana Interview Fallout

Ex-BBC Head Quits Gallery Job Amid Diana Interview Fallout

Tony Hall, who was director of BBC news and current affairs at the time of the public broadcaster’s explosive 1995...

US Blacklists 13 Russian Ships in Nord Stream 2

US Blacklists 13 Russian Ships in Nord Stream 2

The United States formally blacklisted more than a dozen Russian ships involved in the construction of the Nord Stream 2...

UNESCO Exhibit in Venice Focuses on Rebuilding Mosul Sites

UNESCO Exhibit in Venice Focuses on Rebuilding Mosul Sites

The United Nations’ cultural agency has opened an exhibit detailing plans to restore multicultural landmarks in the Iraqi city of...

Ransomware Moves from ‘Economic Nuisance’ to National Security Threat

Ransomware Moves from ‘Economic Nuisance’ to National Security Threat

The recent cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline, the operator of the largest petroleum pipeline in the U.S., shows how internet criminals...

US Sanction of Former Albanian PM Sends Message but Raises Questions

US Sanction of Former Albanian PM Sends Message but Raises Questions

The sanctioning of Albania’s former leader for “significant corruption” is being cast as part of a drive by the new...

Migrant Surge on Spain-Morocco Border Brings More Suffering 

Migrant Surge on Spain-Morocco Border Brings More Suffering 

Desperate teenagers and jobless men from Morocco’s coastal towns, its mountainous east or even farther away converged on the border...

App Store Would Be ‘Toxic’ Mess Without Control, Apple CEO Says

App Store Would Be ‘Toxic’ Mess Without Control, Apple CEO Says

Apple’s online marketplace would become a “toxic” mess if the iPhone maker were forced to allow third-party apps without reviewing...

South Korea Seeks Tax Cuts, Incentives for US Investment

South Korea Seeks Tax Cuts, Incentives for US Investment

South Korea requested from the United States incentives such as tax deductions and infrastructure construction to ease the U.S. investment...

German Health Minister Says 3rd COVID Wave Broken

German Health Minister Says 3rd COVID Wave Broken

German health officials said Friday the nation has broken the third wave of COVID-19 infections, but cautioned the pandemic is...

Kentucky Bourbon Producer Welcomes Pause in EU Tariff Hike

Kentucky Bourbon Producer Welcomes Pause in EU Tariff Hike

James E. Pepper bourbon is as old as America itself.”Originally founded during the American Revolution,” says its current owner, Amir...

Kentucky Bourbon Industry Welcomes Pause in EU Tariff Hike

Kentucky Bourbon Industry Welcomes Pause in EU Tariff Hike

James E. Pepper bourbon is as old as America itself.”Originally founded during the American Revolution,” says its current owner, Amir...

Kentucky Bourbon Industry Welcomes Pause in EU Tariff Hike

Kentucky Bourbon Industry Welcomes Pause in EU Tariff Hike

International exports of bourbon, an American whiskey mostly made in the southern state of Kentucky, have dropped dramatically as a...

US, Russia Spar Over Military Buildup at Arctic Summit

US, Russia Spar Over Military Buildup at Arctic Summit

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced alarm at Russia’s military build up in the Arctic region, at a summit...

US, Russia Spar Over Military Build-Up at Arctic Summit

US, Russia Spar Over Military Build-Up at Arctic Summit

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced alarm at Russia’s military build up in the Arctic region, at a summit...

Language Barriers, Fear Keep Spain’s Migrants from Getting COVID Vaccine

Language Barriers, Fear Keep Spain’s Migrants from Getting COVID Vaccine

Spain, one of the early epicenters the COVID pandemic, has been rushing to get its population vaccinated.  Thirty-three percent now...

EU Signs Contract with Pfizer for 1.8 Billion Additional Vaccine Doses 

EU Signs Contract with Pfizer for 1.8 Billion Additional Vaccine Doses 

The European Union Thursday announced it has signed a third contract with Pfizer-BioNTech for an additional 1.8 billion doses of...