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US Cyberfirm Says Vatican Target of Chinese Hackers, NY Times Reports

US Cyberfirm Says Vatican Target of Chinese Hackers, NY Times Reports

The New York Times Wednesday said the Vatican’s computer networks have been breached by Chinese hackers since May, in an apparent...

Tenor Bocelli, Who Had COVID, Says Lockdown Humiliated Him

Tenor Bocelli, Who Had COVID, Says Lockdown Humiliated Him

Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, who had COVID-19, said the pandemic lockdown made him feel “humiliated and offended” by depriving him...

Twitter Deletes Tweet by Donald Trump Jr, Limits His Account

Twitter Deletes Tweet by Donald Trump Jr, Limits His Account

Twitter has limited Donald Trump Jr.’s account and deleted one of his tweets for violating Twitter’s COVID-19 misinformation policies.  The...

Erdogan Seeks to Tame Social Media, Again 

Erdogan Seeks to Tame Social Media, Again 

Turkey is poised to introduce drastic measures to control social media platforms.  The proposed legislation is drawing growing international criticism...

Stakes High as Depp’s Libel Case Against UK Tabloid Closes

Stakes High as Depp’s Libel Case Against UK Tabloid Closes

Johnny Depp’s libel case against a British tabloid that accused him of abusing ex-wife Amber Heard was wrapping up Tuesday...

Small Business Uses Technology to Stay Afloat During Pandemic

Small Business Uses Technology to Stay Afloat During Pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has forced small businesses around the world to come up with new ways to cope with the...

UK’s Johnson Urges Britons to Shed Weight

UK’s Johnson Urges Britons to Shed Weight

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is urging citizens to exercise and shed weight, saying he has done so since his...

Google Employees to Work from Home Until 2021

Google Employees to Work from Home Until 2021

Google employees will work from home until summer 2021 due to COVID-19 concerns, the company announced Monday.The decision affects almost...

COVID-19 Diary: Why Aren’t the English Wearing Masks?

COVID-19 Diary: Why Aren’t the English Wearing Masks?

The advert on an elevator door at Washington’s Dulles airport read: “Say Hi And Smile At Your Fellow Travelers. It’s...

Austrian Resort Town Reports Sudden COVID-19 Surge

Austrian Resort Town Reports Sudden COVID-19 Surge

Austria’s tourism industry received a blow after 53 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed since last week in the...

Technology Works Behind the Scenes to Keep US Mail-in Voting Secure

Technology Works Behind the Scenes to Keep US Mail-in Voting Secure

It’s going to be a record year for voting by mail in the U.S. election and that has raised security...

Twitter, Facebook Become Targets in Trump and Biden Ads

Twitter, Facebook Become Targets in Trump and Biden Ads

Social media has become the target of a dueling attack ad campaign being waged online by the sitting president and...

American Charged with Aggravated Murder of Wife in France 

American Charged with Aggravated Murder of Wife in France 

A Brooklyn man who told French police investigators that he killed his wife by stabbing her twice during an argument...

Mountain Rescuers Heft Ailing St Bernard Off English Peak

Mountain Rescuers Heft Ailing St Bernard Off English Peak

St. Bernards are known for helping to rescue distressed travelers in the mountains, but the tables were turned Sunday in...

Serbia Seeks to Purchase More Warplanes to Strengthen its Armed Forces, Potentially from Russia

Serbia Seeks to Purchase More Warplanes to Strengthen its Armed Forces, Potentially from Russia

Serbia is seeking to further strengthen its armed forces by purchasing more warplanes, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Sunday. Vucic made the statement while visiting an army...

NY Governor Says 2 Conservative Newspapers Fueling COVID Surge

NY Governor Says 2 Conservative Newspapers Fueling COVID Surge

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is blaming the surge in coronavirus cases in Arizona, Florida and Texas on two conservative-leaning newspapers – The Wall Street...

Australian Regulator Sues Google Over Expanded Personal Data Use

Australian Regulator Sues Google Over Expanded Personal Data Use

Australia’s competition regulator has launched court proceedings against Alphabet’s Google for allegedly misleading consumers about the expanded use of personal...

Greek Businesses Move to Boycott Trade with Turkey over Hagia Sophia

Greek Businesses Move to Boycott Trade with Turkey over Hagia Sophia

Turkey’s decision to convert the ancient Hagia Sophia monument back into a mosque has sparked a war of words between...

Prince Harry Took Offence at Brother’s Advice, Says Book

Prince Harry Took Offence at Brother’s Advice, Says Book

Britain’s Prince Harry took offence at what he thought was Prince William’s “snobbishness” when he advised his brother to “take...

Putin says Russian Navy to Get Hypersonic Nuclear Strike Weapons 

Putin says Russian Navy to Get Hypersonic Nuclear Strike Weapons 

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday the Russian Navy would be armed with hypersonic nuclear strike weapons and underwater...

France Re-arrests Rwandan Who Confessed to Setting Nantes Cathedral Fire

France Re-arrests Rwandan Who Confessed to Setting Nantes Cathedral Fire

French authorities have charged a Rwandan church volunteer who confessed to setting the 15-century Nantes cathedral on fire.The local prosecutor’s...

Britain Slaps 2-Week Quarantine on Travelers from Spain 

Britain Slaps 2-Week Quarantine on Travelers from Spain 

With no warning, Britain decided late Saturday to remove Spain from its safe-travel list and impose a two-week quarantine on...