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Germany Dissolves Elite Army Unit Over Far-right Activity

Germany Dissolves Elite Army Unit Over Far-right Activity

Germany’s defense ministry officially disbanded a company of its Special Forces Command (KSK) on Saturday, following reports that it had...

Facebook Bows to Brazil Judge, Blocks 12 Accounts Worldwide

Facebook Bows to Brazil Judge, Blocks 12 Accounts Worldwide

Facebook announced Saturday that it had obeyed a Brazilian judge’s order for a worldwide block on the accounts of 12...

Index Resignations ‘Blow to Media Freedom’ in Hungary

Index Resignations ‘Blow to Media Freedom’ in Hungary

Working as a reporter and deputy editor for the Hungarian publication Index was a pinnacle in Szabolcs Panyi’s career as...

Trump Sets Clock Ticking for TikTok

Trump Sets Clock Ticking for TikTok

President Donald Trump went to one of his private golf courses Saturday in Virginia after threatening to halt operations in...

Thousands March in Berlin Against Coronavirus Curbs

Thousands March in Berlin Against Coronavirus Curbs

Thousands marched in Berlin on Saturday to protest against measures imposed in Germany to stem the coronavirus pandemic, saying they...

Protests Continue in Khabarovsk, Russia, Against Arrest and Replacement of Popular Regional Governor 

Protests Continue in Khabarovsk, Russia, Against Arrest and Replacement of Popular Regional Governor 

Protesters took to the streets of the Russian city of Khabarovsk for the fourth straight weekend on Saturday, angered by...

Trump To Ban TikTok

Trump To Ban TikTok

President Donald Trump says he intends to ban the operation of TikTok in the U.S.Trump said Friday he could take...

3 Charged in Massive Twitter Hack, Bitcoin Scam

3 Charged in Massive Twitter Hack, Bitcoin Scam

A British man, a Florida man and a Florida teen hacked the Twitter accounts of prominent politicians, celebrities and technology...

US Pulling Africa Command from Germany

US Pulling Africa Command from Germany

The United States is preparing to pull more troops from Germany, days after President Donald Trump criticized the country for...

Twitter Bans Account of Former KKK Leader David Duke

Twitter Bans Account of Former KKK Leader David Duke

Twitter Inc said on Friday it has permanently suspended the account of David Duke, a former leader of the white...

Champagne Losing its Fizz as Global Pandemic Clobbers Sales

Champagne Losing its Fizz as Global Pandemic Clobbers Sales

Champagne is losing its fizz. For months, lockdown put the cork on weddings, dining out, parties and international travel —...

Eurozone Economy Suffers Record Drop During Lockdown Months

Eurozone Economy Suffers Record Drop During Lockdown Months

The economy of the 19-country eurozone shrank by a devastating 12.1% percent in the April-June period from the quarter before...

Anti-Femicide Protests Sweep Turkey

Anti-Femicide Protests Sweep Turkey

A wave of protests sparked by the slaying of a young woman has been sweeping across Turkey as the government...

Italian Senate Lifts Immunity for Former Interior Minister

Italian Senate Lifts Immunity for Former Interior Minister

The Italian Senate has voted to lift right-wing Senator Matteo Salvini’s immunity from prosecution, related to his decision last August...

German Envoy to UN Criticizes Members ‘Blocking’ World Body’s Reform

German Envoy to UN Criticizes Members ‘Blocking’ World Body’s Reform

Germany’s ambassador to the United Nations criticized the world body’s members on Thursday for their unwillingness to go forward with...

WHO Warns Young People COVID-19 May Hit Hard

WHO Warns Young People COVID-19 May Hit Hard

The resurgence of the coronavirus in many countries is “driven in part by younger people letting down their guard during...

EU Sanctions Russian Intelligence, N.Korean, Chinese Firms over Alleged Cyberattacks

EU Sanctions Russian Intelligence, N.Korean, Chinese Firms over Alleged Cyberattacks

The European Union on Thursday imposed travel and financial sanctions on a department of Russia’s military intelligence service and on...

Amid Pandemic, Big Tech Reports Mixed Earnings

Amid Pandemic, Big Tech Reports Mixed Earnings

Big Tech companies reported mixed quarterly earnings Thursday, a day after their top executives faced a tough congressional grilling over...

Belarus Arrests Suspected Russian Mercenaries, Alleges Election Plot

Belarus Arrests Suspected Russian Mercenaries, Alleges Election Plot

Relations between Russia and its erstwhile ally Belarus veered into uncharted territory after Belarusian security forces on Wednesday detained more...

NASA Rover En Route to Mars to Look for Signs of Life

NASA Rover En Route to Mars to Look for Signs of Life

The U.S. has launched its next-generation Mars rover in search of potential signs of life on the red planet.NASA’s latest...

Moscow Court Sentences Ex-US Marine to 9 Years in Prison

Moscow Court Sentences Ex-US Marine to 9 Years in Prison

A court in Moscow has sentenced former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed to nine years in prison after finding him guilty...

NASA’s New Mars Rover Launches From Florida to Seek Signs of Past Life

NASA’s New Mars Rover Launches From Florida to Seek Signs of Past Life

NASA’s next-generation Mars rover Perseverance blasted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral on Thursday atop an Atlas 5 rocket on a...