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CrowdStrike: More machines fixed as customers, regulators await details on what caused meltdown 

CrowdStrike: More machines fixed as customers, regulators await details on what caused meltdown 

AUSTIN, Tex. — Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike says a “significant number” of the millions of computers that crashed on Friday, causing global...

VOA investigates accused Russian hacker at center of Ukraine cyber plot

VOA investigates accused Russian hacker at center of Ukraine cyber plot

Belarus frees head of banned party as Lukashenko slowly releases some political prisoners

Belarus frees head of banned party as Lukashenko slowly releases some political prisoners

TALLINN, Estonia — The head of a banned Belarusian opposition party who had been behind bars for two years was released...

Russia convicts 2nd American journalist in secret trial

Russia convicts 2nd American journalist in secret trial

Trial of Alsu Kurmasheva a ‘mockery of justice’ says RFE/RL president as Russia sentences journalist to more than 6 years...

Ukraine’s top diplomat to visit China this week to talk peace, Kyiv says

Ukraine’s top diplomat to visit China this week to talk peace, Kyiv says

KYIV/BEIJING — Ukraine’s top diplomat will visit China on Tuesday at the invitation of Beijing for talks that Kyiv said would...

 Russian officials say Ukrainian drone attack damages oil refinery

 Russian officials say Ukrainian drone attack damages oil refinery

India ed-tech firm Byju’s founder faces reckoning as startup implodes

India ed-tech firm Byju’s founder faces reckoning as startup implodes

NEW DELHI — Byju Raveendran, an Indian mathematics whiz who soared from teacher to startup billionaire before his education-technology company imploded...

Foreign leaders react to Biden dropping White House bid

Foreign leaders react to Biden dropping White House bid

Pakistan demands Germany prosecute consulate attackers  

Pakistan demands Germany prosecute consulate attackers  

Islamabad — Pakistan has condemned Germany’s “failure” to safeguard its consulate in Frankfurt from being stormed and vandalized Saturday by dozens...

Outrage after Italy reporter attacked at neo-fascist event 

Outrage after Italy reporter attacked at neo-fascist event 

Rome — Italian politicians including Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni expressed outrage Sunday after a journalist was beaten up in the northern...

What to know about Kids Online Safety Act and its chances of passing

What to know about Kids Online Safety Act and its chances of passing

Zelenskyy calls for long-range weapons after drone attack on Kyiv

Zelenskyy calls for long-range weapons after drone attack on Kyiv

KYIV — Ukraine needs long-range weapons to protect its cities and troops on the frontline from Russian bombs and drones, Ukrainian...

With AI, jets and police, Paris is securing Olympics — and worrying critics

With AI, jets and police, Paris is securing Olympics — and worrying critics

paris — A year ago, the head of the Paris Olympics boldly declared that France’s capital would be ” the safest...

Airlines rush to get back on track after global tech disruption

Airlines rush to get back on track after global tech disruption

India’s battery storage industry grows

India’s battery storage industry grows

BENGALURU, India — At a Coca-Cola factory on the outskirts of Chennai in southern India, a giant battery powers machinery day...

Australia warns of ‘malicious websites’ after cyber outage

Australia warns of ‘malicious websites’ after cyber outage

sydney — Australia’s cyber intelligence agency said on Saturday that “malicious websites and unofficial code” were being released online claiming to aid recovery from...

Belarus in talks with Berlin about German man on death row

Belarus in talks with Berlin about German man on death row

Warsaw, Poland — Belarus and Germany are holding “consultations” over the fate of a German man reportedly sentenced to death by...

Azerbaijan’s president vows to help French territories secure independence

Azerbaijan’s president vows to help French territories secure independence

SHUSHA, Azerbaijan — Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev pledged Saturday to help France’s overseas territories secure independence, the latest in a series...

50 years after split, part of Cyprus mourns while part of it rejoices

50 years after split, part of Cyprus mourns while part of it rejoices

Nicosia, Cyprus — Greek Cypriots mourned and Turkish Cypriots rejoiced Saturday, the 50th anniversary of Turkey’s invasion of part of the...

Airlines resume services after global IT crash wreaks havoc

Airlines resume services after global IT crash wreaks havoc

Paris — Airlines were gradually coming back online Saturday after global carriers, banks and financial institutions were thrown into turmoil by...

EU’s Middle East envoy vows to push for two-state solution

EU’s Middle East envoy vows to push for two-state solution

Jerusalem — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s stubborn opposition to a Palestinian state does not deter the European Union’s Middle East...

Russian missile, drone attack kill 2 and hit infrastructure across Ukraine

Russian missile, drone attack kill 2 and hit infrastructure across Ukraine

KYIV, UKRAINE — Russian drones and missiles struck overnight in Ukraine, killing  two civilians and hitting energy facilities and railway infrastructure across the...