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Amazon Launches Initiative to Bundle Virtual Assistants on Single Device

Amazon Launches Initiative to Bundle Virtual Assistants on Single Device

Amazon.com has launched an initiative that would allow users to access its Alexa, Microsoft Corp’s Cortana and multiple other voice-controlled...

Spanish Supreme Court Approves Franco’s Exhumation

Spanish Supreme Court Approves Franco’s Exhumation

Spain’s Supreme Court has ruled that the government can exhume the remains of former dictator Francisco Franco, rejecting the objections...

NYT Says It Turned to Ireland to Rescue Journalist

NYT Says It Turned to Ireland to Rescue Journalist

The New York Times says it turned to the Irish government to rescue a reporter threatened with arrest in Egypt...

Medieval Masterpiece by Cimabue Rediscovered in French House

Medieval Masterpiece by Cimabue Rediscovered in French House

A masterpiece attributed to 13th century Italian painter Cimabue has been discovered in a French woman’s kitchen —and it’s expected...

Guterres Warns World Leaders They are Losing Battle Against Climate Change

Guterres Warns World Leaders They are Losing Battle Against Climate Change

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at the annual meeting of the General Assembly the world is losing the battle against...

Google Wins EU Data Privacy Case

Google Wins EU Data Privacy Case

The European Union’s top court ruled Tuesday Google is not required to remove worldwide links to sensitive personal information.  Observers...

Britain’s Supreme Court Rules Suspension of Parliament Unlawful

Britain’s Supreme Court Rules Suspension of Parliament Unlawful

Britain’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend parliament for five weeks was unlawful and...

Trump Ordered Freeze of Ukraine Aid Ahead of Call Under Democratic Scrutiny

Trump Ordered Freeze of Ukraine Aid Ahead of Call Under Democratic Scrutiny

U.S. President Donald Trump told his staff to withhold about $400 million in aid to Ukraine days before a phone...

Chinese Policemen Join Local Patrols in Serbia

Chinese Policemen Join Local Patrols in Serbia

China is the world’s largest exporter of consumer goods but is increasingly branching into other areas. Beijing has recently sent a...

World Leaders Set to Address UN General Assembly

World Leaders Set to Address UN General Assembly

World leaders involved in some of the most high profile geopolitical issues are among those set to speak on the...

Honda to Cease Diesel Vehicle Sales in Europe by 2021

Honda to Cease Diesel Vehicle Sales in Europe by 2021

Honda said on Monday it would phase out all diesel cars by 2021 in favor of models with electric propulsion...

Tech Companies Back Independent Watchdog to Tackle Online Extremism

Tech Companies Back Independent Watchdog to Tackle Online Extremism

A global working group set up by Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Microsoft to remove extremist content will become an independent...

France’s Cannes to Ban Polluting Cruise Ships

France’s Cannes to Ban Polluting Cruise Ships

Mediterranean resort town Cannes, France’s fourth-biggest cruise ship port, will ban the most polluting cruise ships from next year in...

Trump Expects to Announce Visa Waiver Program for Poland in Weeks

Trump Expects to Announce Visa Waiver Program for Poland in Weeks

U.S. President Donald Trump told Poland’s president he expected to announce Polish entry into the U.S. visa waiver program in...

Can New Space Race Connect World to Internet?

Can New Space Race Connect World to Internet?

It’s a 21st century space race: Amazon, SpaceX and others are competing to get into orbit and provide internet to...

5 EU Countries Agree on Distribution of Migrants

5 EU Countries Agree on Distribution of Migrants

Interior ministers from five European countries reached a preliminary agreement on how to distribute migrants picked up in the central...

Apple Will Produce New Mac Pro Computers in US

Apple Will Produce New Mac Pro Computers in US

Apple said Monday it would keep making its Mac Pro in the United States, after obtaining tariff exemptions for some...

Toyota Banks on Olympic Halo for Humble Bus to Keep Hydrogen Dream Alive

Toyota Banks on Olympic Halo for Humble Bus to Keep Hydrogen Dream Alive

Buses may not be the most glamorous mode of transport but at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games, they will represent...

Russia Declares Alleged CIA Mole Missing, Launches Search

Russia Declares Alleged CIA Mole Missing, Launches Search

Russia’s Interior Ministry says a former Kremlin official, whom media reports have called a CIA informant, has been officially declared...

Trump Dismisses Impeachment Talk

Trump Dismisses Impeachment Talk

U.S. President Donald Trump has dismissed any talk about impeachment by some Democrats over reports that he tried to pressure...

In Quake-Rattled Albania, Journalists Detained on Fake News Charges After Falsely Warning of Aftershocks

In Quake-Rattled Albania, Journalists Detained on Fake News Charges After Falsely Warning of Aftershocks

Two Albanian journalists were taken into custody early Monday for an alleged hoax in “publishing the fake news, and causing...

EU Divided Again on Question of Migrant Burden-Sharing

EU Divided Again on Question of Migrant Burden-Sharing

Interior ministers from five European Union countries converged on the Mediterranean island of Malta Monday to finalize a deal which...