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Ukraine Calls for More Peace Talks After 4 Die in Eastern Donbass

Ukraine Calls for More Peace Talks After 4 Die in Eastern Donbass

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the leaders of Russia, Germany and France to resume talks on a peaceful solution to...

PM: Croatia President Will Run for Second Term

PM: Croatia President Will Run for Second Term

Croatia President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarevic will run for a second five-year term on behalf of her ruling party, Prime Minister Andrej...

China Plans to Use New Tech Like AI To ‘Win Wars’ Amid US Concerns

China Plans to Use New Tech Like AI To ‘Win Wars’ Amid US Concerns

China’s military says it is focused on harnessing new technologies to “fight and win wars” in the future and is...

Can Turkey Be a Trusted NATO Partner?

Can Turkey Be a Trusted NATO Partner?

Can Turkey be reeled back in as a trusted NATO partner? A growing chorus of policy-makers and foreign-policy analysts fear...

Bitcoin as a Safe Haven? More a Speculative Bet, Market Players Say

Bitcoin as a Safe Haven? More a Speculative Bet, Market Players Say

Bitcoin’s recent gains as stocks plummeted on U.S.-China trade tensions reflect not so much its safe-haven credentials but its potential...

UN Rights Chief Condemns Mass Shootings in US

UN Rights Chief Condemns Mass Shootings in US

The United Nations High Commissioner for human Rights, Michele Bachelet, has condemned the two mass shootings that claimed the lives...

Norway Worried by Russian Sea, Air Maneuvers

Norway Worried by Russian Sea, Air Maneuvers

Russia has told Norway its navy and air force will hold exercises near the Nordic nation’s Arctic waters later this...

EU Open to Brexit Talks But Refuses to Modify Divorce Deal

EU Open to Brexit Talks But Refuses to Modify Divorce Deal

The European Union says its door remains open should British Prime Minister Boris Johnson want to discuss his country’s departure...

Hajj Trip May Help Christchurch Mosque Victims Heal

Hajj Trip May Help Christchurch Mosque Victims Heal

The scars from the nine bullets the gunman fired into Temel Atacocugu run down his left side like knotty rope....

After Mass Shootings, Tech Industry Shuns 8chan

After Mass Shootings, Tech Industry Shuns 8chan

First, it lost its internet security provider. Then, another company cut off its new internet host. In less than 24 hours, 8chan,...

Video Games Not Contributors to Violence, Studies Show

Video Games Not Contributors to Violence, Studies Show

Emily Seymour contributed to this report. Many young people reacting to the most recent mass shootings in the U.S. are rejecting...

AP Explains: What Is the Online Forum 8chan?

AP Explains: What Is the Online Forum 8chan?

An anonymous online forum called 8chan has drawn attention in the wake of mass shootings in Texas and Ohio because...

Titanic Shipyard to File for Bankruptcy

Titanic Shipyard to File for Bankruptcy

The iconic Northern Ireland shipyard, known for building the Titanic, is about to go into bankruptcy. British authorities have named an...

One Dead, 8 Injured in Explosions at Russian Arms Depot

One Dead, 8 Injured in Explosions at Russian Arms Depot

Thousands of people have been evacuated from a Siberian town after an ammunition storage site on a military base caught...

Filing Details Services for Ukrainian President in Runup to Election

Filing Details Services for Ukrainian President in Runup to Election

This story originated in VOA’s Ukrainian Service. WASHINGTON — Washington-based lobbying firm Signal Group Consulting has filed documentation of services it...

Russia’s Putin Slams US Nuclear Treaty Withdrawal

Russia’s Putin Slams US Nuclear Treaty Withdrawal

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country will not deploy short- or medium-range nuclear weapons unless in response to U.S....

Syrian Troops Resume Offensive on Rebel Stronghold in Idlib

Syrian Troops Resume Offensive on Rebel Stronghold in Idlib

The Syrian army said Monday it will resume its offensive against the northwestern Idlib province, the last opposition-held stronghold, accusing...

Japan’s NEC Shows ‘Flying Car’ Hovering Steadily for a Minute

Japan’s NEC Shows ‘Flying Car’ Hovering Steadily for a Minute

Japanese electronics maker NEC Corp. on Monday showed a “flying car,” a large drone-like machine with four propellers that hovered...

Nigerian School Girls Learn Technology During Summer Break

Nigerian School Girls Learn Technology During Summer Break

Nigerian technologist Chinenye Udeh wants to ensure schoolgirls learn Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for summer. Udeh says she is...

Nigerian School Girls Learn Technology During Summer Break

Nigerian School Girls Learn Technology During Summer Break

Nigerian technologist Chinenye Udeh wants to ensure schoolgirls learn Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for summer. Udeh says she is...

Technology for Amputees, Quadriplegics Uses Power of the Mind

Technology for Amputees, Quadriplegics Uses Power of the Mind

Technology that taps into the power of the mind is helping quadriplegics and amputees regain some of what they’ve lost....

France, Germany Condemn Russia Protest Crackdown

France, Germany Condemn Russia Protest Crackdown

France and Germany on Sunday condemned a Russian police crackdown on a banned opposition rally that saw hundreds detained, with...