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New cars in California could alert drivers for breaking the speed limit

New cars in California could alert drivers for breaking the speed limit

SACRAMENTO, California — California could eventually join the European Union in requiring all new cars to alert drivers when they break...

Lithuanians vote in presidential election overshadowed by Russia

Lithuanians vote in presidential election overshadowed by Russia

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Lithuania holds presidential elections Sunday, with incumbent Gitanas Nauseda expected to win after a campaign dominated by security...

G7 officials make progress on money for Ukraine from frozen Russian assets

G7 officials make progress on money for Ukraine from frozen Russian assets

FRANKFURT, Germany — Finance officials from the Group of Seven rich democracies said they had moved toward agreement on a U.S....

US rapper Nicki Minaj freed after Netherlands arrest

US rapper Nicki Minaj freed after Netherlands arrest

The Hague, Netherlands — U.S. rapper Nicki Minaj was detained at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on suspicion of possessing soft drugs before...

‘Anora’ wins Cannes Film Festival’s top honor

‘Anora’ wins Cannes Film Festival’s top honor

G7 ministers move closer to Russian assets deal to help Ukraine

G7 ministers move closer to Russian assets deal to help Ukraine

Stresa, Italy — Finance ministers representing the G7 are expected Saturday to agree a broad plan to use interest from frozen...

France’s secularism increasingly struggling with schools, integration

France’s secularism increasingly struggling with schools, integration

MARSEILLE, France — Brought into the international spotlight by the ban on hijabs for French athletes at the upcoming Paris Olympics,...

China’s Digital Silk Road exports internet technology, controls

China’s Digital Silk Road exports internet technology, controls

washington — China promotes its help to Southeast Asian countries in modernizing their digital landscapes through investments in infrastructure as part...

Italian museum recreates Tanzanian butterfly forest

Italian museum recreates Tanzanian butterfly forest

TRENTO, Italy — In a lush greenhouse high in the Alps, butterflies of various species and colors flutter freely while butterfly...

Attempts to regulate AI’s hidden hand in Americans’ lives flounder

Attempts to regulate AI’s hidden hand in Americans’ lives flounder

DENVER — The first attempts to regulate artificial intelligence programs that play a hidden role in hiring, housing and medical decisions...

UK election has been called for July 4. Here’s what to know

UK election has been called for July 4. Here’s what to know

LONDON — The United Kingdom’s first national election in five years is shaping up as a battle for the country’s soul,...

Google’s AI tool producing misleading responses that have experts worried

Google’s AI tool producing misleading responses that have experts worried

Allies prepare to mark D-Day’s 80th anniversary in shadow of Ukraine war  

Allies prepare to mark D-Day’s 80th anniversary in shadow of Ukraine war  

Carentan-les-Marais, France — Agnes Scelle grew up listening to her parents’ stories about life in occupied France, living near the Normandy...

Allies prepare to mark D-Day’s 80th anniversary in shadow of Ukraine war 

Allies prepare to mark D-Day’s 80th anniversary in shadow of Ukraine war 

Some of the last surviving World War Two veterans gather in Normandy, France, next month to mark the 1944 allied...

French court issues life sentences to three senior Syrian officials for war crimes 

French court issues life sentences to three senior Syrian officials for war crimes 

washington — A court in the French capital on Friday ordered life sentences for three senior Syrian government officials in a...

Mali, Russia start work on major solar plant 

Mali, Russia start work on major solar plant 

Dakar, Senegal — Mali and Russia on Friday launched the construction of the largest solar power plant in West Africa, Malian...

Hungary to seek to opt out of NATO efforts to support Ukraine, Orban says

Hungary to seek to opt out of NATO efforts to support Ukraine, Orban says

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary will seek to opt out of any NATO operations aimed at supporting Ukraine, Prime Minister Viktor Orban...

Thousands protest as Georgia MPs plan to override veto of ‘foreign influence’ law

Thousands protest as Georgia MPs plan to override veto of ‘foreign influence’ law

Tbilisi, Georgia — Thousands of people took part in a rally in the Georgian capital on Friday against a controversial anti-NGO...

Volodymyr Zelenskyy marks 5 years as president of Ukraine

Volodymyr Zelenskyy marks 5 years as president of Ukraine

May 20 marked Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s fifth anniversary as Ukraine’s president. By law, the president serves five years, but elections have...

Remote workers quietly take ‘workations’ without telling the boss

Remote workers quietly take ‘workations’ without telling the boss

Study finds 1 in 3 secretly travel while working remotely …

Russian prison population fell by 50,000 last year, media report

Russian prison population fell by 50,000 last year, media report

LONDON — The number of people held in Russian prisons dropped by 58,000 last year, Russian independent media reported on Friday,...

Ukraine says Russia ‘bogged down’ in battle for border town

Ukraine says Russia ‘bogged down’ in battle for border town