France’s New Government Takes Office at Tough Time
France’s newly appointed government gets down to work this week facing big challenges, including coronavirus and the economic crisis —...
Russian Court Fines Coronavirus-Denying Rebel Monk
A Russian court on Tuesday fined a coronavirus-denying monk who has challenged Kremlin lockdown orders for spreading false information about...
Depp Takes Stand in Libel Trial, Claims Amber Heard Hit Him
Johnny Depp gave evidence in a London court on Tuesday, denying claims that he hit ex-wife Amber Heard and accusing...
TikTok to Exit Hong Kong Market Over New National Security Law
TikTok, the popular short-form video app, says it will exit the Hong Kong market in response to the new national...
Facebook, Others Block Requests on Hong Kong User Data
Social media platforms and messaging apps including Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, Google and Twitter will deny law enforcement requests for user...
Progress in AIDS/HIV Fight Uneven, UN Says
The United Nations says global HIV/AIDS targets for 2020 will not be met, and that some progress could be lost,...
Facebook Advertisers Boycott, Demand Changes
More than 600 companies say they won’t advertise on Facebook and its sister firm, Instagram, in July, as part of...
Will New American CEO Change TikTok’s Image in US?
Kevin Mayer, a former executive at Disney, recently started his new role as TikTok’s new CEO. He must prove to...
Czech Volunteers Develop Functioning Lung Ventilator іn Days
Tomas Kapler knew nothing about ventilators — he’s an online business consultant, not an engineer or a medical technician. But...
Russian Journalist Convicted of ‘Justifying Terrorism’
A Russian court has found a journalist guilty of “sponsoring terrorism” — but issued a fine rather than imprisonment in...
Italy’s Tourism Industry Misses American Big Spenders
Tourists are back in Italy – a country that a few months ago was the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak...
Turkey: Khashoggi’s Fiancee Appears at Absent Saudis’ Trial
The fiancee of Jamal Khashoggi told a Turkish court July 3 that the Washington Post columnist was lured to his...
Russian Court Convicts Journalist in Controversial Case
A Russian court has found journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva guilty of “justifying terrorism” and ordered her to pay a fine of...
Louvre Partially Reopens After 16-Week Shutdown
The Louvre, Paris’ famous and the world’s most visited museum, partly reopened Monday, after being on lockdown for 16 weeks due to...
Former Nazi Camp Guard, 93, Faces German Court Reckoning
The prosecution’s closing arguments will be heard on Monday in the trial of a 93-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard...
Britain Says to Put Nearly $2 Billion Into Arts to Help Survival
Britain will invest nearly $2 billion in cultural institutions and the arts to help a sector that has been crippled...
Croatia’s Ruling HDZ Wins Parliamentary Vote, Majority Within Reach
Croatia’s ruling center-right Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) convincingly won a parliamentary election Sunday, held at a time of rising coronavirus...
Trump, Biden Fight for Primacy on Social Media Platforms
On an average day, President Donald Trump sends about 14 posts to the 28 million Facebook followers of his campaign...
Britain Poised to Ban Huawei
The British government is set to end the participation of Chinese telecom giant Huawei in the building of Britain’s 5G...
Pope Hails UN Global Cease-Fire Move to Fight Pandemic
Pope Francis on Sunday threw his support behind a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a halt to conflicts to...
Report: Britain Nears $625 mln Sanofi/GSK COVID-19 Vaccine Deal
Britain is close to a 500 million pound ($624 million) supply deal with Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline for 60 million doses...
Naked Men and Drunks: England Assesses Reopening of Pubs
It seems to have been more like a typical Saturday night than a drunken New Year’s Eve.The reopening of pubs...
