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The stories are haunting: A young woman beaten by her partner before being set on fire in front of her 7-year-old...

Pope Stresses Hope, Peace, Reconciliation in Divided Mozambique

09/05/2019 Newsmaker

Hope, peace, and reconciliation were the three main pillars of Pope Francis’s message to lawmakers and youth Thursday during his...

Will Boris Johnson’s Election Gamble Pay Off?

09/05/2019 Newsmaker

No one has ever seen the like before in modern times. Britain’s storied Parliament has made plenty of history over...

Italy Swears In New Cabinet Eyeing Fresh Start for EU Ties

09/05/2019 Newsmaker

President Sergio Mattarella on Thursday swore in Italy’s new pro-European government, heralding a fresh start for the eurozone’s third largest...

Putin: Russia to Produce Previously Banned Missiles, Deploy Them if US Does

09/05/2019 Newsmaker

President Vladimir Putin says Russia will produce missiles banned until last month when a treaty forbidding them ended but would...

First Day of School for 4-Year-Old UK Princess Charlotte

09/05/2019 Newsmaker

Britain’s Princess Charlotte had plenty of support on her first day of school she was accompanied by older brother Prince...

MH17 Suspect to be Released

09/05/2019 Newsmaker

A court in Kyiv has released Volodymyr Tsemakh, a suspect in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) five...

British PM Johnson Suffers Historic Brexit Defeats as Election Looms

09/05/2019 Newsmaker

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a series of damaging defeats over the government’s Brexit policy Wednesday, as lawmakers attempted...

British PM Johnson Suffers Historic Brexit Defeats as Election Looms

09/05/2019 Newsmaker

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered a series of damaging defeats Wednesday over the government’s policy on leaving the European...

Dutch Woman Who Saved Jews from Nazis Dies at 99

09/05/2019 Newsmaker

A Dutch woman hailed by the king as one of the country’s national heroes for saving hundreds of Jews from...

Social Media, Tech Companies Meet With US Intelligence on 2020 Election Strategy

09/05/2019 Newsmaker

Business, Digest, Technology

A number of technology companies including Facebook Inc., Alphabet’s Google, Microsoft Corp. and Twitter Inc. met with representatives of the...

Report Warns No-Deal Brexit Means Political Uncertainty

09/04/2019 Newsmaker

The British government announced Wednesday that it would spend an additional $2.4 billion on preparing to leave the European Union,...

Twitter Turns Off Tweeting by Text to Guard Against Hacking

09/04/2019 Newsmaker

Business, Digest, Technology

Twitter on Wednesday halted users’ ability to fire off tweets via text messages as it seeks to fix a vulnerability...

Turkey’s Erdogan Defies Pressure Not to Have Nuclear Warheads

09/04/2019 Newsmaker

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday lashed out at pressure on some countries — including his own — not...

Poland Pressured to Say If It Bought Israeli Phone Spyware

09/04/2019 Newsmaker

The Polish government came under pressure Wednesday to clarify whether it has purchased sophisticated and potentially illegal phone surveillance technology...

Amid British Brexit Turmoil, EU Braces for Worst

09/04/2019 Newsmaker

Britain’s political turmoil is again making headlines across the English Channel, with a number of European commentators criticizing Prime Minister...