No Checkout Needed: Amazon Opens Cashier-less Grocery Store

No Checkout Needed: Amazon Opens Cashier-less Grocery Store

The online retailing giant is opening its first cashier-less supermarket, the latest sign that Amazon is serious about shaking up...

Field Narrows in Bid to Lead Chancellor Merkel’s CDU Party

Field Narrows in Bid to Lead Chancellor Merkel’s CDU Party

The field of candidates hoping to take over leadership of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party narrowed Tuesday, as one top...

Technology Serves Up Hot Meals for Hungry Kids in Kenya

Technology Serves Up Hot Meals for Hungry Kids in Kenya

Technology is finally able to make food appear. With help from a local NGO, hungry kids in Kenya can now...

Turkish Casualties Rise in Syria, but Ankara Wary of Confronting Russia

Turkish Casualties Rise in Syria, but Ankara Wary of Confronting Russia

Turkish forces have suffered more casualties in the latest round of fighting in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province. But despite Russia backing...

Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Surpasse 200 in Italy

Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Surpasse 200 in Italy

The death toll in Italy from the coronavirus outbreak stands at seven with more than 200 cases confirmed. At least...

NASA Says Pioneering Black Mathematician Katherine Johnson Has Died

NASA Says Pioneering Black Mathematician Katherine Johnson Has Died

NASA says Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who worked on NASA’s early space missions and was portrayed in the film “Hidden...

Merkel’s Crisis-Hit CDU Launches Leadership Race

Merkel’s Crisis-Hit CDU Launches Leadership Race

Germany’s center-right CDU said Monday it would choose a new leader at a special congress on April 25, as the...

US: Free Speech no Excuse for Crimes of WikiLeaks’ Assange

US: Free Speech no Excuse for Crimes of WikiLeaks’ Assange

The U.S. government began outlining its extradition case against Julian Assange in a London court on Monday, arguing that the...

UN Issues Worldwide Call to Action on Human Rights

UN Issues Worldwide Call to Action on Human Rights

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns human rights are under assault from a multitude of threats including the climate crisis, the...

Italy Places Northern Cities Under Quarantines Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

Italy Places Northern Cities Under Quarantines Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

Authorities in northern Italy have banned tourism and ordered closures of many public places in Lombardy and Veneto provinces to...

Extradition Hearing for WikiLeaks Founder Opens in London

Extradition Hearing for WikiLeaks Founder Opens in London

A hearing on the United States request for the extradition of the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange opened in London Monday.A...

Xi Says China Facing ‘Big Test’ With Virus, Global Impact Spreads

Xi Says China Facing ‘Big Test’ With Virus, Global Impact Spreads

China’s leader said Sunday the new coronavirus epidemic is the communist country’s largest-ever public health emergency, but other nations were...

Venice Cancels Carnival Events Due to Coronavirus

Venice Cancels Carnival Events Due to Coronavirus

More than 130 people have contracted the coronavirus in Italy, the majority in the north of the country. Italy, which...

Pope Cautions against ‘Unfair’ Middle East Peace Plans

Pope Cautions against ‘Unfair’ Middle East Peace Plans

Pope Francis has cautioned against “unfair” solutions aimed at ending the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.In a speech Sunday during...

More Russian Weapons for Serbia Despite US Sanction Threats

More Russian Weapons for Serbia Despite US Sanction Threats

Serbia has received a sophisticated anti-aircraft system from Russia, despite possible U.S. sanctions against the Balkan state, which is formally...

Moscow Targets Chinese with Raids Amid Virus Fears

Moscow Targets Chinese with Raids Amid Virus Fears

Bus drivers in Moscow kept their WhatsApp group chat buzzing with questions this week about what to do if they...

Eight Dead in Turkey as 5.7 Earthquake Strikes Western Iran

Eight Dead in Turkey as 5.7 Earthquake Strikes Western Iran

Eight people were killed in Turkey in a magnitude 5.7 earthquake that struck western Iran early Sunday morning, Turkish Interior...

New Kosovo Leader Ready to Revoke Tariffs for Serbian Goods

New Kosovo Leader Ready to Revoke Tariffs for Serbian Goods

A few years ago, the newly elected Kosovo prime minister overturned Serbian trucks. But Albin Kurti now says he is...

Report: Catholic Charity Founder Sexually Abused Women

Report: Catholic Charity Founder Sexually Abused Women

A respected Catholic figure who worked to improve conditions for the developmentally disabled for more than half a century sexually...

Macron Vows to Defend French Farmers, Fishermen in Uncertain Year

Macron Vows to Defend French Farmers, Fishermen in Uncertain Year

French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday promised to safeguard European farm subsidies, secure compensation for wine producers hit by U.S....

US Pressures Spain on Chinese Tech Firms

US Pressures Spain on Chinese Tech Firms

The U.S. government warned Spain this week about the security risk inherent in opening its fifth-generation communications networks to Chinese...

Erdogan to Hold Syria Summit With Russia, France and Germany

Erdogan to Hold Syria Summit With Russia, France and Germany

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday said he would hold a summit with the leaders of Russia, France and...