Australian Regulator Sues Google Over Expanded Personal Data Use

Australian Regulator Sues Google Over Expanded Personal Data Use

Australia’s competition regulator has launched court proceedings against Alphabet’s Google for allegedly misleading consumers about the expanded use of personal...

Greek Businesses Move to Boycott Trade with Turkey over Hagia Sophia

Greek Businesses Move to Boycott Trade with Turkey over Hagia Sophia

Turkey’s decision to convert the ancient Hagia Sophia monument back into a mosque has sparked a war of words between...

Prince Harry Took Offence at Brother’s Advice, Says Book

Prince Harry Took Offence at Brother’s Advice, Says Book

Britain’s Prince Harry took offence at what he thought was Prince William’s “snobbishness” when he advised his brother to “take...

Putin says Russian Navy to Get Hypersonic Nuclear Strike Weapons 

Putin says Russian Navy to Get Hypersonic Nuclear Strike Weapons 

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday the Russian Navy would be armed with hypersonic nuclear strike weapons and underwater...

France Re-arrests Rwandan Who Confessed to Setting Nantes Cathedral Fire

France Re-arrests Rwandan Who Confessed to Setting Nantes Cathedral Fire

French authorities have charged a Rwandan church volunteer who confessed to setting the 15-century Nantes cathedral on fire.The local prosecutor’s...

Britain Slaps 2-Week Quarantine on Travelers from Spain 

Britain Slaps 2-Week Quarantine on Travelers from Spain 

With no warning, Britain decided late Saturday to remove Spain from its safe-travel list and impose a two-week quarantine on...

A Chill Vacation Wind Blows Across Europe

A Chill Vacation Wind Blows Across Europe

Europe’s airlines, hoteliers and tour operators fear abrupt changes to coronavirus travel rules by governments are killing their chances to...

OSCE Agency Expresses Regret Over Death of Kyrgyz Human Rights Defender

OSCE Agency Expresses Regret Over Death of Kyrgyz Human Rights Defender

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has expressed its regret over...

Spaniards Protest Against Former King Amid Corruption Allegations

Spaniards Protest Against Former King Amid Corruption Allegations

Spaniards demonstrated against the monarchy Saturday as allegations of corruption against former King Juan Carlos, King Felipe’s father, continue to...

Poland to Quit Treaty on Violence Against Women, Minister Says

Poland to Quit Treaty on Violence Against Women, Minister Says

Poland will take steps next week to withdraw from a European treaty on violence against women, which the right-wing cabinet...

Anti-Putin Protests in Russia’s Far East Gather Steam

Anti-Putin Protests in Russia’s Far East Gather Steam

Thousands of demonstrators gathered in the streets of Russia’s Far Eastern city of Khabarovsk for a third weekend on Saturday...

Joint EU Debt Must Not Become Regular Occurrence, Germany’s Weidmann Says

Joint EU Debt Must Not Become Regular Occurrence, Germany’s Weidmann Says

A decision by European leaders to issue joint debt to finance coronavirus aid for weaker member states should not serve...

Massive Protest Against Governor’s Arrest Challenges Kremlin

Massive Protest Against Governor’s Arrest Challenges Kremlin

Tens of thousands of people marched Saturday across Russia’s Far East city of Khabarovsk on the border with China to...

UK Quarantines Travelers From Spain in Sudden Blow to Europe’s Revival

UK Quarantines Travelers From Spain in Sudden Blow to Europe’s Revival

Britain abruptly imposed a two-week quarantine on all travelers arriving from Spain after a surge of coronavirus cases, a dramatic...

Ancient Greek Theaters Return to Life in Pandemic

Ancient Greek Theaters Return to Life in Pandemic

Lights! Crickets. Birds. Bats. Action!  The ancient theater of Epidaurus, renowned for its acoustics, has reopened for a limited number...

Siberian Heat Wave and Melting Arctic Sea Ice Indicate Climate Change, Scientists Say

Siberian Heat Wave and Melting Arctic Sea Ice Indicate Climate Change, Scientists Say

Scientists warn record Siberian temperatures and the rapid melting of the Arctic sea ice along the Russian coast indicate that...

Thousands in Khabarovsk, Russia, Protest Replacement of Popular Regional Governor

Thousands in Khabarovsk, Russia, Protest Replacement of Popular Regional Governor

Huge crowds took to the streets of the Russian city of Khabarovsk on Saturday, angered by the arrest of the...

More Than 180 Wildfires Burning in Siberia

More Than 180 Wildfires Burning in Siberia

Wildfires continue to burn in parts of Siberia this summer as a heatwave has continued to spread in areas north...

Turkey’s President Prays With Hundreds at Hagia Sophia Mosque

Turkey’s President Prays With Hundreds at Hagia Sophia Mosque

Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, prayed with hundreds of worshippers Friday inside the Hagia Sophia, the first prayers since the...

Britain PM Calls Anti-Vaccination Activists ‘Nuts’

Britain PM Calls Anti-Vaccination Activists ‘Nuts’

As he visited a London medical center to promote a flu immunization program Friday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson referred...

France Advises Citizens Not to Travel to Catalonia

France Advises Citizens Not to Travel to Catalonia

France’s prime minister Friday strongly recommended French citizens not travel to the Spanish region of Catalonia after a surge in...

US Intelligence Official Warns of Foreign Interference in US Elections

US Intelligence Official Warns of Foreign Interference in US Elections

The director of the U.S. National Counterintelligence and Security Center has warned that Russia, China, Iran and other countries are...