Category: World News
Former President Bill Clinton says he is optimistic Northern Ireland government will be revived soon
Fox News Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said Tuesday he was optimistic that one of Northern Ireland’s main political parties would soon end a boycott that has kept the regional government on ice for more than a year. Clinton said he had met with Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson on Monday, and “I left…
Read MoreEU seeks AI regulation, calls for summit on emerging tech as European workers fear oncoming job loss
Fox News The European Union (EU) broke with other Western governments as it looks to empower regulators to govern emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technology and convene a summit on subject as fears over employment impacts continue to simmer across Europe. “Recent advances in the field of artificial intelligence have demonstrated that the speed of technological…
Read MoreHunger is soaring and spreading across West Africa, says UN
Washington Post United Nations’ officials say hunger is soaring and spreading across West Africa, with a 10-year high of some 48 million people facing food insecurity in the conflict-riddled region https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/hunger-africa-sahel-jihadi-violence/296ce516-de0a-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreReporter’s Notebook: Ukrainian woman describes life under Russian captors as prisoner of war
Fox News BROVARY, Ukraine—Victoria Andrusha had never been part of the armed forces of Ukraine. But she was willing to do anything to help her country. While many decided to flee after Russia’s invasion, the Kyiv teacher went back to her home in Chernihiv. She didn’t sit idly by. While her country was being invaded…
Read MoreKiller bear captured in Italy, authorities to determine her fate
Fox News Authorities in northern Italy captured a bear that fatally mauled a runner and became the focus of a battle over what to do with Italy’s growing Alpine brown bear population that was once nearly extinct but has rebounded thanks to a European Union-funded project. Jj4, a 17-year-old female, was captured overnight in the…
Read MoreAuthorities raid fashion houses in EU antitrust probe
Washington Post Authorities in several European Union member states have raided fashion houses in an initial move linked to an EU antitrust probe https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/eu-antitrust-fashion-investigation/3c9deaa0-de09-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MorePress groups: Spyware again used against Mexican activists
Washington Post Press freedom groups say the Mexican government apparently continued to use Pegasus spyware to infect the telephones of human rights activists as recently as late 2022, despite a pledge by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to stop such spying https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/18/mexico-pegasus-spyware-activists-press-freedom-army/11027b68-de09-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world
Read MoreIsrael stands still in nationwide moment of silence to remember the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust
Fox News Israelis ground to a halt for a nationwide moment of silence on Tuesday in remembrance of the 6 million Jewish victims of the Holocaust as a two-minute siren wailed across the country. Vehicles and pedestrians halted on streets and highways as Israelis stood, heads bowed, in solemn remembrance for those systematically killed by…
Read MoreEuropean Union lawmakers give Kosovo citizens green light to travel freely in Europe without visas
Fox News European Union lawmakers on Tuesday gave the green light for citizens from Kosovo to travel freely in Europe without visas from next year. The move means that Kosovo’s citizens will be able to travel in the 27-nation Schengen passport free area, which includes most EU countries plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, for…
Read MoreWhat are China’s overseas police stations?
Fox News The arrest of two people in New York for allegedly attempting to set up secret Chinese police stations has shined renewed light on the mysterious overseas service stations that critics say are used to spy on Chinese citizens abroad. China has opened dozens of “overseas police service stations” around the world, with such…
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