US imposes visa restrictions for Ugandans following adoption of anti-gay law

Washington last week announced it is imposing visa restrictions for Ugandans it accuses of “undermining the democratic process” in Uganda after the enactment of an anti-gay law in

New pilgrims prepare for Hajj’s big return after Covid-19

This year’s Hajj is a landmark: the first full pilgrimage after three years when the COVID-19 pandemic sharply reduced the scale of one of Islam’s holiest rites.

US jury to weigh case prosecutors call part of China’s repatriation effort

Jurors are expected to start deliberating today in the criminal trial of three men accused of trying to scare a former Chinese official into returning

France’s Macron wants to boost AI, calls for rules that don’t impede tech growth

French President Emmanuel Macron called Wednesday for boosting the development of artificial intelligence in Europe while putting in place “smart” regulations that don’t impede tech companies’ growth.

Under house arrest, fake heiress Anna ‘Delvey’ Sorokin launches podcast to rehab public image

It’s a weekday afternoon and Anna Sorokin is on house arrest in a New York apartment building that has been condemned as imminently perilous to life. So

In court, Trump faced charges with no cameras present; outside, he campaigned

Former President Donald Trump gave a wave and a thumbs-up to crowds outside the federal courthouse in downtown Miami after pleading not guilty to criminal

Google must break up digital ad business over competition concerns: Brussels

European Union antitrust regulators took aim at Google’s lucrative digital advertising business in an unprecedented decision, saying yesterday that the tech giant must sell off some of

Greece: 59 migrants dead, dozens feared missing after fishing vessel capsizes

At least 59 people have died and dozens are feared missing off the coast of southern Greece after a fishing boat carrying migrants capsized and sank, authorities said

Three people slain, three others struck by van in Nottingham

Three people were slain in the streets of the English city of Nottingham in early morning attacks yesterday that culminated with the suspect mowing down three pedestrians with a

‘Hair,’ ‘Everwood’ actor Treat Williams dies after Vermont motorcycle crash

Actor Treat Williams, whose nearly 50-year career included starring roles in the TV series “Everwood” and the movie “Hair,” died Monday after a motorcycle crash

AI helped create ‘last Beatles record,’ Paul McCartney says

Artificial intelligence has been used to extract John Lennon’s voice from an old demo to create “the last Beatles record,” Paul McCartney said yesyerday. McCartney, 80, told

Berlusconi, scandal-scarred ex-premier, dies at 86

Silvio Berlusconi, the boastful billionaire media mogul who was Italy’s longest-serving premier despite scandals over his sex-fueled parties and allegations of corruption, died yesterday, according to his

The Great Grift: How billions in Covid-19 relief aid was stolen or wasted

Fraudsters used the Social Security numbers of dead people and federal prisoners to get unemployment checks. Cheaters collected those benefits in multiple states. And federal loan applicants weren’t cross-checked against a Treasury Department database that would have raised red flags about sketchy borrowers. Criminals and gangs grabbed the money. But so did a U.S. soldier in Georgia, the pastors of a defunct church in Texas, a former state lawmaker in Missouri and a roofing contractor in Montana.

Cassava flour and fruit kept four children alive for 40 days after plane crash in Amazon jungle

Four Indigenous children survived an Amazon plane crash that killed three adults and then braved the jungle for 40 days before being found alive by Colombian

EU launches legal action against Poland over new Russian influence law

The European Union on yesterday launched legal action against member country Poland over a contentious new law that the nationalist government claims is meant to combat Russian

Blinken announces $150M in aid for Syrians, Iraqis at Saudi meeting on fighting Islamic State group

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said yesterday that the U.S. would provide nearly $150 million in aid for areas in Syria and Iraq that were liberated from

Poland, Germany discuss avoiding repeat of deadly river pollution

The environment ministers of Poland and Germany met on the border of the two countries on Wednesday to discuss protection of a river against a repeat

In Jerusalem’s contested Old City, shrinking Armenian community fears displacement after land deal

A real estate deal in Jerusalem’s Old City, at the epicenter of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has sent the historic Armenian community there into a panic as residents

Protests in France as unions make last-ditch bid to resist higher retirement age

French union activists marched on the headquarters of the Paris Olympics and slowed traffic at the capital’s Orly Airport with strikes Tuesday as they sought to

Spain registers hottest spring temperatures on record

Spain registered its hottest spring on record this year, and its second driest ever, the state meteorological agency said yesterday. Rubén Del Campo, spokesman for the Aemet

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