The Washington Post said Saturday its CEO and publisher Will Lewis was leaving effective immediately, just days after the storied newspaper owned by billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos made drastic job cuts that angered readers. Though newspapers...
Bitcoin, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency, sank this week, wiping out gains sparked by Donald Trump’s presidential election victory in November 2024. The digital currency slumped to $60,033.01 on Friday before trimming losses, and is...
France has detected a Russia-linked disinformation effort alleging President Emmanuel Macron’s involvement with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a government source told AFP on Friday. France’s Viginum agency, which counters foreign...
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen proposed Friday a new round of sanctions against Moscow over the Ukraine war, including a ban on providing shipping services for Russian crude oil. The package, meant to be approved for the fourth anniversary of...
The EU said Friday that TikTok needs to change its “addictive design” or risk heavy fines under the bloc’s digital content rules, drawing a sharp pushback from the Chinese-owned platform. In preliminary conclusions of a probe...
Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit said Friday she “deeply regretted” her friendship with convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and the embarrassment it has caused the royal family. A commoner who married Crown Prince Haakon...
One of the “key participants” behind the 2012 attack on the US mission in Benghazi that left the ambassador and three other Americans dead has been arrested, officials said Friday. Attorney General Pam Bondi said the suspect, Zubayr al...
The World Health Organization’s executive board on Friday avoided dealing with the United States’ announced withdrawal from the UN health agency. The board had been expected to offer guidance to the WHO’s decision-making body...
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday described the atmosphere of talks with the United States as positive, with the two sides agreeing to proceed with negotiations. The talks took place following threats from Washington and after...
Amazon shares sank around nine percent early Friday on worries about artificial intelligence spending while the Nasdaq bounced after three straight losing sessions. Amazon shares were off 8.6 percent after falling even more at the open following the...
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said talks with the United States on Friday focused solely on the nuclear issue, expressing hope that Washington would refrain from making “threats” so that negotiations could proceed...
Russia said Friday that other nuclear-armed states such as France and Britain should be included in any new nuclear talks with the United States, after Washington called for three-way negotiations with Moscow and Beijing. Russia “would be...
A Warsaw court has ordered the detention of Poland’s hardline former justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro, who is facing corruption charges and says he has been granted “asylum” in Hungary. Ziobro was the leader of the ultra...
The United States on Friday urged three-way talks with Russia and China to set new limits on nuclear weapons, after the last treaty between top nuclear powers Washington and Moscow expired. China has already rejected joining disarmament negotiations...
Russia and the United States agree that it is necessary to renew nuclear talks, the Kremlin said Friday, after the last treaty limiting Moscow’s and Washington’s arsenals expired. The world’s top two nuclear nations said Thursday...
