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Press Putin on release of political prisoners: Zelenskyy to African leaders

The mission to Ukraine, the first of its kind by African leaders, comes in the wake of other peace initiatives such as one by China, and it carried extra importance for the African countries

Not negotiating on 3rd-party app charges: Reddit CEO despite protest

Reddit says that supporting these third-party developers is too expensive and that the new policy is necessary to become a self-sustaining business

Vietnam-era whistleblower Ellsberg, who leaked Pentagon Papers, dies at 92

The Pentagon Papers had been commissioned in 1967 by then-Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, a leading public advocate of the war who wanted to leave behind a comprehensive history of the US

NATO moves to protect undersea pipelines amid Russian sabotage threat

NATO was spurred into action after an apparent attack on two Baltic Sea gas pipelines in September

Biden urges tougher gun restrictions, a year after Texas school massacre

Biden ticked off several ways that he said the 2022 law had already made an impact

Fox News producer out after message calling Biden a 'wannabe dictator'

The producer offered to resign with two weeks' notice, but was told to clean out his desk and leave immediately

Mali's top diplomat demands UN peacekeepers leave country after over 10 yrs

He said the UN mission had not achieved its objectives and was sowing distrust among the people

Blinken stresses on better US-China communications as he heads to Beijing

Blinken, speaking alongside Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, said his China trip is the outgrowth of a meeting in Bali last year between Presidents Xi Jinping and Joe Biden

How Trump, Johnson, divisive populists with similarities, took diff paths

Both men have decried efforts to punish them as undemocratic, describing the investigations into their conduct as witch hunts

Putin touts Russian economy, says Ukraine's president is 'shame to Jews'

President Vladimir Putin on Friday touted Russia's prospects at the country's main international economic forum despite heavy international sanctions imposed because of the war in Ukraine

NATO to protect undersea pipelines, cables amid Russian sabotage threat

NATO launched a new centre Friday for protecting undersea pipelines and cables following the still-unsolved apparent attack on the Nord Stream pipelines

Prince Harry, Meghan splits with Spotify in less than year of 'Archetypes'

Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, are splitting ways with Spotify less than a year after the debut of their podcast Archetypes."

$930 mn grants announced in Biden's effort to expand internet access in US

The grants were awarded to a cross-section of state government agencies, tribal governments and telephone and electric cooperatives

Amazon's $1.7 bn deal to buy Roomba maker iRobot gets UK approval

British antitrust regulators cleared Amazon's purchase of robot vacuum maker iRobot on Friday, but the USD 1.7 billion deal still faces scrutiny in the United States and Europe

Bill Gates meets President Xi Jinping on China visit after 3 years

Microsoft's co-founder Bill Gates has met with Chinese President Xi Jinping just days after a visit to Beijing by Tesla CEO Elon Musk

Joe Biden returning to his union roots as his 2024 campaign gears up

Joe Biden opened his 2020 presidential run at a Pittsburgh union hall, declaring, I'm a union man. Period." As he gears up for reelection

Trump's prosecution threat follows years of attacking democratic traditions

As Trump became first former president to face federal charges, he and his supporters went through familiar routine of mounting victimhood defense in face of unprecedented allegations of wrongdoing

Drought and rising heat bring unusual wildfire warnings in northern Europe

Summer is wildfire season in southern Europe, but this year the continent's north is also at risk, with forest fire warnings in effect across the Nordic and Baltic countries

Mbappe insists he'll start next season at PSG, plays down fuss about letter

Kylian Mbappe insists he will start next season with French champion Paris Saint-Germain, and the superstar defended his decision to inform PSG by letter that he won't trigger a 12-month extension

Donald Trump scores rare legal win as DA drops golf course tax probe

Westchester County District Attorney Mimi Rocah said in a statement that she reached the decision after an investigation that was conducted objectively, and independent of politics