MADRID, Spain—Spain's opposition conservative party retained control of Galicia, its traditional stronghold, in a tight regional election on Sunday, a boost for its under-fire leader. Galician regional president of Spanish right-wing opposition party Partido Popular (PP) Alfonso Rueda (R)...
People hold signs outside the Russian Embassy in Washington, DC, on February 16, 2024, following the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Navalny died February 16 in the Arctic prison colony where he was serving a 19-year-term, Russia's federal penitentiary service said. (Photo by...
Britain's Foreign Secretary David Cameron (C) takes part in a panel discussion during the Munich Security Conference (MSC) at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich, southern Germany, on February 16, 2024. The 60th Munich Security Conference (MSC) will run from February 16 to 18, 2024. (Photo by...
In this photo illustration, a video created by Open AI's newly released text-to-video "Sora" tool plays on a monitor in Washington, DC on February 16, 2024. OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT and image generator DALL-E, said it was testing "Sora," which would allow users to create realistic videos with...
People hold signs outside the Russian Embassy in Washington, DC, on February 16, 2024, following the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Navalny died February 16 in the Arctic prison colony where he was serving a 19-year-term, Russia's federal penitentiary service said. (Photo by...
Demonstrators hold a portrait of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny beside placards reading 'Killers' and 'Russia without Putin' during a rally in front of the Russian embassy in Warsaw on February 16, 2024, following the announcement that the Kremlin's most prominent critic had died in an...
BANGKOK, Thailand–Thailand has launched a scheme to offer visitors up to $14,000 in medical coverage in the event of an accident, the tourism minister said Thursday, as the kingdom seeks to lure travellers back after the pandemic. The government will cover expenses up to 500,000 baht...
SEOUL, South Korea–Scientists in South Korea have developed a new type of sustainable hybrid food -- a "meaty" rice that they say could help solve food crises and climate change. The new grain was grown in a lab by researchers at Seoul's Yonsei University and is packed with beef muscle...
General Election Commission (KPU) officials conduct a national recapitulation of the election results at KPU office in Jakarta on February 15, 2924, a day after Indonesia held its presidential and legislative elections. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP) JAKARTA, Indonesia– Indonesian Defence...
MOSCOW, Russia - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed into force a law allowing authorities to confiscate assets from those convicted of speaking out against the Kremlin's Ukraine offensive. Moscow has banned criticism of its grinding offensive and harshly punishes those...
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Calls grew in Turkey on Wednesday to shut down a controversial gold mine as hopes dimmed of rescuing nine workers trapped by a massive landslide that rolled over their open pit. Turkish state media also reported the arrest of four people, including the pit's field manager,...
MOSCOW, Russia - Former US president Donald Trump's complaints about some NATO allies not spending two percent of their GDP on defence are "nothing new", the Kremlin said Wednesday. The 2024 presidential candidate drew fierce criticism from US President Joe Biden after he suggested he would...
