MOSCOW, Russia - President Vladimir Putin conceded Wednesday that sanctions imposed on Russia for its intervention in Ukraine could bring about "negative" consequences for the country, after insisting Moscow was adapting to the penalties. "The sanctions imposed against the Russian economy in the...
BERLIN, Germany - Britain's Charles III arrived in Germany on Wednesday for his first state visit as king, with the trip billed as "an important European gesture" to maintain strong ties after Brexit. The royals' plane, with "United Kingdom" marked on the sides, landed at Berlin-Brandenburg airport...
LISBON, Portugal - Investigators said Wednesday they had uncovered no indication a knife attack that left two women dead at a Lisbon Islamic centre was terror-related. The alleged assailant, identified as an Afghan refugee, may have suffered a mental health crisis before the violence on Tuesday...
VATICAN CITY, Holy See - Pope Francis offered condolences Wednesday to the Nashville school devastated by a deadly shooting, condemning the "senseless act of violence" and urging the community to have faith faced with "unspeakable evil". A telegram signed by Vatican Secretary of State Pietro...
PARIS, France - French prosecutors said Wednesday they were probing the case of a man seriously wounded at a demonstration over access to water, after his family filed a criminal complaint. The 32-year-old has been fighting for his life in a coma since Saturday's thousands-strong environmental...
PARIS, France - Billionaire mogul Elon Musk and a range of experts called on Wednesday for a pause in the development of powerful artificial intelligence (AI) systems to allow time to make sure they are safe. An open letter, signed by more than 1,000 people so far including Musk and Apple...
WASHINGTON, United States - President Joe Biden on Wednesday opens his second "Summit for Democracy" with pledges of nearly $700 million in funds and a joint alliance against surveillance technology as US concern mounts over China and Russia. Hoping to show a more global front after his US-focused...
GENEVA, Switzerland - Hundreds of thousands of workers in Turkey and Syria have lost their livelihoods due to the earthquake, the United Nations said Tuesday, as it called for urgent support to rebuild businesses. The earthquake has had a devastating impact on workers and enterprises, the...
LONDON, United Kingdom - Britain's Prince Harry has accused his family of withholding information about phone hacking from him to avoid sitting in the witness box and opening "a can of worms", a witness statement released Tuesday said. The Duke of Sussex made the claim in submissions for a...
WASHINGTON, United States- US President Joe Biden on Tuesday blasted Russian President Vladimir Putin's stated plan to deploy nuclear weapons in neighboring Belarus, branding it "dangerous" talk. "This is dangerous kind of talk and it's worrisome," Biden told reporters at the White House....
ALAUSI, Ecuador - Rescuers raced against time in southern Ecuador Tuesday to find survivors of a weekend landslide that left at least eight people dead and more than 70 missing. Torrential rain overnight Sunday triggered a mudslide that buried dozens of homes and injured 30 people in the...
Harvard is set to offer Tagalog Language Course for the first time in the institution’s history, student publication The Harvard Crimson announced on Monday, March 27. In a statement, Crimson said the Department of South Asian Studies will hire three preceptors to teach Tagalog, Bahasa Indonesian,...
