Jan 04 European Union fines Facebook parent Meta 390M euros for privacy violations By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press European Union regulators have hit Facebook parent Meta with hundreds of millions in fines for privacy violations and banned the company from forcing users in the 27-nation bloc to agree to personalized ads based on their online activity. Continue reading
Jan 04 WATCH: State Department holds briefing after Israel demolishes part of West Bank village By Sam McNeil, Associated Press Residents and activists say the Israeli military has demolished homes, water tanks and olive orchards in two Palestinian villages in the south of the occupied West Bank. Continue reading
Jan 04 Russian military under scrutiny after 89 soldiers were killed in single Ukraine artillery attack By Felipe Dana, Joanna Kozlowska, Associated Press The Russian military's top brass is under increasing scrutiny as more details emerge of how at least 89 Russian soldiers, and possibly many more, were killed in a Ukrainian artillery attack on a single building. Continue reading
Jan 04 Pope Francis praises Benedict on final day of public viewing By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Pope Francis has praised Pope Emeritus’ Benedict XVI’s “acute and gentle thought” on the final day of public viewing of his body in St. Peter’s Basilica before his funeral. Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch 5:02 News Wrap: Sam Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty to fraud charges related to FTX collapse In our news wrap Tuesday, FTX crypto exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty to cheating investors and looting deposits, political fallout in Russia continued following a Ukrainian missile strike on Saturday that killed scores of Russian troops and Beijing… Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch 8:50 Israel's new far-right national security minister sparks controversy with holy site visit By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrian Aranda, Dan Sagalyn Five days after taking office, Israel’s new national security minister made a rare visit to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem. The site is revered by both Muslims and Jews, who call it the Temple Mount, and has for decades… Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch 7:36 Mismanagement complicates Pakistan's long recovery from deadly floods By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sarah Clune Hartman Four months after a third of the country was underwater, Pakistan is still struggling to recover. The disaster affected more than 30 million people and is seen as a warning for other climate-vulnerable countries. As Fred de Sam Lazaro reports,… Continue watching
Jan 03 Drone advances amid war in Ukraine could bring fighting robots to front lines By Frank Bajak, Hanna Arhirova, Associated Press Drone advances in Ukraine have accelerated a technology trend that could soon bring the world's first fully autonomous robots to the battlefield and inaugurate a new age of warfare. Continue reading
Jan 03 Israel's hopes for United Arab Emirates tourism fall short By Isabel Debre, Associated Press Israel's agreement with the United Arab Emirates to open diplomatic ties in 2020 brought an electrifying sense of achievement to a country long ostracized in the Middle East. Continue reading
Jan 03 Israeli ultranationalist minister faces backlash after Jerusalem holy site visit By Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press Netanyahu attempted to play down the incident, saying it was in line with longstanding understandings at the disputed holy site. Continue reading