Sep 15 Belarus leader voices interest in boosting ties with North Korea during meeting with ally Putin By Associated Press The Russian leader said he would brief Lukashenko the talks with Kim on Wednesday at the Vostochny spaceport in Russia’s Far East. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko responded by saying that “we could think about three-way cooperation” involving his country. Continue reading
Sep 15 Search for 10,000 missing continues after catastrophic flooding in eastern Libya By Yousef Murad, Associated Press Authorities warned that disease and explosives shifted by the waters could claim yet more lives. In the most affected areas, efforts to recover the dead and distribute aid were plagued by confusion and lack of resources. Continue reading
Sep 15 European regulators hand TikTok $368 million fine for failing to protect kids' privacy By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press It's the first time that the popular short video-sharing app has been punished for breaching Europe’s strict data privacy rules. Continue reading
Sep 14 A cash-for visas scandal hits Poland's anti-migration government, weeks before elections By Monika Scislowska, Associated Press The scandal comes just weeks ahead of parliamentary elections in which Poland's strongly anti-migrant ruling party is hoping to win an unprecedented third term. Continue reading
Sep 14 Zelenskyy is expected to visit Washington as Congress debates $21 billion in aid for Ukraine By Stephen Groves, Lisa Mascaro, Matthew Lee, Associated Press His visit comes as Congress is debating President Joe Biden's request to provide providing as much as $21 billion in military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine as it fights the Russian invasion. Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch 4:43 Catastrophic flooding sparks renewed scrutiny of Libya's divided government By Stephanie Sy, Eliot Barnhart, Teresa Cebrian Aranda In Libya, deep fears are becoming a horrific reality as the death toll from the devastating floods there has spiked to more than 11,000. Thousands are still missing, submerged in the muddy mire or washed out to sea. Stephanie Sy… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch 8:28 New drone technology could make it easier to clear unexploded bombs, mines in Ukraine By Jack Hewson, Volodymyr Solohub, Teresa Cebrian Aranda, Ed Ram, Andrew Robinson and Sarah Cutler, Columbia Journalism Fellow Among the horrors of war, landmines and unexploded ordnances linger and kill for years afterward. Ukraine is littered with landmines and bombs from both sides. Clearing those explosives is a massive and complicated task, but two young Americans are working… Continue watching
Sep 14 Flooding death toll climbs to staggering 11,300 in Libya's coastal city of Derna, aid group says By Samy Magdy, Yousef Murad, Associated Press The Libyan Red Crescent says that the death toll from floods in the eastern Libyan city of Derna has soared to 11,300. The Secretary General of the aid group says a further 10,100 people are reported missing in the coastal… Continue reading
Sep 14 Yellen details tighter scrutiny of investment plans of foreign-owned companies in the U.S. By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press The federal government reviews and can block business activity of non-U.S. companies through the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. Continue reading
Sep 14 Israel's Netanyahu to meet Elon Musk amid accusations of antisemitism on X By Josef Federman, Associated Press The Anti-Defamation League, a prominent Jewish civil-rights organization, has accused Musk of allowing antisemitism and hate speech to spread on X. Continue reading