Spain puts temporary ban on Worldcoin eyeballs scans, citing concerns over privacy
BARCELONA, Spain — Spain’s privacy watchdog has ordered for Worldcoin, the company created by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman that scans eyeballs to make digital IDs in exchange for crypto, to cease…
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Protesting students use pickup truck to batter down doors at National Palace in Mexico City
MEXICO CITY — Protesters commandeered a pickup truck Wednesday and used it to ram down the wooden doors of Mexico City’s National Palace.They battered down the doors and entered the colonial-era palace, where…
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South Korea’s president vows not to tolerate walkouts by junior doctors
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s president vowed Wednesday not to tolerate the prolonged walkouts by thousands of junior doctors, calling them “an illegal collective action” that threatens public health and…
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Sri Lankan president says he is seeking to defer loan payments until 2028 amid economic crisis
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s president said Wednesday that he is seeking a loan repayment moratorium until 2028 as the debt-ridden county tries to emerge from bankruptcy. President Ranil Wickremesinghe…
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Hostage crisis poses dilemma for Israel and offers a path to victory for Hamas
Over the last five months, Israel has killed thousands of Hamas fighters, destroyed dozens of their tunnels and wreaked unprecedented destruction on the Gaza Strip.But it still faces a dilemma…
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King Charles’ diagnosis throws UK’s long cancer treatment waiting times into sharp relief
LONDON — For Anna Gittins, three months would have spelled the difference between life and death.The elementary school principal from Hereford in western England was shocked when she found out she…
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3 farmers were killed by a roadway bomb in a cartel-dominated state in western Mexico
MEXICO CITY — Three farmers were killed Tuesday by a bomb apparently planted in a dirt road in the cartel-dominated western Mexico state of Michoacan. A state security official who was not authorized…
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Apple gets fined nearly $2 billion by the EU for hindering music streaming competition
LONDON — The European Union leveled its first antitrust penalty against Apple on Monday, fining the U.S. tech giant nearly $2 billion for unfairly favoring its own music streaming service by…
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Shehbaz Sharif sworn in as Pakistan’s new prime minister
ISLAMABAD — Shehbaz Sharif was sworn in as Pakistan’s new prime minister on Monday after being elected a day earlier in a raucous parliamentary session.He held the same position from April…
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Albania turns an old Soviet-era air base into a regional hub of NATO air operations
KUCOVE, Albania — NATO member Albania on Monday inaugurated a refurbished Soviet-era air base, the alliance’s first in the Western Balkan region.The air base is named after the small town of…
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