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Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te said on Tuesday that he was canceling a planned trip to Africa this week after China pressured three countries not to let him fly over their territory. Lai had been scheduled to visit Eswatini, one of only 12 countries that maintain full diplomatic ties with Taiwan, but Seychelles, Mauritius, and Madagascar revoked

Is Bulgaria going to be governed by a second Viktor Orban? Or will the rampant corruption in the country finally be tackled? These are the big questions being asked by the media after Progressive Bulgaria, the new party of former President Rumen Radev, won the parliamentary election on April 19 and is set to have

Weeks after Apple's 50th anniversary, the US technology titan announced on Monday that its CEO Tim Cook would step down in September, to be succeeded by hardware engineer John Ternus. Ternus will step into some of the biggest shoes in corporate America. Cook is credited with turning Apple from a $350 billion (€298 billion) company when he started

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday ruled that Hungarian LGBTQ+ laws introduced in 2021 violated EU laws and values on multiple levels.  The contentious reforms — dubbed "the amending law" in Hungary and introduced under outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his Fidesz party — sought to limit children's access to information about transgender and homosexual

Data centers need vast amounts of energy to fuel servers and process the information that keeps our websites, applications and generative AI models running.  The United States has more data centers than anywhere else in the world and the extra energy demand is straining transmission grids and driving up the cost of electricity. Struggling grid operators are turning to polluting fossil

Japan on Tuesday approved a major overhaul of defense export rules, ending long-standing restrictions on lethal weapons sales overseas and paving the way for exports of fighter jets, missiles and warships. "No single country can now protect its own peace and security alone, and partner countries that support each other in terms of defense equipment

Skip next section Archbishop of Munich authorizes blessing of same-sex couples April 21, 2026 Archbishop of Munich authorizes blessing of same-sex couples Cardinal Reinhard Marx, archbishop of Munich and Freising, has said that priests may bless homosexual couples in the diocese. In a letter to employees seen by German news agency DPA, Marx recommends looking

Skip next section India's defense minister arrives in Berlin to talk security April 21, 2026 India's defense minister arrives in Berlin to talk security India's Minister of Defense Rajanath Singh arrived in Berlin on Tuesday for a three-day visit focused on strengthening defense ties between the two nations.  During the visit, Singh will hold bilateral

South Korean police said on Tuesday they have sought an arrest warrant for Bang Si-hyuk, chairman of the agency behind K-pop sensation BTS, over an investor fraud scheme. Bang is suspected of violating capital market laws by misleading early investors of the HYBE agency in 2019, police said. He allegedly told them the company had

"HiPP is the victim of blackmail" — this is what the press release from the major German baby food manufacturer says. Over the weekend, jars of baby food contaminated with rat poison were found in Austria and two neighboring countries. Austria's food safety agency AGES issued a warning, and at least one supermarket chain initiated a