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North Korean teen defies mother to join army

A widowed mother in Tanchon, South Hamgyong province, has begged her son’s school to keep him off North Korea’s 2026 conscription rolls. The teenager, however, is refusing his military...

North Korea screens young single women for factory jobs in China

North Korea has begun final screening of unmarried female workers in their 20s bound...

Smuggling ban drives North Korean units to cheap Chinese work

North Korea’s foreign currency-earning units are scrambling for low-paying contract manufacturing work from China...

Satellite imagery maps 23 towers at North Korea’s Voice of Korea transmitter site

Satellite imagery of a shortwave radio transmitter site in Hyangsan county, Jagang province, shows...

Zelenskyy: Zero roaming costs for Ukraine needs to be ‘permanent’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday he wants the agreement to scrap roaming fees for Ukrainians to become a permanent arrangement with the European...

Belgium puts the brakes on e-scooters as injuries, annoyance grow

Belgium, with uncharacteristic clarity and swiftness, is set to tackle an often aggravating new feature of urban life: e-scooters. Starting Friday, e-scooter users face new...

Hungry for rules: Spain to test Europe’s artificial intelligence law ahead of time

Sweeping rules to police artificial intelligence in the European Union could come as soon as 2023 — but Spain wants to get a move...

Instagram Hides Some Posts That Mention Abortion

Instagram is blocking posts that mention abortion from public view, in some cases requiring its users to confirm their age before letting them view...

Battered by lawsuits, Coinbase seeks liability guarantees in EU

The biggest crypto exchange in the U.S. is trying to convince EU legislators to keep it off the hook for investors’ bad bets on...

Scientists’ Model Uses Google Search Data to Forecast COVID Hospitalizations

Future waves of COVID-19 might be predicted using internet search data, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports. In the study, researchers...

The Basics You Need for a PC Gaming Setup

PC gaming can be an excellent pastime. It’s huge amounts of fun and there are lots of different games available for you to try...

NATO aims to take on Russia with its own cyber military-industrial complex

Western military allies want cybersecurity and defense technology firms to step up in countering digital threats from Russia. The war in Ukraine has put technology...

Going digital, going green: tourism’s twin transition

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Commission says it can’t find von der Leyen-Pfizer texts — and doesn’t need to

If it’s short and sweet, it’s OK to delete. That’s the takeaway from the European Commission when it comes to saving its officials’ text messages...

Biden Offers Alternative to China Development Juggernaut at G7 Summit

This week, the Group of Seven leaders launched a $600 billion global infrastructure initiative they say will compete with China’s Belt and Road Initiative....

The invisible backbone of Europe’s e-commerce

Picture this: you’ve got your eye on a last-minute gift, a new novel you’ve eagerly awaited, or even some hard-to-source ingredients for a dinner...

NASA Completes Historic Rocket Launch in Outback Australia 

NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, has successfully completed its first rocket launch from a commercial space facility outside of the United States....

EU executive eyes Big Tech’s money to save 5G

The European Union is working to revamp its flailing 5G rollout and has Big Tech’s largest platforms in its crosshairs to help cover the...

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