Meta has been fined 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) by an Irish regulator for violating data transfer rules—the largest fine imposed under European Union’s privacy laws. The fine was imposed by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) after Meta was found to have violated the EU’s GDPR data protection laws by continuing to transfer personal data…
Data Violations: Irish Regulator Slaps Meta With $1.3 Billion Fine
May 22, 2023
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Greece’s Ruling Conservatives Win Vote but Fall Short of Majority
ATHENS—Greece’s ruling New Democracy party stormed to a crushing victory in a parliamentary election on Sunday but fell just short of the threshold needed to form a government on its own, making a runoff election in a month more likely. With most votes counted, conservative New Democracy took a commanding lead of 40.8 percent, trouncing…
Zelenskyy Denies Ukrainian City of Bakhmut Occupied by Russian Forces
HIROSHIMA, Japan—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Russian forces weren’t occupying Bakhmut, casting doubt on Moscow’s insistence that the eastern Ukrainian city had fallen. Responding to a reporter’s question about the status of the city at the Group of Seven (G-7) summit in Japan, Zelenskyy said: “Bakhmut is not occupied by the Russian Federation…
Biden Says Zelenskyy Gave ‘Flat Assurance’ He Won’t Use F-16s in Russia
May 21, 2023
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President Joe Biden said on May 21 that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy personally assured him that Ukraine would not use Western-supplied F-16s in Russian territory. “I have a flat assurance from Zelenskyy that they will not use [the F-16s] to go on and move into Russian geographic territory,” Biden said at a Sunday press conference in…
F-16 Jets to Ukraine: Russian Minister Warns of ‘Escalation Scenario’
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko has warned that supplying F-16 jets to Ukraine comes with “enormous risks” to Western nations, including raising already-simmering tensions between the countries and Russia. “We can see that Western countries continue to stick to an escalation scenario, which carries enormous risks for them. In any case, we will take…
Biden Announces New Military Aid in Meeting With Ukraine’s Zelenskyy in Japan
May 21, 2023
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U.S. President Joe Biden met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on May 21, on the sidelines of the G-7 summit of world leaders in Hiroshima, Japan. At a press conference following their bilateral meeting, Biden announced the United States would provide Ukraine with a new military aid package of up to $375 million. “The United States continues to…
Biden Announces New Military Aid for Ukraine During Meeting With Zelenskyy
May 21, 2023
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HIROSHIMA, Japan—President Joe Biden announced a new $375 million package of military aid to Ukraine during a May 21 meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the G-7 leaders’ summit in Hiroshima, Japan. “The United States continues to help Ukraine respond, recover, and rebuild. We are also supporting peace,” Biden said during his first face-to-face meeting with Zelenskyy since making a…
Polish Official Says Object That Entered Airspace Was Russian-Made Rocket
WARSAW, Poland—An aide to Polish President Andrzej Duda said Friday that the object that entered Poland’s airspace last year and was found in April was a Russian-made rocket. The aide, Pawel Szrot, said on Radio RMF FM that the nose of the rocket had been found and that it’s “peculiar” because it’s made of concrete….
Plane Crash in Swiss Mountains Kills 3
Three people died when their light aircraft crashed on Saturday morning in Switzerland’s Ponts-de-Martel area close to the French border, the Swiss police said. The crash occurred around 10:20 in the morning local time (0820 GMT) in a forest near the village of La Combe Dernier in the canton of Neuchâtel, the local police said….
Plane Crashes in Croatia, Rescuers Search for Crew
SARAJEVO—Rescuers found the remains of a light aircraft that crashed on Saturday in the mountainous region of the northwestern Croatia but could not confirm if any crew members were found, the HINA state news agency reported. The search for the “Cirrus 20” aircraft that went off radar after noon during a flight from the Slovenian…
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