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Why Margrethe Vestager is Silicon Valley's foremost antagonist

As the European Union's top tech regulator, Vestager has overseen the passage of sweeping privacy and competition regulations. She has spearheaded more than half a dozen legal cases against Big Tech.

A woman at a protest in Qatar holds up a sign bearing the name of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Iranian woman whose death in police custody sparked a nationwide protest movement.

The U.S.-Iran World Cup matchup puts a spotlight on Iran's protest movement

Iran's players have at times appeared to show solidarity with the protests, even as they say their focus is football. Thousands of protesters have been arrested and hundreds killed, rights groups say.

Kevin Davenport, an aquarist and coral biologist, feeds krill to growing corals in a warehouse for growing and rehabilitating coral populations in Orlando, Fla., on Sept. 13.

Here is what scientists are doing to save Florida's coral reef before it's too late

Florida's barrier reef has lost 95% of its coral over the last half-century. Researchers, activists and government agencies are working to restore the reefs and ensure their long-term survival.

Nearly two years after the FDA issued a policy denouncing the marketing of fruit-flavored vape juice and other vape products to young people, the products are still widely available in stores. But experts hope that could be about to change.

The chase is on: Regulators are slowly cracking down on vapes aimed at teens

The advent of vaping revived nicotine addiction among young people after a dramatic decline. The FDA seems poised to at last yank some products aimed at teens from the market. Will it work?

Balenciaga is suing the producers of its own ad campaign after facing backlash

The luxury fashion house is taking legal action against the production company North Six after back-to-back ad campaigns have left the luxury fashion house embroiled in controversy.

Quantum computing could lead to advances — but also national security threats

Cybersecurity experts recently gathered in New York to talk about how to defend against a technology that doesn't yet exist. Quantum computing would usher in advances — and national security threats.

Stocks across most of Asia rise as markets eye China protests

As market jitters declined over protests in China set off by growing public anger over COVID-19 restrictions, Asian shares were mostly higher Tuesday.

Residents hold a remembrance ceremony during the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor at a Museum of the 'Stryiska Death Camp Prison' in Drohobych, Ukraine on November 26, 2022.

Ukraine remembers a famine under Stalin, and points to parallels with Putin

Ukraine marked 90 years since a terrible famine that killed at least 4 million of its people. The event was especially poignant this year as Ukraine deals with its present crisis.

'Armageddon Time' director explores how the world is ruined by 'well-meaning people'

James Gray's new film was inspired by his childhood in Queens in the 1980s. Though his grandparents had fled antisemitism in Ukraine, his family didn't recognize their own biases against Black people.

This Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, file photo shows the sun bouncing off the Europol headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands. Europol says law enforcement authorities in six different countries have joined forces to take down a "super cartel" of drugs traffickers controlling about one third of the cocaine trade in Europe.

A cartel allegedly responsible for a third of Europe's cocaine has been busted

"The scale of cocaine importation into Europe under the suspects' control and command was massive," Europol said, adding that the suspects used encrypted communications to organize drugs shipments.

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