International News (Page 348)

More than 4.1 million refugees have fled Ukraine since Russia launched its unprovoked invasion, according to United Nations refugee agency data.State of play: The U.N. refugee agency has labeled the exodus the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.Some 6.5 million people are internally displaced, the UN migration agency said last week. “Among…Continue Reading

The post-pandemic job market boom continues. That’s the takeaway from the March numbers, out this morning. Why it matters: After a year of labor shortages and high inflation, Americans are going back to work in massive numbers. And they’re getting paid more — though not enough to raise new inflation alarms.At first glance, the 431,000…Continue Reading

Pope Francis apologized on Friday for abuses that Indigenous children suffered while in Canada’s residential schools ran by the Catholic Church and other Christian sects from the 19th century until the 1970s.Why it matters: Nearly 150,000 Indigenous children are believed to have been forced away from their families into the schools, which were set up…Continue Reading

Facebook parent Meta found itself back in the spotlight this week, largely through controversies of its own making.Why it matters: Meta’s stock has already struggled to rebound from the “Facebook Files” fiasco and Apple’s app changes (down 33% year-to-date), but it had begun to rally in March. Now, a series of setbacks could further hinder…Continue Reading

Eric Schmidt has taken on big challenges before, fighting Microsoft when he led Novell and taking on Brussels when he was CEO at Google. Today, the billionaire is focusing his energy on rousing the U.S. to fight what he sees as its biggest tech struggle yet: competition with China.What they’re saying: “We have to do…Continue Reading

From increased drug and alcohol use to high levels of reported abuse and feelings of mental distress, the pandemic wreaked some major havoc on the health of American teenagers, according to a CDC report released Thursday. Why it matters: The stress and social isolation of the pandemic cut across age groups in ways we’re still…Continue Reading

President Biden has said Russia is “isolated from the world,” but the rest of the world doesn’t necessarily see it that way.Driving the news: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s friendly visits to the world’s two biggest countries — India and China — suggest that Russia is hardly a pariah.And while the sanctions on Russia are…Continue Reading

Aaryn Flynn started working at BioWare on the tools team on Baldur’s Gate 2, back in 2000. Once that and Neverwinter Nights shipped, he moved on to the combat and dialogue systems for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. By 2009, around the launch of Dragon Age: Origins, he was promoted to general manager…Continue Reading