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US Says North Korea Will ‘Pay a Price’ for Any Weapons Supplies to Russia

US Says North Korea Will ‘Pay a Price’ for Any Weapons Supplies to Russia

Arms negotiations between Russia and North Korea are actively advancing, a U.S. official said on Tuesday and warned leader Kim...

Spanish Soccer Federation Fires Women’s National Team Coach Jorge Vilda Amid Rubiales Controversy

Spanish Soccer Federation Fires Women’s National Team Coach Jorge Vilda Amid Rubiales Controversy

The Spanish soccer federation fired women’s national team coach Jorge Vilda on Tuesday, less than three weeks after his team...

Trial Starts of Oil Executives Accused of Complicity in Sudan War Crimes

Trial Starts of Oil Executives Accused of Complicity in Sudan War Crimes

Two executives of a Swedish oil exploration and production company went on trial Tuesday in Stockholm for securing the company’s...

Turkey and Greece Agree to Revive Talks, Seek ‘New Approaches’ to Resolve Decades-Old Disputes

Turkey and Greece Agree to Revive Talks, Seek ‘New Approaches’ to Resolve Decades-Old Disputes

The foreign ministers of Greece and Turkey agreed on Tuesday to revive high-level contacts between their countries and seek “new...

Western Officials Plan to Warn UAE Over Trade with Russia

Western Officials Plan to Warn UAE Over Trade with Russia

U.S., British and European Union officials are planning to jointly press the United Arab Emirates this week to halt shipments...

Clashes Erupt in Sweden’s Third-Largest City After Another Quran Burning

Clashes Erupt in Sweden’s Third-Largest City After Another Quran Burning

Clashes erupted in an immigrant neighborhood in Sweden’s third largest city after an anti-Muslim protester set fire to a copy...

Biden Will Nominate Longtime Aide to Become US Ambassador to UNESCO

Biden Will Nominate Longtime Aide to Become US Ambassador to UNESCO

A longtime aide to President Joe Biden who is a senior adviser in Vice President Kamala Harris’ office is Biden’s...

Afghan Women Stage Hunger Strike in Germany

Afghan Women Stage Hunger Strike in Germany

A group of Afghan women are staging a hunger strike in Cologne to protest “gender apartheid” in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, one...

France Imposes Ban on Muslim Dress on First Day of School

France Imposes Ban on Muslim Dress on First Day of School

French authorities were imposing a newly announced ban Monday on the abaya Muslim dress for women in schools, with over...

Spain’s Men’s National Team Denounces Rubiales Over World Cup Kiss

Spain’s Men’s National Team Denounces Rubiales Over World Cup Kiss

Spain’s men’s national team Monday denounced the “unacceptable behavior” of the country’s suspended football chief Luis Rubiales over his infamous...

Nobel-Winning Russian Journalist to Challenge ‘Foreign Agent’ Designation

Nobel-Winning Russian Journalist to Challenge ‘Foreign Agent’ Designation

Nobel Prize-winning Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov will mount a legal challenge to try to overturn his designation as a “foreign...

France Readies New Salvo Against Meat Substitutes Labeling

France Readies New Salvo Against Meat Substitutes Labeling

The French government said Monday it was preparing a new decree against meaty terms like “steak” or “grill” being used...

Seattle Startup in Race for Nuclear Fusion

Seattle Startup in Race for Nuclear Fusion

Nuclear fusion has excited scientists for decades with its potential to produce abundant carbon-free energy. In the Pacific Northwest state...

Get It Back: New Hunt for Missing Beatles Bass Guitar

Get It Back: New Hunt for Missing Beatles Bass Guitar

A guitar expert and two journalists have launched a global hunt for a missing bass guitar owned by Paul McCartney,...

Tesla, Chinese EV Brands Jostle for Limelight at German Fair

Tesla, Chinese EV Brands Jostle for Limelight at German Fair

One of the world’s biggest auto shows opened in Munich on Monday, with Tesla ending a 10-year absence to jostle...

Electricity Boon for Norway’s Two Biggest Cities

Electricity Boon for Norway’s Two Biggest Cities

Electricity was free in Norway’s two biggest cities on Monday, market data showed, the silver lining of a wet summer....

Spain Deputy PM to Meet Fugitive Catalan Leader for Talks on New Government

Spain Deputy PM to Meet Fugitive Catalan Leader for Talks on New Government

Spain’s acting deputy prime minister went to Brussels on Monday to meet exiled Catalan politician Carles Puigdemont, seeking support from...

Rally in Northern Greece Protesting New IDs Draws 5,000 People

Rally in Northern Greece Protesting New IDs Draws 5,000 People

About 5,000 people gathered in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki Sunday to protest a new type of identity card...

Accent Masking Software Aims to Smooth Call Center Interactions

Accent Masking Software Aims to Smooth Call Center Interactions

A California tech startup is using artificial intelligence, or AI, to mask the accents of call center workers to reduce...

Israeli-Iranian Movie, Filmed Undercover to Avoid Suspicion, Premiers in Venice

Israeli-Iranian Movie, Filmed Undercover to Avoid Suspicion, Premiers in Venice

The first production co-directed by Iranian and Israeli filmmakers had to be shot in secret to prevent possible interference by...

Israeli PM Pitches Fiber Optic Cable Idea to Link Asia, Middle East to Europe

Israeli PM Pitches Fiber Optic Cable Idea to Link Asia, Middle East to Europe

Israel’s prime minister floated the idea Sunday of building infrastructure projects such as a fiber optic cable linking countries in...

Turkey’s Erdogan to Meet Putin, Hopes to Renew Black Sea Grain Deal

Turkey’s Erdogan to Meet Putin, Hopes to Renew Black Sea Grain Deal

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet with Vladimir Putin on Monday, hoping to persuade the Russian leader to rejoin...