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White House Celebrates St. Patrick’s Day With Irish PM Ahead of Biden’s Ireland Trip

White House Celebrates St. Patrick’s Day With Irish PM Ahead of Biden’s Ireland Trip

U.S. President Joe Biden hosted Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on Friday, part of the longstanding White House tradition of...

Western Donors Pressed to Sanction Rwanda as DRC Violence Escalates

Western Donors Pressed to Sanction Rwanda as DRC Violence Escalates

Around 100,000 people in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have fled their homes following a string of recent attacks,...

Turkey’s President Says He Will Back Finland’s NATO Bid

Turkey’s President Says He Will Back Finland’s NATO Bid

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that his government would move forward with ratifying Finland’s NATO application, paving the...

After War, Ukraine Might End Up Largest Minefield in World 

After War, Ukraine Might End Up Largest Minefield in World 

The Ukrainian government says that nearly one-third of its territory is mined, and that when the war ends, demining could last a decade or more. Evgeny Maslov has more in this story,...

New Zealand to Ban TikTok on Devices Linked to Parliament

New Zealand to Ban TikTok on Devices Linked to Parliament

New Zealand said on Friday it would ban TikTok on devices with access to the country’s parliamentary network due to...

Xi to Visit Putin in Russia Next Week

Xi to Visit Putin in Russia Next Week

Chinese President Xi Jinging is making a state visit next week to Russia where he will meet with Russian leader...

Nations Crack Down on TikTok

Nations Crack Down on TikTok

The Biden administration has demanded that TikTok’s Chinese owners divest their stakes in the popular video app or face a...

Russia Advances in Bakhmut as Ukraine Defends Western Portion of Town

Russia Advances in Bakhmut as Ukraine Defends Western Portion of Town

Russian military and Wagner Group forces have recently gained footholds west of the Bakhmutka River in the town of Bakhmut,...

Macron Moves Forward with Controversial French Pension Reform

Macron Moves Forward with Controversial French Pension Reform

French President Emmanuel Macron is moving forward with a controversial plan to reform the country’s pension system without a parliamentary...

White House Voices Support for Bipartisan Push to Ban TikTok

White House Voices Support for Bipartisan Push to Ban TikTok

Time may be running out in the U.S. for Chinese-owned entertainment platform TikTok, with the White House on Thursday supporting...

China Calls for Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks

China Calls for Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks

China is hoping there will be a peaceful solution to the conflict in Ukraine and is urging Russia and Ukraine...

Pentagon Releases Footage of Russian Attack on US Drone

Pentagon Releases Footage of Russian Attack on US Drone

The Biden administration said it is not seeking armed conflict with Russia as it releases footage of a Russian jet...

Nurses, Paramedics Reach Pay Deal to End England Strikes

Nurses, Paramedics Reach Pay Deal to End England Strikes

Unions representing more than a million health care workers in England, including nurses and paramedics — but not doctors —...

Russian Uranium Company Appeals Namibian Government Decision 

Russian Uranium Company Appeals Namibian Government Decision 

A court in Namibia is hearing an appeal by the local branch of Russia’s state-owned atomic energy agency, Rosatom, which...

UN: Russian Attacks on Civilians in Ukraine Could Amount to War Crimes

UN: Russian Attacks on Civilians in Ukraine Could Amount to War Crimes

United Nations investigators accused Russian authorities of a pattern of grave, wide-ranging human rights violations against Ukrainian civilians that, in...

TikTok CEO to Testify Before US Congress

TikTok CEO to Testify Before US Congress

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is scheduled to testify before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March...

Macron Shuns Parliament to Raise French Retirement Age

Macron Shuns Parliament to Raise French Retirement Age

French President Emmanuel Macron imposed a highly unpopular bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 on Thursday by...

Microsoft Unveils AI for Its Office Suite in Increased Competition With Google

Microsoft Unveils AI for Its Office Suite in Increased Competition With Google

Microsoft on Thursday trumpeted its latest plans to put artificial intelligence into the hands of more users, answering a spate...

UK Bans TikTok on Government Phones Over Security Concerns

UK Bans TikTok on Government Phones Over Security Concerns

Britain said on Thursday it would ban TikTok on government phones with immediate effect, a move that follows other Western...

UN Investigators: Russia Has Committed ‘Wide Range’ of War Crimes in Ukraine

UN Investigators: Russia Has Committed ‘Wide Range’ of War Crimes in Ukraine

Russia has committed wide-ranging war crimes in Ukraine such as willful killings, torture and the deportation of children, a U.N.-mandated...

TASS: One killed in Explosion at Security Service Border Patrol Building in Southern Russia

TASS: One killed in Explosion at Security Service Border Patrol Building in Southern Russia

At least one person was killed and two were injured in an explosion that caused a fire at a building...

US Releases Video of Encounter Between Russian Fighter Jets and US Drone 

US Releases Video of Encounter Between Russian Fighter Jets and US Drone 

The U.S. military released a video Thursday of a Russian military intercept that resulted in the downing of a U.S....