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France, Britain Strike Migration Deal

France, Britain Strike Migration Deal

Britain will pay France around 480 million pounds ($577 million) over three years to try to stop migrants traveling in...

Ukraine Restores Power Supply Following Russian Missile Strikes

Ukraine Restores Power Supply Following Russian Missile Strikes

Ukraine’s capital had largely restored power Friday, a day after Russia fired a barrage of missiles across the country, which...

Georgian Parliament Revokes Controversial ‘Foreign Agents’ Bill That Sparked Protests

Georgian Parliament Revokes Controversial ‘Foreign Agents’ Bill That Sparked Protests

In a dramatic turn of events, Georgian lawmakers have voted to drop a controversial “foreign agents” bill just days after...

EU Wants Joint Naval Exercises Amid Growing Maritime Security Threats

EU Wants Joint Naval Exercises Amid Growing Maritime Security Threats

The European Union wants to hold joint naval exercises as part of plans published Friday to step up its efforts...

British Ministry: Intervals Between Russia’s Missile Attack in Ukraine Will Likely Increase

British Ministry: Intervals Between Russia’s Missile Attack in Ukraine Will Likely Increase

Following the wave of missiles strikes that Russia launched Thursday against Ukraine, the British Defense Ministry said Friday that the...

US Semiconductor Manufacturing Expected to Ramp Up With New Deal

US Semiconductor Manufacturing Expected to Ramp Up With New Deal

A global shortage of semiconductor chips in the automotive industry starting in 2020 has motivated many countries to increase their...

Biden to Host EU Chief to Discuss China, Climate Subsidies

Biden to Host EU Chief to Discuss China, Climate Subsidies

U.S. President Joe Biden will meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday at the White House to...

Casualties Reported at Jehovah’s Witnesses Meeting in Germany

Casualties Reported at Jehovah’s Witnesses Meeting in Germany

Shots were fired inside a building used by Jehovah’s Witnesses in the northern German city of Hamburg on Thursday evening,...

Erdogan Pushes Back Against Critical Quake Response Reporting as Elections Loom

Erdogan Pushes Back Against Critical Quake Response Reporting as Elections Loom

Rights groups are warning that independent Turkish media face fines and arrests over critical reporting of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s...

Russia Raises Doubts About Grain Deal as Deadline Looms

Russia Raises Doubts About Grain Deal as Deadline Looms

Russia said on Thursday that a landmark deal to ensure the safe export of grain from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports...

German Court Orders New Sentencing in Death of 5-Year-Old Yazidi Girl

German Court Orders New Sentencing in Death of 5-Year-Old Yazidi Girl

A German appeals court on Thursday ordered a new sentencing hearing for a German convert to Islam who was given...

Italy to Stiffen Smuggling Punishment After Migrant Tragedy

Italy to Stiffen Smuggling Punishment After Migrant Tragedy

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni on Thursday brought her planned crackdown on people smugglers to a southern town near the coast...

US Gets Warrant to Seize Russian Company’s Boeing 737

US Gets Warrant to Seize Russian Company’s Boeing 737

A federal court in New York authorized the seizure of a $25 million Boeing 737 owned by a Russian energy...

War, Coups, Rollbacks of Civil Liberties Test Democracies, Media Worldwide

War, Coups, Rollbacks of Civil Liberties Test Democracies, Media Worldwide

Is the fight for democracy at a turning point? Freedom House documents a global decline for the 17th consecutive year....

China Criticizes Dutch Plan to Curb Access to Chip Tools 

China Criticizes Dutch Plan to Curb Access to Chip Tools 

China’s government on Thursday criticized the Netherlands for joining Washington in blocking Chinese access to technology to manufacture advanced processor...

Russian Missile Strikes Kill at Least 5 in Ukraine

Russian Missile Strikes Kill at Least 5 in Ukraine

Ukrainian officials reported Russian missile strikes Thursday in multiple parts of the country that killed at least six people. Ukraine’s...

Georgia Drops Foreign Agent Legislation

Georgia Drops Foreign Agent Legislation

Georgia’s ruling party announced Thursday it is withdrawing a proposed foreign agent law after the legislation sparked two days of...

US House Speaker Declines Invitation from Ukraine’s Zelenskyy

US House Speaker Declines Invitation from Ukraine’s Zelenskyy

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy invited the top House lawmaker in the United States to visit Kyiv to see “what’s happening...

Netherlands Responds to US China Policy With Plan to Curb Semiconductor Tech Exports

Netherlands Responds to US China Policy With Plan to Curb Semiconductor Tech Exports

The Netherlands’ government on Wednesday said it planned new restrictions on exports of semiconductor technology to protect national security, joining...

Germany-Based Uyghur Group Nominated for 2023 Nobel Peace Prize

Germany-Based Uyghur Group Nominated for 2023 Nobel Peace Prize

The World Uyghur Congress, a Germany-based Uyghur rights group, has been nominated for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize. Canadian lawmakers...

Are Americans Ready for More Drone Deliveries?

Are Americans Ready for More Drone Deliveries?

Drones are routinely used in warfare, law enforcement and agriculture. Now more and more U.S. businesses are using them to...

Engineers Blame Building Amnesty for Turkey Quake’s High Toll

Engineers Blame Building Amnesty for Turkey Quake’s High Toll

As parts of southeastern Turkey struggle to recover from last month’s earthquake, many are questioning why so many relatively modern...