UN: Growing Disregard for Human Rights Threatens Global Peace and Development
On the eve of Human Rights Day, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Tuerk, launched a yearlong campaign...
Apple Plans to Move Production Outside of China
The Wall Street Journal reports U.S. smartphone giant Apple Inc. is accelerating plans to move some China-based production lines to...
Belgian Court Halts Prisoner Exchange Treaty with Iran
Belgium’s Supreme Court has prohibited the implementation of a prisoner exchange treaty with Iran. Opponents of the exchange were concerned...
Brittney Griner Arrives in the US
U.S. professional basketball star Brittney Griner has arrived in the southern U.S. state of Texas after a high-stakes prisoner swap...
Russia Has Rocket Launcher at Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant, Utility Says
Russia has placed several Grad rocket launchers at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, according to Ukraine’s state-owned nuclear power utility....
Britain, Italy, Japan Combine Forces to Build Fighter Jets
Britain, Italy and Japan are combining their resources to create a new generation of fighter jets. “We are announcing the...
Former NATO Chief Joins Calls to Better Arm Ukraine
Former NATO Secretary-General Anders Rasmussen has joined a growing chorus of voices calling for the United States and its European...
With Brittney Griner Released, Biden Under Pressure to Free Others
As the Biden administration celebrates the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner from Russian custody, it is under pressure to...
Gavi to Integrate COVID-19 Vaccines Into Core Vaccine Programs for Developing Nations
COVAX, the global program for distributing COVID-19 vaccines to poorer countries, will soon be integrated into more routine vaccination programs,...
Germany Rocked by Far-Right Plot to Seize Power
German authorities said Thursday that further arrests are likely after a far-right plot to overthrow the government was thwarted. Prosecutors...
Germany Rocked by Far Right ‘Terrorist Plot’ to Seize Power
German authorities said Thursday more arrests are likely in the alleged far right plot to storm the German parliament and...
Viktor Bout, Arms Dealer in Prisoner Swap, Remembered as ‘Monster’
Viktor Bout, the former Russian military officer convicted of illegal arms trafficking in U.S. courts in 2012, and who was...
US Imposes Sanctions on Turkish Businessman, Citing Links to Iran’s Quds Force
The Biden administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on prominent Turkish businessman Sitki Ayan and his network of companies, accusing him...
Brittney Griner Freed From Russian Prison in Exchange
Brittney Griner, the American female basketball star who was held for months in Russian prisons on drug charges, was released...
Ukrainian American Helps Wounded Ukrainians Get Back on Their Feet
Ukrainian American Yakov Gradinar makes prostheses. So, after Russia’s war on Ukraine began to take its toll, he knew how...
US-Russia Prisoner Swap: Basketball Star Griner for Arms Dealer Bout
The U.S. and Russia carried out a high-stakes prisoner swap on Thursday, with Moscow freeing professional basketball star Brittney Griner...
Arizona Ramps Up Tech Workforce, Skills to Meet Chips Job Boom
Taiwanese chip giant TSMC is building a second U.S. facility in the southwest state of Arizona, highlighting the Biden Administration’s push to bring more of the semiconductor...
Boeing’s Final 747 Rolls Out of Washington State Factory
After more than half a century, the last Boeing 747 rolled out of a Washington state factory on Tuesday. The...
Snipers and Icy Water: Ukrainians Risk Dnipro River Crossings
Gunning the engine of his aging skiff, Oleksiy Kovbasyuk races away from Kherson toward an island in the Dnipro River,...
Russian Gas Swap Scheme Gets Cold Shoulder in Central Asia
A Russian scheme to facilitate natural gas sales to China and other Asian markets through a “gas union” with Kazakhstan...
European Energy Firms Dominate Landmark California Offshore Wind Auction
The U.S. government’s first-ever sale of offshore wind development rights off the coast of California drew $757.1 million in high...
Russian Court Upholds Ex-Reporter’s 22-Year Treason Sentence
A court in the Russian capital on Wednesday rejected an appeal from a former journalist who was convicted of treason...
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