Russia Ups Legal Pressure on Foreign Media Outlets

Russia Ups Legal Pressure on Foreign Media Outlets

At an appeals hearing Tuesday, Russian prosecutors accused journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva of being a “mouthpiece of the West” as the...

Czech Republic Passes 1 Million COVID-19 Cases

Czech Republic Passes 1 Million COVID-19 Cases

The Czech Republic health ministry reported Wednesday the nation passed one million confirmed COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began. The agency...

Russia Cracks Down After Navalny Sentencing

Russia Cracks Down After Navalny Sentencing

Russian human rights monitors say authorities have arrested at least 1,400 protesters in Moscow after a court sentenced opposition politician...

NATO Boosts Black Sea Naval Presence

NATO Boosts Black Sea Naval Presence

When it comes to the Black Sea, international attention has been focused for weeks on the opulent $1.37 billion mansion...

UK Study Finds AstraZeneca Vaccine Cuts COVID Transmission by 2/3

UK Study Finds AstraZeneca Vaccine Cuts COVID Transmission by 2/3

A coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University cut transmission of the virus by two-thirds, according to a study...

Mexico Grants Emergency Use of Russia Vaccine to Fight Coronavirus

Mexico Grants Emergency Use of Russia Vaccine to Fight Coronavirus

Mexico’s regulatory agency approved emergency use of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, shortly after Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell announced Tuesday the country’s plan to combat the novel coronavirus would involve...

US Condemns Russian Court Imprisonment of Kremlin Critic

US Condemns Russian Court Imprisonment of Kremlin Critic

The United States on Tuesday condemned a Russian court’s decision to sentence the Kremlin’s most outspoken critic, Alexei Navalny, to 3.5 years in prison. State Department officials...

COVID-19 Pop-up Tents Become a Common Sight in Paris

COVID-19 Pop-up Tents Become a Common Sight in Paris

COVID-19 testing tents are popping up in the French capital as extensions of local pharmacies that allow people to walk in and get a free COVID screening....

Britain Battles Mutant Coronavirus Outbreak

Britain Battles Mutant Coronavirus Outbreak

Britain has launched an emergency program of door-to-door testing in several parts of the country, following the discovery of numerous...

Amazon’s Bezos to Step Down as CEO

Amazon’s Bezos to Step Down as CEO

Amazon.com Inc. on Tuesday said founder Jeff Bezos would step down as CEO and become executive chairman, as the company...

Britain Battles Mutant Coronavirus Outbreak

Britain Battles Mutant Coronavirus Outbreak

Britain launched an emergency program of door-to-door testing in several areas Tuesday following the discovery of hundreds of cases of...

Northern Ireland Suspends Inspections at Ports After Threats of Violence

Northern Ireland Suspends Inspections at Ports After Threats of Violence

Northern Ireland temporarily suspended some inspections at two ports late Monday after threats of violence and increased tensions have been...

Russia’s Sputnik Vaccine Safe, Effective Against COVID-19, Study Finds

Russia’s Sputnik Vaccine Safe, Effective Against COVID-19, Study Finds

Russian scientists say the country’s Sputnik-V vaccine appears safe and effective against COVID-19, according to early results of an advanced...

Britain Seeks Vaccine Changes to Address COVID-19 Variants

Britain Seeks Vaccine Changes to Address COVID-19 Variants

Britain’s health minister said Tuesday the government there is considering modifications to existing COVID-19 vaccines to address variant strains of...

UK’s Star COVID Fundraiser Captain Tom Moore Dies at 100

UK’s Star COVID Fundraiser Captain Tom Moore Dies at 100

Captain Tom Moore, the British World War II veteran who raised millions of pounds for health service workers on the...

Russian Dissident Navalny Faces Possible Multi-Year Prison Sentence

Russian Dissident Navalny Faces Possible Multi-Year Prison Sentence

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny appeared in a Moscow court Tuesday to face parole violation charges that could land him...

Europe’s Populists Ready to Seize on COVID Vaccination Bungle

Europe’s Populists Ready to Seize on COVID Vaccination Bungle

Europe’s populists have seen their polling numbers dip since the coronavirus emerged on the continent, but as the economic impact...

Britain Identifies 105 Cases of South African COVID-19 Variant

Britain Identifies 105 Cases of South African COVID-19 Variant

British Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Monday said 105 cases of a coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa have...

 Ankara May Be Poised for Pivot From Middle East to Central Asia

 Ankara May Be Poised for Pivot From Middle East to Central Asia

Turkey and Azerbaijan are continuing to deepen ties by starting a major joint military exercise Monday. The display of force...

Russia Considers Jail Term for Navalny

Russia Considers Jail Term for Navalny

The Russian general prosecutor’s office said Monday that that it supports a request by the federal prison system to impose a jail term on opposition leader and Kremlin...

German Pharma Company Bayer to Produce New COVID Vaccine

German Pharma Company Bayer to Produce New COVID Vaccine

German pharmaceutical giant Bayer announced Monday it will help a smaller German biomedical company, CureVac, produce its experimental COVID-19 vaccine,...

Blinken Slams Putin for Crackdown on Navalny Supporters 

Blinken Slams Putin for Crackdown on Navalny Supporters 

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the Biden administration is considering possible action against Russia, a day after...