Australia Says New Defense Accord with US and Britain Will Boost Regional Security

Australia Says New Defense Accord with US and Britain Will Boost Regional Security

Australia is defending its decision to join a tripartite alliance with the United States and Britain despite an angry reaction...

Greece Opens New Migrant Camp on Aegean Island Amid Controversy

Greece Opens New Migrant Camp on Aegean Island Amid Controversy

Greece has opened a new migrant holding camp to ease longstanding overcrowded conditions that authorities themselves have called a disgrace....

Australia had ‘Deep and Grave Concerns’ Over French Subs, PM Says

Australia had ‘Deep and Grave Concerns’ Over French Subs, PM Says

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Sunday the French government would have known Canberra had “deep and grave concerns” about...

Media: ‘Quad’ Countries to Agree on Secure Microchip Supply Chains

Media: ‘Quad’ Countries to Agree on Secure Microchip Supply Chains

Leaders of the United States, Japan, India and Australia will agree to take steps to build secure semiconductor supply chains...

Australia Made ‘Huge Mistake’ Canceling Submarine Deal, Says French Envoy

Australia Made ‘Huge Mistake’ Canceling Submarine Deal, Says French Envoy

Australia has made a “huge” diplomatic error by ditching a multi-billion-dollar order for French submarines in favor of an alternative...

Telegram Messenger Blocks Russia Opposition App During Vote

Telegram Messenger Blocks Russia Opposition App During Vote

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s “Smart Voting” app has disappeared from the Telegram messenger following similar moves by Apple and...

Dusting Off Its Forever Wars, Australia Names US Its ‘Forever Partner’ In Indo-Pacific

Dusting Off Its Forever Wars, Australia Names US Its ‘Forever Partner’ In Indo-Pacific

This week’s nuclear submarine deal between the United States and Australia threatens to become divisive in Australia, where some critics...

British Food Industry Demands Government Action Over CO2 Shortage

British Food Industry Demands Government Action Over CO2 Shortage

Britain’s food industry called on the government to subsidize carbon dioxide (CO2) production during a spike in gas prices or...

Hungary Opposition Goes to Primary Polls in Hope to Oust Orban

Hungary Opposition Goes to Primary Polls in Hope to Oust Orban

Hungary’s newly united opposition politicians started going to the polls Saturday in the country’s first-ever primary elections that they hope...

‘Devious Licks’ Videos of Damage, Thefts Bedevil US Schools 

‘Devious Licks’ Videos of Damage, Thefts Bedevil US Schools 

Kids across the U.S. are posting TikTok videos of themselves vandalizing school bathrooms and stealing soap dispensers and even turf...

France Recalls US, Australian Ambassadors Over Submarine Deal 

France Recalls US, Australian Ambassadors Over Submarine Deal 

France has recalled its ambassadors to the United States and Australia after Australia ended a deal to buy French submarines...

Two Charged With Murdering Irish Journalist Lyra McKee at Riot

Two Charged With Murdering Irish Journalist Lyra McKee at Riot

Two men appeared in court Friday in connection with the murder of Lyra McKee, an influential Northern Irish journalist shot...

French President Unveils New High-Speed Train

French President Unveils New High-Speed Train

French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday celebrated the 40th anniversary of France’s Train a Grande Vitesse (TGV) — “high-speed train”...

Will Russia’s Young People Vote in Parliamentary Elections?

Will Russia’s Young People Vote in Parliamentary Elections?

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin provoked chuckles earlier this month from school kids in the Russian city of Vladivostok when a...

Navalny App Gone from Google, Apple Stores on Russia Vote Day

Navalny App Gone from Google, Apple Stores on Russia Vote Day

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny’s Smart Voting app disappeared from Apple and Google stores Friday as Russians began voting in a three-day...

Waterfall in Eastern Turkey Sees More Visitors

Waterfall in Eastern Turkey Sees More Visitors

The tourism industry in Turkey has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, and until recently several wildfires. Several sites,...

China Gets Serious About Cracking Down on Youth Online Gaming

China Gets Serious About Cracking Down on Youth Online Gaming

With China’s new restrictions on minors playing online games, the global gaming industry wonders what’s next. Michelle Quinn reports. …

France Suspends 3,000 Unvaccinated Health Care Workers

France Suspends 3,000 Unvaccinated Health Care Workers

France has suspended 3,000 health care workers who were not inoculated with a COVID-19 vaccine by a government-mandated Sept. 15...

Taiwan Calls for Quick Start to Trade Talks with EU

Taiwan Calls for Quick Start to Trade Talks with EU

Taiwan’s government called on the European Union to quickly begin trade talks after the bloc pledged to seek a trade...

Ukraine, US to Hold Joint Military Drills 

Ukraine, US to Hold Joint Military Drills 

Ukraine and the United States will start joint military exercises in western Ukraine next week, the Ukrainian General Staff said...

Russians Start Voting in Parliamentary Polls After Historic Crackdown

Russians Start Voting in Parliamentary Polls After Historic Crackdown

Russians in the Far East began voting in a three-day parliamentary election in which vocal Kremlin critics have been barred...

Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer, Dies at 81

Clive Sinclair, Computing Pioneer, Dies at 81

Sir Clive Sinclair, the British inventor who pioneered the pocket calculator and affordable home computers, died Thursday at age 81....