China Reduces Ties with Lithuania in Taiwan Spat 

China Reduces Ties with Lithuania in Taiwan Spat 

China reduced the level of its diplomatic relations with Lithuania to below ambassador level Sunday in retaliation for the Baltic...

Poland Says Border Crisis ‘Greatest’ Bid to Destabilize Europe since Cold War

Poland Says Border Crisis ‘Greatest’ Bid to Destabilize Europe since Cold War

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Sunday called the migrant crisis on the Belarusian-Polish border, the EU’s eastern frontier, the...

COVID-19 Wave Pushes Ukraine’s Doctors to the Limit

COVID-19 Wave Pushes Ukraine’s Doctors to the Limit

As coronavirus infections hit Ukraine, a single shift for Dr. Oleksandr Molchanov now stretches to 42 hours — 24 of...

Dutch Riot Over COVID Restrictions a Second Night; 7 Arrested

Dutch Riot Over COVID Restrictions a Second Night; 7 Arrested

Police arrested seven rioters in The Hague on Saturday night after youths set fires in the streets and threw fireworks...

Vietnamese Workers at Chinese Factory in Serbia Cry for Help

Vietnamese Workers at Chinese Factory in Serbia Cry for Help

They are shivering in barracks without heat, going hungry and have no money. They say their passports have been taken...

Dutch Police Open Fire on Rioters Protesting COVID Restrictions

Dutch Police Open Fire on Rioters Protesting COVID Restrictions

Police opened fire on protesters in rioting that erupted in downtown Rotterdam around a demonstration against COVID-19 restrictions late Friday...

Tens of Thousands March in Vienna Against New COVID Measures

Tens of Thousands March in Vienna Against New COVID Measures

Tens of thousands of people, many of them far-right supporters, protested Saturday in Vienna against coronavirus restrictions a day after...

Europe’s COVID Crisis Pits Vaccinated Against Unvaccinated

Europe’s COVID Crisis Pits Vaccinated Against Unvaccinated

This was supposed to be the Christmas in Europe where family and friends could once again embrace holiday festivities and...

Spain’s Ancient Practice of Resin Harvesting May Hold Key to Energy Future

Spain’s Ancient Practice of Resin Harvesting May Hold Key to Energy Future

Guillermo Arránz spends his days in a forest hacking into pine trees to extract what is to him, liquid gold....

Hundreds of Kurdish Migrants Return Home From Belarus

Hundreds of Kurdish Migrants Return Home From Belarus

Hundreds of Kurds who had camped along Belarus’ border for weeks were forced to return home Thursday after failing to...

Two Wounded During Protest of COVID-19 Restrictions in Netherlands

Two Wounded During Protest of COVID-19 Restrictions in Netherlands

Crowds of rioters in the port city of Rotterdam torched cars and threw rocks at police, who responded with bullets...

Georgia’s Ex-president Saakashvili Agrees to End 50-day Hunger Strike 

Georgia’s Ex-president Saakashvili Agrees to End 50-day Hunger Strike 

Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili agreed on Friday to end a 50-day prison hunger strike that had raised political tensions...

Poland Accuses Belarus of Creating Border Crisis After Refugee Camps Cleared 

Poland Accuses Belarus of Creating Border Crisis After Refugee Camps Cleared 

Poland accused Belarus on Friday of trucking hundreds of refugees to the two countries’ border and encouraging them to illegally...

NATO Chief Calls Situation at Belarus-Poland Border ‘Deeply Concerning’ 

NATO Chief Calls Situation at Belarus-Poland Border ‘Deeply Concerning’ 

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday the situation at the border between Poland and Belarus is “deeply concerning” and the alliance stands ready...

Austria Imposes COVID Lockdown as Cases Surge

Austria Imposes COVID Lockdown as Cases Surge

Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced Friday the government will begin a nationwide lockdown Monday and mandate vaccinations for all, making...

Tracking Tech Turns Theft Victims into Sleuths

Tracking Tech Turns Theft Victims into Sleuths

Frustrated with slow or no action, some Americans are using Bluetooth trackers to retrieve stolen items themselves. It’s a risky...

German Officials: Current COVID Surge Is ‘National Emergency’

German Officials: Current COVID Surge Is ‘National Emergency’

German health officials said Friday the current COVID-19 situation in the country is a national emergency and called for immediate...

Ukrainian Soldier Killed in Separatist Attack

Ukrainian Soldier Killed in Separatist Attack

Ukraine said Friday that one of its soldiers had been killed by pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country,...

Hungary Opposition Leader Vows to Restore Western Alliances

Hungary Opposition Leader Vows to Restore Western Alliances

Hungary’s opposition leader wants to restore his country’s frayed ties with the West — and also has a message for...

Belarus Moves Refugees to Large Warehouse

Belarus Moves Refugees to Large Warehouse

Officials in Belarus have cleared a refugee camp on the Poland-Belarus border where thousands of refugees had hunkered down in...

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Still in Action 

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Still in Action 

As researchers at U.S space agency NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory prepare for the 16th flight of Ingenuity, the Mars helicopter,...

Neutral Pronoun in French Dictionary Stirs Boisterous Debate

Neutral Pronoun in French Dictionary Stirs Boisterous Debate

A nonbinary pronoun added to an esteemed French dictionary has ignited a fierce linguistic squabble in the country.  Le Petit...