Johnson Says Climate Deal ‘Death Knell for Coal Power’

Johnson Says Climate Deal ‘Death Knell for Coal Power’

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson praised an agreement by nearly 200 countries to boost efforts to combat climate change, while expressing disappointment...

New Anti-graft Centrist Party Seen Winning Bulgaria’s Election

New Anti-graft Centrist Party Seen Winning Bulgaria’s Election

Bulgaria’s new centrist political party was seen winning parliamentary elections on Sunday, according to four exit polls, increasing chances of...

Car Explosion Outside Liverpool Hospital Kills 1

Car Explosion Outside Liverpool Hospital Kills 1

Counterterrorism police in Britain were investigating an explosion at a hospital Sunday in the city of Liverpool that killed one...

Polish PM Mulls Asking NATO to Hold Talks Amid Border Crisis

Polish PM Mulls Asking NATO to Hold Talks Amid Border Crisis

Poland, Lithuania and Latvia are considering asking NATO to hold emergency talks as they struggle to manage a tense migration...

Searching for Clues to Earth’s Past/Future in Ice Archive

Searching for Clues to Earth’s Past/Future in Ice Archive

ith the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference, or COP 26, now over, countries are looking to begin funding a global...

More Than 600 Migrants Reach Italy by Sea from North Africa 

More Than 600 Migrants Reach Italy by Sea from North Africa 

More than 600 migrants, many of them Egyptians, arrived in southern Italy over the past 24 hours, officials said on...

Greek Prosecutor Probing Fake COVID-19 Vaccination Certificates

Greek Prosecutor Probing Fake COVID-19 Vaccination Certificates

A Greek prosecutor has launched an urgent investigation into criminal organizations supplying fake vaccination certificates, both domestically and from neighboring...

Austria Orders Lockdown for Those not Vaccinated Against COVID-19

Austria Orders Lockdown for Those not Vaccinated Against COVID-19

Austria is placing millions of people not fully vaccinated against the coronavirus in lockdown as of Monday to deal with...

Queen Elizabeth Misses Cenotaph Service Due to Back Sprain 

Queen Elizabeth Misses Cenotaph Service Due to Back Sprain 

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth did not attend Sunday’s Remembrance Day Service at the Cenotaph due to a sprained back, Buckingham Palace...

‘A Fragile Win’: Climate Pact Reached at Glasgow COP26 Summit

‘A Fragile Win’: Climate Pact Reached at Glasgow COP26 Summit

Nearly 200 countries signed the Glasgow Climate Pact at the end of the COP26 summit Saturday, pledging to speed up...

Young Syrian Latest Migrant to Die Along Polish-Belarus Border

Young Syrian Latest Migrant to Die Along Polish-Belarus Border

Polish police said Saturday that the body of a young Syrian man was found in the woods near the border...

Husband of Woman Detained in Iran Ends 21-day Hunger Strike 

Husband of Woman Detained in Iran Ends 21-day Hunger Strike 

The husband of a British-Iranian woman who has been detained for more than five years in Iran said Saturday that...

Russia’s COVID-19 Deaths Set Daily Record; Total Infections Top 9 Million 

Russia’s COVID-19 Deaths Set Daily Record; Total Infections Top 9 Million 

Russia is reporting a new daily record of COVID-19 deaths, while the total number of coronavirus infections during the pandemic...

Britain Denies Iran Threatened to Curtail Nuclear Talks if London Tribunal Continues 

Britain Denies Iran Threatened to Curtail Nuclear Talks if London Tribunal Continues 

Britain is denying a report by human rights activists that Iran’s nuclear negotiator threatened to curtail his involvement in upcoming...

Turkey’s Erdogan Sues Greek Newspaper Over ‘Insulting’ Headline

Turkey’s Erdogan Sues Greek Newspaper Over ‘Insulting’ Headline

A Greek newspaper is facing criminal prosecution in Turkey from Turkey’s president, who is said to be insulted by what...

COP26: African Youth Demand Rich Nations Fulfill Promises

COP26: African Youth Demand Rich Nations Fulfill Promises

Several young African climate activists traveled thousands of miles to Glasgow, Scotland, to be part of the COP26 climate summit...

Europe Reports 2 Million New COVID Cases

Europe Reports 2 Million New COVID Cases

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday that Europe remains the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, reporting 2...

UN Recap: November 7-12, 2021

UN Recap: November 7-12, 2021

Editor’s note: Here is a fast take on what the international community has been up to this past week, as...

US Vice President Harris Announces US-France Recommitment to Combating Terrorism

US Vice President Harris Announces US-France Recommitment to Combating Terrorism

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said Friday the U.S. and France have renewed their “mutual commitment” to collaborate on combatting...

World Has Become Deaf to Plight of the Poor, Pope Says in Assisi

World Has Become Deaf to Plight of the Poor, Pope Says in Assisi

Pope Francis said on Friday that the world had become deaf to the plight of the poor and condemned those...

Turkey Halts Flights for Some Mideast Citizens to EU’s Door

Turkey Halts Flights for Some Mideast Citizens to EU’s Door

Turkey’s Civil Aviation Authority said Friday that the country is halting airline ticket sales to Iraqi, Syrian and Yemeni citizens...

COP26: Draft Climate Deal Published as Negotiations Enter Crucial Final Hours

COP26: Draft Climate Deal Published as Negotiations Enter Crucial Final Hours

A new draft agreement was released Friday morning at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, detailing how countries plan to...