Posts by Newsmaker

In Bakhmut, Russia Controls East, Ukraine Controls West

In Bakhmut, Russia Controls East, Ukraine Controls West

Russia’s Wagner Group is in control of the eastern portion of the Ukranian Donbas town of Bakhmut, while Ukranian forces...

Anti-Russia Guerrillas in Belarus Take on ‘Two-Headed Enemy’

Anti-Russia Guerrillas in Belarus Take on ‘Two-Headed Enemy’

After Russia invaded Ukraine, guerrillas from Belarus began carrying out acts of sabotage on their country’s railways, including blowing up...

Biden, EU Chief Downplay Differences Over US Climate Subsidies

Biden, EU Chief Downplay Differences Over US Climate Subsidies

U.S. President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday sought to minimize differences over a...

US Defense Officials: China Is Leading in Hypersonic Weapons

US Defense Officials: China Is Leading in Hypersonic Weapons

Russia’s repeated use of advanced hypersonic missiles as part of its bombardment of Ukraine may be getting the bulk of...

Young Georgians Shun Moscow, Push for EU Dream

Young Georgians Shun Moscow, Push for EU Dream

Georgia’s young protesters, having forced parliament into a U-turn on controversial new legislation, are determined to maintain the pressure on...

BBC Pulls Soccer Host After Migration Comments

BBC Pulls Soccer Host After Migration Comments

Former England soccer captain Gary Lineker has been taken off the air by the BBC after his comments on Britain’s...

France, Britain Strike Migration Deal

France, Britain Strike Migration Deal

Britain will pay France around 480 million pounds ($577 million) over three years to try to stop migrants traveling in...

Ukraine Restores Power Supply Following Russian Missile Strikes

Ukraine Restores Power Supply Following Russian Missile Strikes

Ukraine’s capital had largely restored power Friday, a day after Russia fired a barrage of missiles across the country, which...

Georgian Parliament Revokes Controversial ‘Foreign Agents’ Bill That Sparked Protests

Georgian Parliament Revokes Controversial ‘Foreign Agents’ Bill That Sparked Protests

In a dramatic turn of events, Georgian lawmakers have voted to drop a controversial “foreign agents” bill just days after...

EU Wants Joint Naval Exercises Amid Growing Maritime Security Threats

EU Wants Joint Naval Exercises Amid Growing Maritime Security Threats

The European Union wants to hold joint naval exercises as part of plans published Friday to step up its efforts...

British Ministry: Intervals Between Russia’s Missile Attack in Ukraine Will Likely Increase

British Ministry: Intervals Between Russia’s Missile Attack in Ukraine Will Likely Increase

Following the wave of missiles strikes that Russia launched Thursday against Ukraine, the British Defense Ministry said Friday that the...

US Semiconductor Manufacturing Expected to Ramp Up With New Deal

US Semiconductor Manufacturing Expected to Ramp Up With New Deal

A global shortage of semiconductor chips in the automotive industry starting in 2020 has motivated many countries to increase their...

Biden to Host EU Chief to Discuss China, Climate Subsidies

Biden to Host EU Chief to Discuss China, Climate Subsidies

U.S. President Joe Biden will meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday at the White House to...

Casualties Reported at Jehovah’s Witnesses Meeting in Germany

Casualties Reported at Jehovah’s Witnesses Meeting in Germany

Shots were fired inside a building used by Jehovah’s Witnesses in the northern German city of Hamburg on Thursday evening,...

Erdogan Pushes Back Against Critical Quake Response Reporting as Elections Loom

Erdogan Pushes Back Against Critical Quake Response Reporting as Elections Loom

Rights groups are warning that independent Turkish media face fines and arrests over critical reporting of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s...

Russia Raises Doubts About Grain Deal as Deadline Looms

Russia Raises Doubts About Grain Deal as Deadline Looms

Russia said on Thursday that a landmark deal to ensure the safe export of grain from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports...

German Court Orders New Sentencing in Death of 5-Year-Old Yazidi Girl

German Court Orders New Sentencing in Death of 5-Year-Old Yazidi Girl

A German appeals court on Thursday ordered a new sentencing hearing for a German convert to Islam who was given...

Italy to Stiffen Smuggling Punishment After Migrant Tragedy

Italy to Stiffen Smuggling Punishment After Migrant Tragedy

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni on Thursday brought her planned crackdown on people smugglers to a southern town near the coast...

US Gets Warrant to Seize Russian Company’s Boeing 737

US Gets Warrant to Seize Russian Company’s Boeing 737

A federal court in New York authorized the seizure of a $25 million Boeing 737 owned by a Russian energy...

War, Coups, Rollbacks of Civil Liberties Test Democracies, Media Worldwide

War, Coups, Rollbacks of Civil Liberties Test Democracies, Media Worldwide

Is the fight for democracy at a turning point? Freedom House documents a global decline for the 17th consecutive year....

China Criticizes Dutch Plan to Curb Access to Chip Tools 

China Criticizes Dutch Plan to Curb Access to Chip Tools 

China’s government on Thursday criticized the Netherlands for joining Washington in blocking Chinese access to technology to manufacture advanced processor...

Russian Missile Strikes Kill at Least 5 in Ukraine

Russian Missile Strikes Kill at Least 5 in Ukraine

Ukrainian officials reported Russian missile strikes Thursday in multiple parts of the country that killed at least six people. Ukraine’s...