Posts by Newsmaker

Why Do Kosovo-Serbia Tensions Persist?

Why Do Kosovo-Serbia Tensions Persist?

Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo flared anew this weekend after Kosovo’s police raided Serb-dominated areas in the region’s north and...

Poland Imposes Sanctions on 365 Belarusians Over ‘Draconian’ Verdict Against Journalist

Poland Imposes Sanctions on 365 Belarusians Over ‘Draconian’ Verdict Against Journalist

Poland imposed sanctions Monday on 365 Belarusian citizens and froze the financial assets of 20 entities and 16 other people...

UN Talks on Treaty to End Global Plastic Pollution Open in Paris

UN Talks on Treaty to End Global Plastic Pollution Open in Paris

A United Nations committee met in Paris Monday to work on what is intended to be a landmark treaty to...

Erdogan Seen as More Powerful Than Ever With Election Victory

Erdogan Seen as More Powerful Than Ever With Election Victory

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won Sunday’s presidential runoff, giving him a third term in power. His victory comes despite...

Ukrainian Teen Barely Escapes War-Torn Bakhmut Alive

Ukrainian Teen Barely Escapes War-Torn Bakhmut Alive

Depending on who you ask, the city of Bakhmut or separate parts of it are during any given week either...

Spanish PM Calls Snap Election Following Results of Regional, Local Polls

Spanish PM Calls Snap Election Following Results of Regional, Local Polls

Spain’s prime minister called early general elections on Monday after unsatisfactory results in regional and local elections Sunday. Speaking on...

At Least Three People Dead in Boat Accident in Northern Italy

At Least Three People Dead in Boat Accident in Northern Italy

At least three people died and one person is missing after a 16-meter tourist boat capsized and sank on Lake...

Kosovo Serbs Gather to Take Over Municipality Buildings in the North

Kosovo Serbs Gather to Take Over Municipality Buildings in the North

Ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo on Monday tried to take over the local government buildings where Albanian mayors entered last...

Mushroom Coffin a Last Best Wish for Some

Mushroom Coffin a Last Best Wish for Some

For those seeking to live in the most sustainable way, there now is an afterlife too. A Dutch intrepid inventor...

Latest in Ukraine: Russia Targets Kyiv with Drones, Missiles

Latest in Ukraine: Russia Targets Kyiv with Drones, Missiles

New developments:   South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will investigate U.S. allegations that a Russian ship had collected weapons from a...

Belarus Official: West Left Us No Choice but to Deploy Nuclear Arms

Belarus Official: West Left Us No Choice but to Deploy Nuclear Arms

Western countries left Belarus no choice but to deploy Russian tactical nuclear weapons and had better take heed not to...

Ukraine’s Kostyuk Booed at French Open, Refused Handshake With Belarus Player

Ukraine’s Kostyuk Booed at French Open, Refused Handshake With Belarus Player

Unable to sleep the night before her first-round match at the French Open against Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, the Grand...

NATO Chief Urges Kosovo to Ease Tensions With Serbia

NATO Chief Urges Kosovo to Ease Tensions With Serbia

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg called on Kosovo to tone down tensions with Serbia on Sunday, two days after clashes between...

New Greek Parliament Convenes, May Be Dissolved on Monday

New Greek Parliament Convenes, May Be Dissolved on Monday

Newly elected Greek lawmakers were sworn in Sunday but the Parliament in which they sit may be dissolved as early...

Italy PM: Good Ties With China Possible Without Belt and Road 

Italy PM: Good Ties With China Possible Without Belt and Road 

Good relations with China are possible even without being part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) deal, Italian Prime...

Venice Police Investigate Bright Green Liquid in Grand Canal

Venice Police Investigate Bright Green Liquid in Grand Canal

Police in Venice are investigating the source of a phosphorescent green liquid patch that appeared Sunday in the city’s famed...

Spain Holds Regional Elections Ahead of Year-End National Vote

Spain Holds Regional Elections Ahead of Year-End National Vote

Spanish voters head to the polls on Sunday in regional and municipal elections, the results of which will serve as...

Russia Launches Largest Drone Attack on Ukraine’s Capital

Russia Launches Largest Drone Attack on Ukraine’s Capital

Russia hit Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, overnight with the largest drone attack on the city since the start of the war....

Turkey Votes for a President in Second Runoff

Turkey Votes for a President in Second Runoff

Voters in Turkey are going to the polls Sunday to decide who will be the country’s president. Sunday’s vote is...

Putin Orders Stronger Russian Border Security

Putin Orders Stronger Russian Border Security

President Vladimir Putin on Sunday ordered stronger border security to ensure fast Russian military and civilian movement into Ukrainian regions...

Erdogan Positioned to Extend Rule in Turkey Runoff Election

Erdogan Positioned to Extend Rule in Turkey Runoff Election

Turks vote Sunday in a presidential runoff that could see Tayyip Erdogan extend his rule into a third decade and...

US Commerce Secretary: US ‘Won’t Tolerate’ China’s Ban on Micron Chips

US Commerce Secretary: US ‘Won’t Tolerate’ China’s Ban on Micron Chips

The United States “won’t tolerate” China’s effective ban on purchases of Micron Technology MU.O memory chips and is working closely...