Posts by Newsmaker

Turkey Arrests Businessman Suspected in Haitian President’s Assassination 

Turkey Arrests Businessman Suspected in Haitian President’s Assassination 

Turkish authorities arrested businessman Samir Handal, a suspect “of great interest” in the July assassination of Haiti’s president, according to...

Balkan Fears Grow as Western Countries Mull Sanctions

Balkan Fears Grow as Western Countries Mull Sanctions

Threats by the leader of the Serb-majority Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, to break his mini-state away from Bosnia and Herzegovina,...

Poland Uses Water Cannons Against Migrants at Belarus Border

Poland Uses Water Cannons Against Migrants at Belarus Border

Polish forces at the border with Belarus used water cannons and tear gas Tuesday against stone-throwing migrants, as Warsaw accused...

After COVID Wrecked Tourism, Protests over US Naval Presence in Spain Turned to Praise

After COVID Wrecked Tourism, Protests over US Naval Presence in Spain Turned to Praise

The US Naval Station at Rota in the south of Spain has often been the target of protests by anti-war...

Polish Forces Use Water Cannons on Migrants Who Threw Stones

Polish Forces Use Water Cannons on Migrants Who Threw Stones

Polish border forces on Wednesday said they were attacked with stones by migrants at the border with Belarus and responded...

Russia Rejects Accusations that Anti-satellite Missile Endangers ISS Astronauts

Russia Rejects Accusations that Anti-satellite Missile Endangers ISS Astronauts

Russian officials on Tuesday rejected accusations that they endangered astronauts aboard the International Space Station by conducting a weapons test...

Greek Birthplace of Olympic Games to be Digitally Preserved

Greek Birthplace of Olympic Games to be Digitally Preserved

Greece and U.S. tech giant Microsoft have teamed up to digitally revive one of the ancient world’s most sacrosanct sites: the birthplace of the Olympic Games....

Minsk Blinks Ahead of EU Sanctions, But Crisis Not Over, Warn Diplomats

Minsk Blinks Ahead of EU Sanctions, But Crisis Not Over, Warn Diplomats

Belarus appeared to be moving Monday to de-escalate a long-running standoff with Poland and the European Union. Belarusian leader Alexander...

Germany Implements New COVID-19 Restrictions as Cases Surge

Germany Implements New COVID-19 Restrictions as Cases Surge

Germany’s capital, Berlin, joined several German states Monday in limiting access to restaurants, cinemas, museums and concert venues to only...

Britain Expands COVID-19 Booster Availability to Ages 40-49 

Britain Expands COVID-19 Booster Availability to Ages 40-49 

The British government Monday announced Monday an expansion of the nation’s COVID-19 booster shot program to people ages 40 and...

Britain Raises Terror Threat Level Following Taxi Explosion

Britain Raises Terror Threat Level Following Taxi Explosion

Britain Monday raised its terror threat level from substantial to severe following an explosion Sunday in a taxi outside a...

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...