Posts by Newsmaker

French Open Delayed Due to COVID-19

French Open Delayed Due to COVID-19

The French Open has been delayed by one week because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the governing body of the tennis...

Bulgarian Cave Remains Reveal Surprises About Earliest Homo Sapiens in Europe

Bulgarian Cave Remains Reveal Surprises About Earliest Homo Sapiens in Europe

DNA extracted from remains found in a Bulgarian cave of three people who lived roughly 45,000 years ago is revealing...

Violence Against Jews Rose Last Year in US, Germany

Violence Against Jews Rose Last Year in US, Germany

The number of violent attacks against Jews in the U.S. and Germany rose last year even while anti-Jewish violent incidents...

NATO At 72: Alliance Faces New Challenges, Enduring Threats

NATO At 72: Alliance Faces New Challenges, Enduring Threats

NATO is marking the 72nd anniversary of its founding this week. Henry Ridgwell reports the military alliance faces new challenges...

Norwegian Coast Guard Postpones Salvage of Abandoned Ship

Norwegian Coast Guard Postpones Salvage of Abandoned Ship

Norwegian coast guard officials said Wednesday bad weather and rough seas have prompted them to postpone efforts to recover a...

Turkish Court Sentences Dozens to Life Imprisonment for 2016 Coup Attempt

Turkish Court Sentences Dozens to Life Imprisonment for 2016 Coup Attempt

Turkey’s state media on Wednesday reported that a Turkish court sentenced dozens of people, including former soldiers attached to the...

Pakistan, Russia Agree to Boost Military Cooperation Against Terror, Sea Piracy

Pakistan, Russia Agree to Boost Military Cooperation Against Terror, Sea Piracy

Russia reaffirmed Wednesday it will enhance security cooperation with Pakistan by strengthening the South Asian nation’s “potential” to fight terrorism,...

EU-Turkey Meeting Turns Awkward as Von der Leyen Left Without Chair

EU-Turkey Meeting Turns Awkward as Von der Leyen Left Without Chair

Talks to warm relations between the European Union and Turkey in the Turkish capital, Ankara, got off to an awkward...

World Powers, Iran Hold ‘Constructive’ Talks on Reviving Nuclear Deal

World Powers, Iran Hold ‘Constructive’ Talks on Reviving Nuclear Deal

Iran and world powers held what they described as “constructive” talks on Tuesday and agreed to form working groups to...

EU Leaders Warn Erdogan on Human Rights Amid Progress in Talks 

EU Leaders Warn Erdogan on Human Rights Amid Progress in Talks 

European Council President Charles Michel and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen met with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on...

US Won’t Commit to NATO Membership for Ukraine

US Won’t Commit to NATO Membership for Ukraine

The United States reaffirmed its commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity Tuesday but stopped short of publicly backing Kyiv’s...

Russia’s Lavrov in Pakistan to Discuss Bilateral Ties, Afghan Peace 

Russia’s Lavrov in Pakistan to Discuss Bilateral Ties, Afghan Peace 

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov began a two-day official visit Tuesday to Pakistan amid growing diplomatic, economic, and military ties...

Europeans Press for Progress on US-Iran Nuclear Talks

Europeans Press for Progress on US-Iran Nuclear Talks

European leaders hope the start Tuesday of indirect talks in Vienna between the United States and Iran about reviving an...

Report: Jailed Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Hospitalized

Report: Jailed Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Hospitalized

Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny has been moved to a prison hospital and tested for the coronavirus, Russian media...

Norwegian Coast Guard Rescues Crew of Dutch Cargo Ship in Distress

Norwegian Coast Guard Rescues Crew of Dutch Cargo Ship in Distress

Norwegian coast guard officials said Tuesday the 12-member crew of a Dutch cargo ship that was adrift and in danger...

France to Open Archive for Period Covering Rwandan Genocide

France to Open Archive for Period Covering Rwandan Genocide

France’s role before and during the 1994 Rwandan genocide was a “monumental failure” that the country must acknowledge, the lead...

Spain Looks to Africa for Ways to Curb Migrant Influx

Spain Looks to Africa for Ways to Curb Migrant Influx

Like thousands before him, Oufame Mdiay left Senegal in search of work and a better future.Taking his life in his...

Hikers Scramble as New Fissure Opens Up at Icelandic Volcano

Hikers Scramble as New Fissure Opens Up at Icelandic Volcano

Steam and lava spurted Monday from a new fissure at an Icelandic volcano that began erupting last month, prompting the...

Navalny Moved to Sick Ward as Fellow Inmates Hospitalized With Suspected Tuberculosis

Navalny Moved to Sick Ward as Fellow Inmates Hospitalized With Suspected Tuberculosis

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny has been moved to a sick ward after complaining of a cough and temperature, the...

US Asks Russia to Explain ‘Provocations’ on Ukraine Border

US Asks Russia to Explain ‘Provocations’ on Ukraine Border

The United States, finding reports of Russian military movements on Ukraine’s border credible, asked Moscow to explain the “provocations” and...

Putin Signs Law that Paves the Way to Him Ruling Until 2036 

Putin Signs Law that Paves the Way to Him Ruling Until 2036 

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a controversial bill that opens the door for him to potentially remain...

Russia Backs Off Plan to Block Twitter, Extends Slowdown

Russia Backs Off Plan to Block Twitter, Extends Slowdown

Russia Monday backed off a threat to block Twitter inside the country but said it will continue to slow down...