Job boom creates Swiss immigration headache for EU trade talks
ZURICH — Switzerland is scrambling to keep a lid on immigration from its top trade partner, the European Union, as a...
German exporters optimistic for first time in months despite possible Trump tariffs
Berlin — The mood in Germany’s export industry improved slightly in November as companies, generally cautious about foreign business developments, wait...
Ukraine says it shot down 76 of 188 Russian drones
Ukraine’s military said Tuesday it shot down 76 Russian drones in overnight attacks that targeted areas across the country and...
Google, Meta urge Australia to delay bill on social media ban for children
SYDNEY — Google and Facebook-owner Meta Platforms urged the Australian government on Tuesday to delay a bill that will ban most...
Police in Turkey detain demonstrators seeking more protection for women against violence
ISTANBUL — Police detained dozens of people in Istanbul who tried to join a rally Monday calling for greater protection for...
French prosecutors seek 20-year term for Pelicot in mass rape case
AVIGNON, France — French prosecutors asked for the maximum 20-year prison sentence for Dominique Pelicot, who organized the repeated mass rape...
Google to build subsea cable linking Australia’s Darwin to Christmas Island
sydney — Australia’s Indian Ocean territory of Christmas Island will be connected by subsea cable to the northern garrison city of...
Google’s US antitrust trial over online ad empire winds down
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — The U.S. Justice Department told a federal judge that Google illegally dominated online advertising technology in seeking a...
From VOA Russian: Georgia’s Parliament opens with opposition boycott
VOA Russian’s correspondent reports from Georgia, where the first session of the new parliament is meeting after the election won...
From VOA Russian and VOA Ukrainian: US experts analyze Moscow’s nuclear threats
U.S. experts are casting doubt on the effectiveness of Russia’s threat to expand the use of its new ballistic missile...
Hundreds of homeowners in England and Wales battle floodwaters after weekend storm
London — Hundreds of homeowners in England and Wales were battling floodwaters Monday morning after the second major storm of the...
$300B COP29 climate deal sparks outrage, hope
BAKU, AZERBAIJAN — Anger and frustration from developing nations vulnerable to climate impacts are likely to linger following the conclusion of...
Russian aerial attack injures at least 15 in Kharkiv
Ukrainian officials said Monday a Russian attack on the northeastern city of Kharkiv injured at least 19 people. Oleh Syniehubov,...
Foreign ministers meet in Italy for the last G7 of the Biden administration
ROME — Foreign ministers from the world’s leading industrialized nations are meeting Monday, with the wars in Ukraine and the Middle...
Pro-Russian candidate creates a surprise in Romanian presidential election
BUCHAREST — A Romanian hard-right NATO critic and leftist Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu appeared in dead heat after the first round...
Trump ‘incredibly concerned’ about escalation of munitions in Russia-Ukraine conflict, aide says
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is “incredibly concerned” about the escalating use of different types of weaponry in Russia’s nearly three-year...
Moscow offers debt forgiveness to new recruits and AP sees wreckage of new Russian missile
KYIV — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law granting debt forgiveness to new army recruits who enlist to fight...
Taiwan seeks to strengthen cooperation with Europe through foreign minister’s trip
Taipei, Taiwan — Taiwan’s foreign minister, Lin Chia-lung, wrapped up a weeklong trip to Europe Sunday after meeting European lawmakers...
Floods sweep through parts of England and Wales in wake of Storm Bert
Floods swept through parts of Britain on Sunday as residents woke to flooded homes and streets as Storm Bert battered...
Designer describes invitation to work on Notre Dame cathedral’s reopening as ‘calling’
paris — When Jean-Charles de Castelbajac watched as Notre Dame cathedral burned in April 2019, he felt compelled to act. Returning...
Iran to hold nuclear talks with 3 European powers in Geneva on Friday, Kyodo reports
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — Iran plans to hold talks about its disputed nuclear program with three European powers on Nov....
Has a waltz written by composer Frederic Chopin been discovered in an NYC museum?
NEW YORK — The brooding waltz was carefully composed on a sheet of music roughly the size of an index card....
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