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Senate Passes Resolution Recognizing Armenian Genocide

Senate Passes Resolution Recognizing Armenian Genocide

The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution that recognizes as genocide the mass killings of Armenians a century ago, a...

Ukraine Detains Suspects in Slaying of Top Journalist

Ukraine Detains Suspects in Slaying of Top Journalist

Ukrainian police have detained several people suspected of involvement in the slaying of journalist Pavel Sheremet, who died in a car...

Fire on Russia’s Only Aircraft Carrier Kills 1, Injures 11 

Fire on Russia’s Only Aircraft Carrier Kills 1, Injures 11 

Russia’s only aircraft carrier suffered a massive fire Thursday that killed one crew member, injured another 11 people and significantly...

Trump Lambasts Greta Thunberg, Time Magazine’s Person of the Year

Trump Lambasts Greta Thunberg, Time Magazine’s Person of the Year

U.S. President Donald Trump took aim at Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg Thursday, suggesting she has problems controlling anger.”So...

EU to Boost Measures to Protect Trade After WTO Impasse

EU to Boost Measures to Protect Trade After WTO Impasse

The European Union says it is taking measures to protect its trade interests in the ongoing row with the United...

European Central Bank Chief Sees Slowdown Bottoming Out

European Central Bank Chief Sees Slowdown Bottoming Out

Central banks in the United States and Europe say they’ve done their part to help the economy for now. The...

Future of Brexit at Stake in Britain Election

Future of Brexit at Stake in Britain Election

Voters in Britain are casting ballots Thursday in an early general election that may bring a long-awaited resolution to the...

Greta Thunberg Becomes Time’s Youngest Person of the Year

Greta Thunberg Becomes Time’s Youngest Person of the Year

Environmentalists and climate change activists worldwide are hailing Time magazine’s decision to make Greta Thunberg its 2019 Person of the...

After Talks Tackling the War in East Ukraine, What Next for the Donbass?

After Talks Tackling the War in East Ukraine, What Next for the Donbass?

The leaders of Russia and Ukraine met for the first time in three years in an attempt to end the...

Here are the States Where Robots Rule

Here are the States Where Robots Rule

The use of robots in the U.S. workplace more than doubled from 2009 to 2017, the bulk of them in...

EU Leaders Offer Money to Reluctant East to Push 2050 Climate Neutrality

EU Leaders Offer Money to Reluctant East to Push 2050 Climate Neutrality

European Union leaders on Thursday will push to agree to make their bloc climate neutral by 2050, luring reluctant eastern...

China Reportedly Threatens Tiny Faroe Islands Over Huawei

China Reportedly Threatens Tiny Faroe Islands Over Huawei

Danish media are reporting that the Chinese government threatened to cancel a trade deal with the tiny Faroe Islands if...

Russia, Ukraine Make Progress But No Breakthrough in Peace Talks

Russia, Ukraine Make Progress But No Breakthrough in Peace Talks

With the leaders of Russia and Ukraine having met in Paris for their first talks in nearly three years aimed...

Kosovo Declares Nobel Laureate Handke Unwelcome

Kosovo Declares Nobel Laureate Handke Unwelcome

Kosovo declared Peter Handke persona non grata Wednesday in the latest protest against his induction as a Nobel literature laureate, barring the Austrian...

China Reportedly Threatens Tiny Faeroe Islands Over Huawei

China Reportedly Threatens Tiny Faeroe Islands Over Huawei

Danish media are reporting that the Chinese government threatened to cancel a trade deal with the tiny Faeroe Islands if...

Will Boris Johnson’s Early Election Gamble Pay Off? 

Will Boris Johnson’s Early Election Gamble Pay Off? 

With a day to go before Britons head to the polls to vote in their third general election in under...

Trump Meets Russian FM Under Cloud of Impeachment

Trump Meets Russian FM Under Cloud of Impeachment

Russia’s foreign minister is back in Washington to discuss nuclear arms control, the wars in Syria and Ukraine, as well...

US to Enhance Cybersecurity Ahead of Elections

US to Enhance Cybersecurity Ahead of Elections

As the 2020 U.S. elections draw closer, ensuring their transparency and protecting them from foreign manipulation has become paramount for...

French Workers Need to Work Until Age 64 to Get Full Pension

French Workers Need to Work Until Age 64 to Get Full Pension

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said the minimum retirement age will remain 62, but workers will have to work until...

Polls Show Steep Fall In Conservative Support Ahead of British General Election

Polls Show Steep Fall In Conservative Support Ahead of British General Election

With fewer than 24 hours to go until the ballot boxes open in Britain for the general election, the latest...

Trump’s Stance on Climate Bashed During UN Conference

Trump’s Stance on Climate Bashed During UN Conference

The Trump administration got bashing from its own countrymen during the 25th United Nations climate conference in Spain. Former New...

Justice Department Inspector General Set for Senate Testimony on Russia Probe

Justice Department Inspector General Set for Senate Testimony on Russia Probe

The U.S. Justice Department’s inspector general is due to testify Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee about his report that...