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Ukraine Says Those Calling for Talks With Russia ‘Uninformed’ 

Ukraine Says Those Calling for Talks With Russia ‘Uninformed’ 

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba Thursday rejected any calls for talks with Russia amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “Those...

Worker at South Korea Vegetable Packing Plant Crushed to Death by Industrial Robot

Worker at South Korea Vegetable Packing Plant Crushed to Death by Industrial Robot

An industrial robot grabbed and crushed a worker to death at a vegetable packaging plant in South Korea, police said...

Stay or Go: Parents Face Dilemma in Ukraine’s Kherson

Stay or Go: Parents Face Dilemma in Ukraine’s Kherson

The sound of children’s footsteps echoed along a school hallway in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson as pupils gathered...

Few Expectations as France Seeks Tangible Results at Gaza Conference

Few Expectations as France Seeks Tangible Results at Gaza Conference

Some 80 countries and international organizations meet in Paris on Thursday to coordinate aid and assess how to help the...

Putin, Erdogan and Raisi Make Visits in Central Asia

Putin, Erdogan and Raisi Make Visits in Central Asia

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Kazakhstan on Thursday, while Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim...

Husband of Journalist Jailed in Russia Calls on US for Help

Husband of Journalist Jailed in Russia Calls on US for Help

The husband of Alsu Kurmasheva, a journalist jailed in Russia on accusations that she failed to register as a foreign...

Transsexual People Can Be Baptized Catholic, Serve as Godparents, Vatican Says

Transsexual People Can Be Baptized Catholic, Serve as Godparents, Vatican Says

Transsexual people can be godparents at Roman Catholic baptisms, witnesses at religious weddings and receive baptism themselves, the Vatican’s doctrinal...

European Commission Opens Door for Membership Talks With Ukraine, Moldova

European Commission Opens Door for Membership Talks With Ukraine, Moldova

On Wednesday, the European Commission recommended opening European Union membership negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova. The news was welcome in...

French Citizen Held in Iran, Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

French Citizen Held in Iran, Sentenced to Five Years in Prison

France has denounced an action taken by an Iranian court that sentenced a French national to five years in prison....

Putin Calls for Russia-China Cooperation on High-Tech Weapons

Putin Calls for Russia-China Cooperation on High-Tech Weapons

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday encouraged a senior Chinese military leader to strengthen their nations’ military cooperation by collaborating...

Ukraine War Continues to Roil Global Agriculture Industry

Ukraine War Continues to Roil Global Agriculture Industry

Farmers in the U.S. are closely connected to developments in Ukraine and are intently watching for clues about how the...

European Commission Recommends Starting Membership Talks With Ukraine

European Commission Recommends Starting Membership Talks With Ukraine

The European Commission said Wednesday it recommended member states open membership talks with Ukraine once the country addresses several outstanding...

As Price of Olive Oil Soars, Chainsaw-wielding Thieves Target Mediterranean’s Century-old Trees

As Price of Olive Oil Soars, Chainsaw-wielding Thieves Target Mediterranean’s Century-old Trees

In an olive grove on the outskirts of Athens, grower Konstantinos Markou pushes aside the shoots of new growth to...

Turkey Sidelined as EU Prepares to Open Door to Others

Turkey Sidelined as EU Prepares to Open Door to Others

When figures in the EU talk about the new members that might join the union by 2030, there is no...

Vivid Blue Diamond Sells for Nearly $44 Million at Christie’s Auction

Vivid Blue Diamond Sells for Nearly $44 Million at Christie’s Auction

The largest internally flawless fancy vivid blue diamond ever put up for auction sold for a staggering $43.8 million at...

Polish Truck Drivers Block Ukraine Border Crossings in Protest

Polish Truck Drivers Block Ukraine Border Crossings in Protest

On Tuesday, Polish truckers blocked roads to three border crossings with Ukraine for the second day in a row. The...

Zelenskyy Vows Ukraine Will Be Part of European Union

Zelenskyy Vows Ukraine Will Be Part of European Union

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed Tuesday that his country would become a member of the European Union. His remarks came...

Death and a Family’s Fight for Justice in Malta

Death and a Family’s Fight for Justice in Malta

 As a child growing up in Malta, Paul Caruana Galizia didn’t think much about how his mother regularly checked under...

Germany Toughens Asylum Laws Amid Bitter Migration Debate

Germany Toughens Asylum Laws Amid Bitter Migration Debate

As political rhetoric over immigration heats up ahead of next year’s European elections, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz outlined plans Tuesday...

NATO Freezes Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe

NATO Freezes Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe

NATO has suspended operations for the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, a key Cold War era security pact,...

Star-filled Euclid Images Spur Mission to Probe ‘Dark Universe’

Star-filled Euclid Images Spur Mission to Probe ‘Dark Universe’

European astronomers on Tuesday released the first images from the newly launched Euclid space telescope, designed to unlock the secrets...

Russia Says It Thwarted Attack by 17 Ukrainian Drones 

Russia Says It Thwarted Attack by 17 Ukrainian Drones 

Russia’s defense ministry said Tuesday it thwarted attacks by Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and the Crimean Peninsula. Russian...