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German Town Bids Farewell to Nuclear, Eyes Hydrogen Future

German Town Bids Farewell to Nuclear, Eyes Hydrogen Future

For 35 years, the Emsland nuclear power plant in northwestern Germany has reliably provided millions of homes with electricity and...

Putin Signs Bill Allowing Electronic Conscription Notices

Putin Signs Bill Allowing Electronic Conscription Notices

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill Friday allowing authorities to issue electronic notices to draftees and reservists amid the...

French Court Convicts 11 Turkish Kurds of PKK Terror Financing

French Court Convicts 11 Turkish Kurds of PKK Terror Financing

A French court on Friday convicted 11 alleged members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on charges of terror financing....

China Says It Will Not Arm Russia Against Ukraine

China Says It Will Not Arm Russia Against Ukraine

China has responded to Western criticism by saying that it will remain neutral in the Russia-Ukraine war and not sell...

Tearful Biden Meets Priest in Ireland Who Gave Son Last Rites

Tearful Biden Meets Priest in Ireland Who Gave Son Last Rites

U.S. President Joe Biden broke down in tears on Friday after a chance meeting at an Irish church with the...

Russia: Respect for Women’s Rights, Inclusive Government Are Keys to Taliban Recognition  

Russia: Respect for Women’s Rights, Inclusive Government Are Keys to Taliban Recognition  

Russia said Friday that Afghanistan’s Taliban had made progress against terrorism and drug trafficking but needed to resolve women’s rights...

Turkish City Pleads for Help as 400,000 Earthquake Survivors Seek Shelter

Turkish City Pleads for Help as 400,000 Earthquake Survivors Seek Shelter

Following the February 6 earthquake in southern Turkey and Syria, hundreds of thousands of survivors sought shelter in the nearby...

Russia Advances New Conscription Legislation

Russia Advances New Conscription Legislation

A new draft bill passed by Russian lawmakers on April 11 will make it nearly impossible for men to avoid...

Greece Welcomes Renewed Talks with Turkey

Greece Welcomes Renewed Talks with Turkey

NATO allies Greece and Turkey came to the brink of war just a few years ago over competing energy rights...

Spanish Athlete Spends 500 Days in Cave

Spanish Athlete Spends 500 Days in Cave

A 50-year-old Spanish elite athlete, Beatriz Flamini, emerged Friday from a cave in southern Spain, where she had lived 70...

European Spacecraft Rockets Toward Jupiter and Its Icy Moons

European Spacecraft Rockets Toward Jupiter and Its Icy Moons

A European spacecraft rocketed away Friday on a decadelong quest to explore Jupiter and three of its icy moons that...

China Vows Not To Sell Arms to Any Party in Ukraine War

China Vows Not To Sell Arms to Any Party in Ukraine War

China won’t sell weapons to either side in the war in Ukraine, the country’s foreign minister said Friday, responding to...

Macron Backs Down on Taiwan for Beijing’s Support on Ukraine, Experts Say

Macron Backs Down on Taiwan for Beijing’s Support on Ukraine, Experts Say

French President Emmanuel Macron has stunned allies by saying that Europe must reduce its dependency on the United States and...

Russia Says Black Sea Grain Deal May Be Nearly Over

Russia Says Black Sea Grain Deal May Be Nearly Over

Russia on Thursday said there would be no extension of the U.N.-brokered Black Sea grain deal beyond May 18 unless...

In Speech to Irish Parliament, Biden Highlights ‘Enduring’ US-Ireland Bond

In Speech to Irish Parliament, Biden Highlights ‘Enduring’ US-Ireland Bond

Continuing his official four-day visit to Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic, President Joe Biden spoke to the houses of...

Serbian President Denies Sales of Military Equipment to Ukraine

Serbian President Denies Sales of Military Equipment to Ukraine

Serbia never sold weapons or ammunition to Ukraine or Russia, although Serbian arms might have reached the battlefield via third...

New US Proposal on Vehicle Emissions Seeks to Boost EV Sales

New US Proposal on Vehicle Emissions Seeks to Boost EV Sales

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week released proposals for the most aggressive vehicle emission standards in the country’s history,...

Changing Middle East Pushes G7 to Discuss Waning Influence, Say Diplomats

Changing Middle East Pushes G7 to Discuss Waning Influence, Say Diplomats

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven nations will use talks in Japan next week to assess their strategy in...

Russian Court Fines Wikipedia for Article About Ukraine War

Russian Court Fines Wikipedia for Article About Ukraine War

A Moscow court on Thursday again fined Wikipedia for a Russian-language article it refused to remove about Russia’s invasion of...

US Howitzers Help Ukraine Counter Russia’s Aggression

US Howitzers Help Ukraine Counter Russia’s Aggression

Highly accurate and maneuverable U.S. howitzers have been helping the Armed Forces of Ukraine fight off Russia’s aggression since July 2022. These days, the...

World’s Oldest Known Gorilla Turns 66 at Berlin Zoo

World’s Oldest Known Gorilla Turns 66 at Berlin Zoo

The Berlin Zoo celebrated the 66th birthday of Fatou, the world’s oldest-known living gorilla, with a special dinner that included...

Latest in Ukraine: Kyiv Remains Intent on Reclaiming Crimea   

Latest in Ukraine: Kyiv Remains Intent on Reclaiming Crimea   

New developments: Ukraine remains adamant in its demand that Russia withdraw its troops from all its occupied lands, including the...