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Xi to Visit Putin in Russia Next Week

Xi to Visit Putin in Russia Next Week

Chinese President Xi Jinging is making a state visit next week to Russia where he will meet with Russian leader...

Nations Crack Down on TikTok

Nations Crack Down on TikTok

The Biden administration has demanded that TikTok’s Chinese owners divest their stakes in the popular video app or face a...

Russia Advances in Bakhmut as Ukraine Defends Western Portion of Town

Russia Advances in Bakhmut as Ukraine Defends Western Portion of Town

Russian military and Wagner Group forces have recently gained footholds west of the Bakhmutka River in the town of Bakhmut,...

Macron Moves Forward with Controversial French Pension Reform

Macron Moves Forward with Controversial French Pension Reform

French President Emmanuel Macron is moving forward with a controversial plan to reform the country’s pension system without a parliamentary...

White House Voices Support for Bipartisan Push to Ban TikTok

White House Voices Support for Bipartisan Push to Ban TikTok

Time may be running out in the U.S. for Chinese-owned entertainment platform TikTok, with the White House on Thursday supporting...

China Calls for Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks

China Calls for Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks

China is hoping there will be a peaceful solution to the conflict in Ukraine and is urging Russia and Ukraine...

Pentagon Releases Footage of Russian Attack on US Drone

Pentagon Releases Footage of Russian Attack on US Drone

The Biden administration said it is not seeking armed conflict with Russia as it releases footage of a Russian jet...

Nurses, Paramedics Reach Pay Deal to End England Strikes

Nurses, Paramedics Reach Pay Deal to End England Strikes

Unions representing more than a million health care workers in England, including nurses and paramedics — but not doctors —...

Russian Uranium Company Appeals Namibian Government Decision 

Russian Uranium Company Appeals Namibian Government Decision 

A court in Namibia is hearing an appeal by the local branch of Russia’s state-owned atomic energy agency, Rosatom, which...

UN: Russian Attacks on Civilians in Ukraine Could Amount to War Crimes

UN: Russian Attacks on Civilians in Ukraine Could Amount to War Crimes

United Nations investigators accused Russian authorities of a pattern of grave, wide-ranging human rights violations against Ukrainian civilians that, in...

TikTok CEO to Testify Before US Congress

TikTok CEO to Testify Before US Congress

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is scheduled to testify before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March...

Macron Shuns Parliament to Raise French Retirement Age

Macron Shuns Parliament to Raise French Retirement Age

French President Emmanuel Macron imposed a highly unpopular bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 on Thursday by...

Microsoft Unveils AI for Its Office Suite in Increased Competition With Google

Microsoft Unveils AI for Its Office Suite in Increased Competition With Google

Microsoft on Thursday trumpeted its latest plans to put artificial intelligence into the hands of more users, answering a spate...

UK Bans TikTok on Government Phones Over Security Concerns

UK Bans TikTok on Government Phones Over Security Concerns

Britain said on Thursday it would ban TikTok on government phones with immediate effect, a move that follows other Western...

UN Investigators: Russia Has Committed ‘Wide Range’ of War Crimes in Ukraine

UN Investigators: Russia Has Committed ‘Wide Range’ of War Crimes in Ukraine

Russia has committed wide-ranging war crimes in Ukraine such as willful killings, torture and the deportation of children, a U.N.-mandated...

TASS: One killed in Explosion at Security Service Border Patrol Building in Southern Russia

TASS: One killed in Explosion at Security Service Border Patrol Building in Southern Russia

At least one person was killed and two were injured in an explosion that caused a fire at a building...

US Releases Video of Encounter Between Russian Fighter Jets and US Drone 

US Releases Video of Encounter Between Russian Fighter Jets and US Drone 

The U.S. military released a video Thursday of a Russian military intercept that resulted in the downing of a U.S....

Dutch Farmers Turn Protests into Vote Victory

Dutch Farmers Turn Protests into Vote Victory

Dutch farmers dealt a blow to Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s environmental plans Wednesday, ploughing up the political landscape to win...

EU to Unveil Green Tech Plans to Take on US, China

EU to Unveil Green Tech Plans to Take on US, China

The EU will reveal hotly debated proposals Thursday to boost spending on clean tech, possibly overcoming internal divisions to include...

Credit Suisse Says It Will Borrow up to $53.7 Billion From Central Bank

Credit Suisse Says It Will Borrow up to $53.7 Billion From Central Bank

Credit Suisse announced Thursday that it would borrow almost $54 billion from the Swiss central bank to reinforce the group...

TikTok Confirms US Urged Parting Ways With ByteDance to Dodge Ban

TikTok Confirms US Urged Parting Ways With ByteDance to Dodge Ban

TikTok confirmed Wednesday that U.S. officials have recommended the popular video-sharing app part ways with its Chinese parent ByteDance to...

Future NASA Moonwalkers to Sport Sleeker Spacesuits

Future NASA Moonwalkers to Sport Sleeker Spacesuits

Moonwalking astronauts will have sleeker, more flexible spacesuits that come in different sizes when they step onto the lunar surface...