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Future Ukraine Aid May Hinge on Control of Congress in 2023

Future Ukraine Aid May Hinge on Control of Congress in 2023

The impending November midterm elections, in which control of both houses of the United States Congress is being closely contested,...

Devastated by Russian Assault, Ukraine’s Schools Come Back to Life

Devastated by Russian Assault, Ukraine’s Schools Come Back to Life

Millions of Ukrainian schoolchildren are returning to the classroom despite air sirens that are still interrupting lessons. With more than...

A Musk Retweet: Tesla CEO Says He’ll Pay $44 Billion to Buy Twitter

A Musk Retweet: Tesla CEO Says He’ll Pay $44 Billion to Buy Twitter

The tumultuous saga of Elon Musk’s on-again, off-again purchase of Twitter took a turn toward a conclusion Tuesday after the...

Despite Skepticism, China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway Deal Chugs Forward

Despite Skepticism, China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway Deal Chugs Forward

Plans are finally in motion for a railway that runs from China to Europe through Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, after being...

Google Discontinues Translate Service in Mainland China

Google Discontinues Translate Service in Mainland China

Google has ended its Google Translate service in mainland China, citing “low usage” of one of its flagship products by...

Turkish Journalist Groups Slam Bill to Fight Disinformation

Turkish Journalist Groups Slam Bill to Fight Disinformation

Turkish journalists groups on Tuesday protested a draft law the government says is aimed at combating fake news and disinformation...

Angela Merkel Wins UNHCR Nansen Award for Protecting Syrian Refugees

Angela Merkel Wins UNHCR Nansen Award for Protecting Syrian Refugees

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has won the prestigious Nansen Award from the U.N. refugee agency, for providing a haven...

Afghan National Institute of Music Performs First Concert in New Home

Afghan National Institute of Music Performs First Concert in New Home

Afghanistan’s National Institute of Music has performed its first concert in its new home of Lisbon, Portugal. Members of the...

Albania Denies Police System Was Attacked by Iranian Hackers

Albania Denies Police System Was Attacked by Iranian Hackers

Albanian authorities Monday denied the country’s police system was hacked after local media reported that data on people being investigated...

Russian Court Sets Brittney Griner Appeal Date for October 25

Russian Court Sets Brittney Griner Appeal Date for October 25

A Russian court on Monday set October 25 as the date for American basketball star Brittney Griner’s appeal against her...

UN Report: Fiscal Policies of Advanced Economies Risk Global Recession

UN Report: Fiscal Policies of Advanced Economies Risk Global Recession

U.N. economists warn the monetary and fiscal policies of advanced economies risk plunging the world into a recession worse than...

US Supreme Court Will Hear Social Media Terrorism Lawsuits

US Supreme Court Will Hear Social Media Terrorism Lawsuits

The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will hear two cases seeking to hold social media companies financially responsible for...

Russian Journalist Sobchak Faces Investigation, TASS Reports

Russian Journalist Sobchak Faces Investigation, TASS Reports

Prominent Russian journalist Ksenia Sobchak faces a criminal investigation over a story that police suspect was “fake,” state news agency...

Ukrainian Forces Make Gains in Kherson

Ukrainian Forces Make Gains in Kherson

Ukrainian forces made further gains Monday in the Kherson region in the country’s south, adding to their gains in the...

Reformists Gain in Bosnia Elections, Though Change Unlikely

Reformists Gain in Bosnia Elections, Though Change Unlikely

Reformists who ran on fighting corruption and clientelism in public office appeared set to win an important race in Bosnia’s...

Greece Says It’s Open to Talks with Turkey Once Provocations End

Greece Says It’s Open to Talks with Turkey Once Provocations End

Greece wants to have a constructive dialogue with Turkey based on international law but its Aegean neighbor must halt its...

Pope Calls on Putin to Stop ‘Spiral of Violence’ in Ukraine 

Pope Calls on Putin to Stop ‘Spiral of Violence’ in Ukraine 

Pope Francis has called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop “this spiral of violence and death” over the war...

Latvia Prime Minister Wins Election

Latvia Prime Minister Wins Election

The center-right New Unity party of Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins won Saturday’s election, according to provisional results, with its...

Bosnia Heads to Polls as Ethnic Tensions Dominate Vote

Bosnia Heads to Polls as Ethnic Tensions Dominate Vote

Bosnians headed to the polls Sunday to vote in general elections following a campaign season marked by threats of secession,...

Bulgarians Hold 4th Election in 18 Months Amid Turmoil

Bulgarians Hold 4th Election in 18 Months Amid Turmoil

Bulgarians on Sunday cast their ballots in a general election — the fourth in 18 months — marked by a...

Nobel Prize Season Arrives Amid War, Nuclear Fears, Hunger

Nobel Prize Season Arrives Amid War, Nuclear Fears, Hunger

This year’s Nobel Prize season approaches as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shattered decades of almost uninterrupted peace in Europe...

Danes: Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Seems to Have Stopped Leaking

Danes: Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Seems to Have Stopped Leaking

The Danish Energy Agency says one of two ruptured natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea appears to have stopped...