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Cargo Plane Carrying Munitions Crashes in Northern Greece

Cargo Plane Carrying Munitions Crashes in Northern Greece

A Ukrainian cargo plane carrying 11 tons of munitions from Serbia to Bangladesh crashed in northern Greece late Saturday. The...

France on Alert as Forest Fires Rage in Scorching Southwest Europe 

France on Alert as Forest Fires Rage in Scorching Southwest Europe 

France was on high alert on Monday as the peak of a punishing heatwave gripped the country, while wildfires raging...

Smith Rallies to Beat McIlroy at British Open for First Major

Smith Rallies to Beat McIlroy at British Open for First Major

Cameron Smith charged his way into history on the Old Course, a Sunday stunner at St. Andrews that sent the...

Diplomatic Spat Erupts Between Balkan Rivals Serbia, Croatia

Diplomatic Spat Erupts Between Balkan Rivals Serbia, Croatia

Diplomatic tensions soared Sunday between Balkan rivals Serbia and Croatia after Croatia refused to allow a private visit by Serbia’s...

‘Evil Cannot Win’: Killed by Russian Missile, 4-Year-Old Liza Is Buried

‘Evil Cannot Win’: Killed by Russian Missile, 4-Year-Old Liza Is Buried

Beautiful and serene in a crown of white flowers, 4-year-old Liza Dmytrieva, who was killed by a Russian missile strike,...

Ukraine on Her Mind as High Jumper Goes for Gold at Worlds

Ukraine on Her Mind as High Jumper Goes for Gold at Worlds

It took her three days by car to escape from Ukraine after the war started. Champion high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh...

Holocaust Survivors Mark 80 Years Since Mass Paris Roundup 

Holocaust Survivors Mark 80 Years Since Mass Paris Roundup 

Family by family, house by house, French police rounded up 13,000 people on two terrifying days in July 1942, dispatching...

Zelenskyy:  Develop ‘Emotional Sovereignty’ over Disinformation

Zelenskyy: Develop ‘Emotional Sovereignty’ over Disinformation

Russia launched a missile strike Sunday on the southern Ukranian city of Mykolaiv, which has been the target of several...

German Climate Activists Aim to Stir Friction with Blockades

German Climate Activists Aim to Stir Friction with Blockades

“It’s absolutely crazy to stick yourself to the road with superglue,” admits Lina Schinkoethe. And yet, the 19-year-old recently landed...

Studies: France is a Melting Pot, but Discrimination Lurks

Studies: France is a Melting Pot, but Discrimination Lurks

Two landmark new studies in France are bursting myths about immigration at a time when xenophobic far-right discourse has gained...

Russia’s Information War Expands Through Eastern Europe

Russia’s Information War Expands Through Eastern Europe

As bullets and bombs fall in Ukraine, Russia is waging an expanding information war throughout Eastern Europe, researchers and officials...

Cargo Plane Crashes in Greece; Explosions Keep Firefighters Away

Cargo Plane Crashes in Greece; Explosions Keep Firefighters Away

A cargo aircraft Antonov An-12 crashed late Saturday near Paleochori Kavalas in northern Greece, the fire brigade said. Eyewitnesses said...

Hungarians Rally Against Orban’s Reforms, Skeptical of Change

Hungarians Rally Against Orban’s Reforms, Skeptical of Change

Around 1,000 Hungarians demonstrated against Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government Saturday in the latest of a series of smaller demonstrations...

North Macedonia Parliament OKs Deal; EU Talks Start July 19

North Macedonia Parliament OKs Deal; EU Talks Start July 19

North Macedonia has approved a French proposal that opens the way for negotiations to join the European Union and overcome...

Why People Worldwide Are Unhappier, More Stressed Than Ever

Why People Worldwide Are Unhappier, More Stressed Than Ever

The world was sadder and more stressed out in 2021 than ever before, according to a recent Gallup poll, which...

Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage Under Attack, Official Says

Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage Under Attack, Official Says

Ukraine’s deputy minister of culture said Friday that her country’s heritage is under attack by Russia and must be protected....

Ukraine, US Say Rocket Strikes Significantly Slowing Down Russia  

Ukraine, US Say Rocket Strikes Significantly Slowing Down Russia  

U.S. and Ukrainian officials say U.S. rocket systems provided to Ukraine are having a large impact in the fight against...

‘Robbed of the Most Precious Thing’: Missile Kills Liza, 4

‘Robbed of the Most Precious Thing’: Missile Kills Liza, 4

Liza, a 4-year-old girl with Down syndrome, was en route to see a speech therapist with her mother in central...

UN Weekly Roundup: July 9-15, 2022 

UN Weekly Roundup: July 9-15, 2022 

Here is a fast take on what the international community has been up to this past week, as seen from...

Fear, Uncertainty For Syrian Kurdish Civilians as Turkey Prepares for New Assault

Fear, Uncertainty For Syrian Kurdish Civilians as Turkey Prepares for New Assault

U.S. officials say they are concerned about reports Turkey is planning a new offensive against U.S. backed, Syrian-based Kurdish fighters....

Europe Warns of Russian Pressure From Africa

Europe Warns of Russian Pressure From Africa

Across Europe, there is a growing uneasiness that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is serving to overshadow another critical, even existential...

EU Takes Hungary to Highest Court Over LGBT, Media Rules

EU Takes Hungary to Highest Court Over LGBT, Media Rules

The European Union’s executive intensified its legal standoff with Hungary on Friday by taking the country to the EU’s highest...