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High Profile Soccer Trial Delayed Due to Illness

High Profile Soccer Trial Delayed Due to Illness

A high-profile fraud trial of soccer’s once most powerful men was delayed Wednesday in Switzerland after one of the accused,...

UK Prosecutors Authorize Indecent Assault Charges Against Harvey Weinstein

UK Prosecutors Authorize Indecent Assault Charges Against Harvey Weinstein

British prosecutors said on Wednesday they had authorized charges to be brought against former Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein on...

Human Rights Group Calls for Russian, Chinese Atrocities to Be Laid Bare

Human Rights Group Calls for Russian, Chinese Atrocities to Be Laid Bare

A leading human rights organization is calling on the U.N. Human Rights Council to appoint a special rapporteur to investigate...

As Russia Claims Gains, Zelenskyy Says ‘Heroic Defense of the Donbas Continues’       

As Russia Claims Gains, Zelenskyy Says ‘Heroic Defense of the Donbas Continues’       

Zelenskyy Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy praised the work of his troops in the eastern Donbas region and said Russia had...

Latest Developments in Ukraine: June 8

Latest Developments in Ukraine: June 8

For full coverage of the crisis in Ukraine, visit Flashpoint Ukraine. The latest developments in the conflict between Russia and...

No Justice Reform in Poland, No Money, EU Chief Vows

No Justice Reform in Poland, No Money, EU Chief Vows

The European Union’s chief executive vowed Tuesday that Poland would get no money from the bloc’s vast pandemic relief fund...

Spanish Journalist Marks 100 Days in Prison on Spy Claim

Spanish Journalist Marks 100 Days in Prison on Spy Claim

 It was a moment Pablo González’s family had been longing for: a letter from the Spanish journalist imprisoned in Poland...

Britain’s Boris Johnson Survives Bid to Oust Him, but Political Dangers Remain

Britain’s Boris Johnson Survives Bid to Oust Him, but Political Dangers Remain

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson survived a no-confidence vote by his own party Monday evening — but the threats to...

Erdogan Vows Military Operation Against US Kurdish Ally in Syria

Erdogan Vows Military Operation Against US Kurdish Ally in Syria

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced a major military operation against U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria whom Ankara considers...

Political Dangers Remain for British PM After Failed Bid to Oust Him

Political Dangers Remain for British PM After Failed Bid to Oust Him

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday his Conservative Party should “draw a line under our issues” after he survived...

LogOn: Robot Software Makes Machinery ‘Smart’

LogOn: Robot Software Makes Machinery ‘Smart’

Robots have long been used in manufacturing and other applications that need precise, fast and repeatable tasks. But making smart...

Russian Superyacht to Leave Fiji, Court Rules 

Russian Superyacht to Leave Fiji, Court Rules 

A Fiji court has ruled a Russian-owned superyacht be removed from the Pacific island nation by the United States because...

Ukrainian and Russian Forces Fight for Control of  Sievierodonetsk

Ukrainian and Russian Forces Fight for Control of Sievierodonetsk

Ukrainian and Russian forces engaged in intense street-to-street fighting in the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk on Monday, as Ukraine’s president...

Poland, With Near-total Abortion Ban, to Record Pregnancies 

Poland, With Near-total Abortion Ban, to Record Pregnancies 

The government of Poland, where a near-total abortion ban is in place, faced accusations Monday of creating a “pregnancy register”...

Chad Opposition Leaders Get One-year Suspended Terms

Chad Opposition Leaders Get One-year Suspended Terms

Six opposition leaders arrested after violent anti-French protests in N’Djamena were on Monday handed one-year suspended sentences for disturbing public...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Survives No-Confidence Vote 

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Survives No-Confidence Vote 

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson survived a no-confidence vote Monday but is weakened after more than 40% of his Conservative...

US Orders Seizure of 2 Luxury Jets Owned by Russian Oligarch Abramovich

US Orders Seizure of 2 Luxury Jets Owned by Russian Oligarch Abramovich

The U.S. Justice Department ordered the seizure Monday of two aircraft owned by Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, saying they had...

Belgian King to Visit DR Congo

Belgian King to Visit DR Congo

Belgium’s King Philippe on Tuesday begins a historic visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, in a region cruelly exploited...

US Sanctions 2 Prominent Bosnian Leaders

US Sanctions 2 Prominent Bosnian Leaders

The United States on Monday announced sanctions on two Bosnian officials, saying they sought “to pursue ethno-nationalist and political agendas...

Britain Gives Ukraine Long-Range Missiles to Counter ‘Brutal Russian Artillery’

Britain Gives Ukraine Long-Range Missiles to Counter ‘Brutal Russian Artillery’

Britain announced Monday it will supply an unspecified number of long-range missile launchers to Ukraine, following the United States’ decision...

Turkey at Center of Battle to Avert Global Food Crisis

Turkey at Center of Battle to Avert Global Food Crisis

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is due to visit Turkey on Wednesday for talks, including on creating a Black Sea...

Musk Threatens to Kill Twitter Deal Over Fake Account Data

Musk Threatens to Kill Twitter Deal Over Fake Account Data

Elon Musk accused Twitter of “actively resisting and thwarting his information rights,” as the Tesla founder attempts to get information...