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G20 Finance Ministers Fail to Bridge Differences Over Ukraine

G20 Finance Ministers Fail to Bridge Differences Over Ukraine

The finance ministers of the Group of 20 countries wrapped up a two-day meeting Saturday in India without issuing a...

Turkey Expands Probe of Building Collapses, Quake Toll Tops 50,000

Turkey Expands Probe of Building Collapses, Quake Toll Tops 50,000

Turkey has arrested 184 people suspected of responsibility for the collapse of buildings in this month’s earthquakes and investigations are...

UK, EU Inching Toward Northern Ireland Deal: Irish PM

UK, EU Inching Toward Northern Ireland Deal: Irish PM

Britain and the European Union are inching toward concluding talks on revising post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland and an...

Japan, Other G7 Leaders Step Up Russia Sanctions

Japan, Other G7 Leaders Step Up Russia Sanctions

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and other Group of Seven leaders adopted a set of additional sanctions against Russia over...

Spain Detects First Suspected Case of Marburg Disease

Spain Detects First Suspected Case of Marburg Disease

Spain has identified its first suspected case of Marburg disease.  The Spanish patient is a 34-year-old man who had recently...

UK:  Russia Running Low on Iranian Drones

UK: Russia Running Low on Iranian Drones

Russia has likely depleted its supply of Iranian one-way-attack uncrewed aerial vehicles or OWA-UAVs, the British Defense Ministry said Saturday...

Supporters for Ukraine March in Poland, One Year After Russian Invasion

Supporters for Ukraine March in Poland, One Year After Russian Invasion

Ukrainians and their supporters marched in Warsaw, Poland, on Friday, one year after Moscow launched its full-scale war on Ukraine....

Turkey Begins Rebuilding for 1.5M Left Homeless by Earthquakes

Turkey Begins Rebuilding for 1.5M Left Homeless by Earthquakes

Turkey has begun work to rebuild homes following this month’s devastating earthquakes, a government official said Friday, as the combined...

UN Weekly Roundup: February 18-24, 2023

UN Weekly Roundup: February 18-24, 2023

Editor’s note: Here is a fast take on what the international community has been up to this past week, as...

With Russian Asset Seizures, US Justice Department Seeks to Aid Ukraine

With Russian Asset Seizures, US Justice Department Seeks to Aid Ukraine

Earlier this month, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland used a Justice Department appearance to herald the work of a law...

US Prosecutors Seek Forfeiture of Russian Oligarch’s Properties  

US Prosecutors Seek Forfeiture of Russian Oligarch’s Properties  

U.S. prosecutors went to federal court in New York on Friday to seek forfeiture of about $75 million in luxury...

Czech Republic Cites Early Work to Rebuild Ukraine

Czech Republic Cites Early Work to Rebuild Ukraine

While most of the world is focused on the battles still to come in Ukraine, the Czech Republic’s chief envoy...

US Claims Russia’s ‘Strategic Failure’ Extends Beyond the Battlefield

US Claims Russia’s ‘Strategic Failure’ Extends Beyond the Battlefield

Russia’s blunders on the battlefield in Ukraine are scaring away longtime partners and other countries that have come to depend...

Pakistan Walks a Diplomatic Tightrope Between Russia and Ukraine

Pakistan Walks a Diplomatic Tightrope Between Russia and Ukraine

Russia’s war in Ukraine has added to Pakistan’s woes as its import-dependent economy has suffered price shocks. One year later,...

Google Tests Blocking News Content for Some Canadians

Google Tests Blocking News Content for Some Canadians

Google is blocking some Canadian users from viewing news content in what the company said is a test run of...

Blinken Heads to Asia Amid Soaring Tensions With China, Russia

Blinken Heads to Asia Amid Soaring Tensions With China, Russia

Fresh from a meeting with China’s top diplomat and a U.N. Security Council session regarding Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony...

As War Enters Year 2, Zelenskyy Says Ukraine Will Triumph

As War Enters Year 2, Zelenskyy Says Ukraine Will Triumph

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday his nation will be victorious against Russia as the war with the neighboring country...

Survey Shows Russians Increasingly Confident About Economic Future

Survey Shows Russians Increasingly Confident About Economic Future

The extensive sanctions imposed on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine one year ago have not led to the decimation...

Ukrainian Dance Production Shows Similarities of Russia’s War, Apartheid

Ukrainian Dance Production Shows Similarities of Russia’s War, Apartheid

Ukrainians living in South Africa are marking one year since Russia’s invasion with a dance production titled ‘We Stand for...

Fears of Nuclear Arms Race Stirred as Russia Suspends Treaty

Fears of Nuclear Arms Race Stirred as Russia Suspends Treaty

There are fears of a new global nuclear arms race after Russia’s president announced this week that he would suspend...

Russian Invasion Changed Europe’s Security Environment ‘for Decades’ 

Russian Invasion Changed Europe’s Security Environment ‘for Decades’ 

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine one year ago has sparked a long-term transformation across European defenses, a top U.S. general told...

US Energy Secretary Discusses Plan to ‘Warproof’ Ukraine’s Electrical Grid

US Energy Secretary Discusses Plan to ‘Warproof’ Ukraine’s Electrical Grid

Ukraine’s power grid has been a target of Russian attacks since mid-October. The United States now is in the process...