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Window Closing for Finding Quake Survivors, as Relief Efforts Stepped Up 

Window Closing for Finding Quake Survivors, as Relief Efforts Stepped Up 

Rescuers in Turkey pulled several more people alive from the rubble Tuesday, nearly 200 hours after a series of powerful...

EU to Ban Fossil Fuel Cars, Slash Truck and Bus Emissions

EU to Ban Fossil Fuel Cars, Slash Truck and Bus Emissions

The European Union will ban new sales of fossil fuel cars from 2035, after MEPs approved a new law Tuesday,...

Afghan Journalists Win Case Against UK Government Over Relocation

Afghan Journalists Win Case Against UK Government Over Relocation

Eight Afghan journalists who worked for the BBC broadcaster won a legal challenge on Monday against Britain’s refusal to relocate...

Ford to Cut 3,800 Jobs in Europe, Mostly in Germany, UK 

Ford to Cut 3,800 Jobs in Europe, Mostly in Germany, UK 

Ford said Tuesday that it will cut 3,800 jobs in Europe over the next three years in an effort to...

Rescue Crews in Turkey Find Survivors on 8th Day After Earthquake

Rescue Crews in Turkey Find Survivors on 8th Day After Earthquake

Rescuers in Turkey pulled several more people alive from the rubble Tuesday, nearly 200 hours after a series of powerful...

Moldovan Leader Outlines Russian ‘Plan’ to Topple Government

Moldovan Leader Outlines Russian ‘Plan’ to Topple Government

Moldova’s president outlined Monday what she described as a plot by Moscow to overthrow her country’s government using external saboteurs,...

China-Owned Parent Company of TikTok Among Top Spenders on Internet Lobbying

China-Owned Parent Company of TikTok Among Top Spenders on Internet Lobbying

ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of social media platform TikTok, has dramatically upped its U.S. lobbying effort since 2020 as...

German Ballet Director Suspended Over Feces Attack on Critic

German Ballet Director Suspended Over Feces Attack on Critic

A German newspaper critic had animal feces smeared on her face in the city of Hannover by a ballet director...

NATO Chief Urges Faster Ammunition Production for Ukraine

NATO Chief Urges Faster Ammunition Production for Ukraine

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Ukraine’s use of ammunition in the war against Russia is outstripping supply and that the...

Syria’s Assad to Allow UN More Access to Quake Victims

Syria’s Assad to Allow UN More Access to Quake Victims

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has agreed to allow the United Nations to temporarily...

Polish Officials Observe Training of Ukrainians on New Tanks

Polish Officials Observe Training of Ukrainians on New Tanks

Poland’s president and defense minister met Monday with Polish and foreign instructors intensively training Ukrainian troops to operate the German-made...

One Week On, Turkey, Syria Grapple with Quake Aftermath

One Week On, Turkey, Syria Grapple with Quake Aftermath

February 13 marks one week since devastating twin earthquakes struck the Turkish Syrian border. With the death toll surpassing 30,000...

Greek Foreign Minister Visits Quake-Hit Turkey, Promises More Aid, EU Support 

Greek Foreign Minister Visits Quake-Hit Turkey, Promises More Aid, EU Support 

Greece’s foreign minister is the first among his European colleagues to visit quake-hit Turkey to survey the extent of the...

Skiers Seek Climate Change Moves: ‘The Seasons Have Shifted’ 

Skiers Seek Climate Change Moves: ‘The Seasons Have Shifted’ 

Overall World Cup winners Mikaela Shiffrin, Federica Brignone and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde are among nearly 200 athletes from multiple disciplines...

Google to Expand Misinformation ‘Prebunking’ in Europe

Google to Expand Misinformation ‘Prebunking’ in Europe

After seeing promising results in Eastern Europe, Google will initiate a new campaign in Germany that aims to make people...

Woman Rescued in Turkey More Than a Week After Earthquake

Woman Rescued in Turkey More Than a Week After Earthquake

Rescuers in southern Turkey pulled a woman from the rubble of a building Monday, more than a week after a...

Germany to Ease Visa Conditions for Some Earthquake Victims

Germany to Ease Visa Conditions for Some Earthquake Victims

The German government wants to temporarily ease visa restrictions for survivors of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria who have...

Richard E. Grant Brings Enthusiasm as BAFTA Film Awards Host

Richard E. Grant Brings Enthusiasm as BAFTA Film Awards Host

There is no bigger cheerleader of awards season than Richard E. Grant.  He brings joy to the red carpet, snapping...

US Urges UN Vote to Approve More Aid Access to Syria via Turkey

US Urges UN Vote to Approve More Aid Access to Syria via Turkey

The United States on Sunday called for the United Nations Security Council to “vote immediately” to authorize the delivery of...

Pope Worried About Nicaraguan Bishop’s Prison Sentence

Pope Worried About Nicaraguan Bishop’s Prison Sentence

Pope Francis expressed sadness and worry Sunday at the news that Bishop Rolando Álvarez, an outspoken critic of the Nicaraguan...

Olympic Chief Shares ‘Grief, Human Suffering’ of Ukrainian Athletes

Olympic Chief Shares ‘Grief, Human Suffering’ of Ukrainian Athletes

Olympic chief Thomas Bach said Sunday that he shared the “grief and human suffering” of Ukrainian athletes, stressing that it...

East Germany’s Last Communist Leader Dies at 95

East Germany’s Last Communist Leader Dies at 95

Hans Modrow, who served as East Germany’s last communist leader during a turbulent tenure that ended in the country’s first...