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Boris Johnson’s Escapology Skills Set for Major Test

Boris Johnson’s Escapology Skills Set for Major Test

Britain’s Boris Johnson has a reputation as an escape artist — a political Houdini who defies rules and conventions and...

Imprisoned Azerbaijani Activist on Hunger Strike Draws International Concern

Imprisoned Azerbaijani Activist on Hunger Strike Draws International Concern

An imprisoned Azerbaijani activist says he is now refusing to drink water as he enters his 38th day of a...

VP Harris Unveils Biden Administration Electric Car Charging Plan 

VP Harris Unveils Biden Administration Electric Car Charging Plan 

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday unveiled a White House plan to build 500,000 new electric vehicle (EV) charging...

Austria Ends Nearly Three-week COVID-19 Lockdown  

Austria Ends Nearly Three-week COVID-19 Lockdown  

A wide range of businesses reopened to the public in Austria Monday, one day after authorities ended recent national lockdown restrictions to battle the latest surge of COVID-19 infections. The lockdown...

Britain Announces First Death from Omicron Variant of Coronavirus

Britain Announces First Death from Omicron Variant of Coronavirus

Britain has recorded its first death from the omicron variant of the coronavirus. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the death...

Joyful Moment or Risky Move? Europe Divided Over Kids’ Vaccines

Joyful Moment or Risky Move? Europe Divided Over Kids’ Vaccines

As Europe starts vaccinating younger children, countries are pursuing very different strategies in what will be a major test of parents’ willingness to...

Rescuers Pull Bodies from Rubble After Explosion in Sicily Kills 7

Rescuers Pull Bodies from Rubble After Explosion in Sicily Kills 7

Rescuers were pulling out bodies on Monday from the rubble of houses destroyed by a suspected gas explosion on Saturday in the Sicilian...

4 Face Trial in UK Over Toppling of Slave Trader Statue

4 Face Trial in UK Over Toppling of Slave Trader Statue

Four people were due to go on trial in Britain on Monday in connection with the toppling of a statue...

EU Lawmaker Androulakis Elected Greek Socialist Leader

EU Lawmaker Androulakis Elected Greek Socialist Leader

Greece’s third-largest group in parliament on Sunday elected a European Parliament lawmaker as its new leader. Nikos Androulakis defeated former...

Boris Johnson: UK Faces ‘Tidal Wave’ of Omicron Cases

Boris Johnson: UK Faces ‘Tidal Wave’ of Omicron Cases

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Sunday that Britain faces a “tidal wave” of infections from the omicron coronavirus variant and...

Gas Explosion in Sicily Leaves at Least 3 Dead, 6 Missing

Gas Explosion in Sicily Leaves at Least 3 Dead, 6 Missing

Three people were killed and six are still missing after a gas explosion late on Saturday caused several residential buildings...

Spanish Island Volcano Eruption Hits Local Record of 85 Days

Spanish Island Volcano Eruption Hits Local Record of 85 Days

A volcanic eruption in Spain’s Canary Islands shows no sign of ending after 85 days, becoming the island of La...

China’s Xi and Russia’s Putin Dominate G-7

China’s Xi and Russia’s Putin Dominate G-7

While Russian President Vladimir Putin keeps the West guessing over Ukraine, it was the might of Chinese President Xi Jinping...

UN Condemns Forced Expulsions of Asylum Seekers from Libya 

UN Condemns Forced Expulsions of Asylum Seekers from Libya 

The United Nations’ Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is condemning the forced expulsion of asylum seekers and...

G-7 Issues Strong Warnings on Iran and Russia

G-7 Issues Strong Warnings on Iran and Russia

The G-7 on Sunday said time was running out for Iran to agree a deal to curb its nuclear ambitions...

After Centuries, Belgian Nuns Join Monks in Beer Production

After Centuries, Belgian Nuns Join Monks in Beer Production

When the nuns of Maredret Abbey in Belgium were struggling to scrape together the funds for badly needed renovation works,...

Paris Climate Accord Signed 6 Years Ago Today

Paris Climate Accord Signed 6 Years Ago Today

Six years ago today, nearly 200 nations signed the Paris Climate Accord, where they agreed to keep the rise in...

China Grows Balkan Investments by Asking Less Than EU, Say Experts

China Grows Balkan Investments by Asking Less Than EU, Say Experts

China accounts for a relatively small share of outside investment in the western Balkans compared to the European Union, but...

Twin Panda Cubs in French Zoo Take 1st Steps in Public

Twin Panda Cubs in French Zoo Take 1st Steps in Public

First, a steady crawl. Then a short clumsy slide across the slick stone floor at their home at the Beauval...

US, Australia and Japan to Fund Undersea Cable in the Pacific

US, Australia and Japan to Fund Undersea Cable in the Pacific

The United States, Australia and Japan said Sunday they will jointly fund the construction of an undersea cable to boost...

Biden Warns Putin: Russia Will Pay ‘Terrible Price’ If It Invades Ukraine

Biden Warns Putin: Russia Will Pay ‘Terrible Price’ If It Invades Ukraine

U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday said he told Russian President Vladimir Putin that Russia would pay “a terrible price”...

New Caledonia Voters Asked a 3rd Time: Do You Want Independence?

New Caledonia Voters Asked a 3rd Time: Do You Want Independence?

France’s nickel-rich Pacific territory of New Caledonia votes Sunday in a third and final referendum on independence, with some of...