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British Olympic Silver Medalist Ujah Suspended for Alleged Doping

British Olympic Silver Medalist Ujah Suspended for Alleged Doping

British sprinter CJ Ujah, who won an Olympic silver medal in the 4x100m relay in Tokyo, was Thursday suspended for...

Six People Killed in Mass Shooting in Plymouth, England

Six People Killed in Mass Shooting in Plymouth, England

Six people were killed in a mass shooting in the city of Plymouth in southwestern England on Thursday evening, in...

‘Lucifer’ Heat Wave Scorches Mediterranean; Dozens Die in Wildfires  

‘Lucifer’ Heat Wave Scorches Mediterranean; Dozens Die in Wildfires  

The extreme heat in the Mediterranean region continued to trigger wildfires, with dozens of people killed in Algeria, Greece, Italy...

‘Lucifer’ Heat Wave Scorches Mediterranean; Dozens Die in Wildfires

‘Lucifer’ Heat Wave Scorches Mediterranean; Dozens Die in Wildfires

The extreme hot weather in the Mediterranean region is continuing to trigger wildfires, with dozens of people killed in Algeria,...

EU Threatens Taliban With ‘Isolation’ if They Seize Power

EU Threatens Taliban With ‘Isolation’ if They Seize Power

The European Union on Thursday warned the Taliban that it would face being cut off by the international community if...

North Macedonia, Albania Face New Obstacles on Path to EU

North Macedonia, Albania Face New Obstacles on Path to EU

North Macedonia’s bid for membership in the European Union was held up for two decades by a dispute with Greece...

Polish Parliament Advances Media Bill US Denounces

Polish Parliament Advances Media Bill US Denounces

Polish lawmakers have advanced a bill that the opposition says aims to silence a U.S.-owned news channel critical of the...

France, Britain Divided by Much More than La Manche 

France, Britain Divided by Much More than La Manche 

The French call it La Manche, or the sleeve, while the more proprietorial British refer to the narrow arm of...

Syrian Refugees Targeted in Ankara Night of Violence

Syrian Refugees Targeted in Ankara Night of Violence

The Turkish capital, Ankara, has been hit with a night of violence against Syrian refugees. Turkey currently hosts over four...

Tourist Helicopter Crashes in Russian Crater Lake; 8 Missing

Tourist Helicopter Crashes in Russian Crater Lake; 8 Missing

A helicopter carrying tourists plunged into a deep volcanic crater lake on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s far east Thursday,...

Belarus Sprinter Feels Safe, Looks to Future

Belarus Sprinter Feels Safe, Looks to Future

After all the turmoil of the last week, Krystsina Tsimanouskaya finally feels safe. The Belarusian Olympic sprinter who found refuge in Poland...

Poland Passes Law That Would Cut Off Property Claims

Poland Passes Law That Would Cut Off Property Claims

Poland’s parliament passed a law on Wednesday that would prevent former Polish property owners, including Holocaust survivors and their descendants,...

Reporter’s Notebook: Families Fleeing Afghanistan Struggle to Survive in Turkey

Reporter’s Notebook: Families Fleeing Afghanistan Struggle to Survive in Turkey

Afghan clothes and Iranian SIM cards litter fields under the mountains that stand between Turkey and the Iranian border. A wisp...

Belarus Tells US to Reduce Embassy Staff, Rejects Ambassador

Belarus Tells US to Reduce Embassy Staff, Rejects Ambassador

The regime of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has responded to the latest round of U.S. sanctions by requesting Washington to...

Germany Arrests British Embassy Worker Accused of Spying for Russia

Germany Arrests British Embassy Worker Accused of Spying for Russia

German authorities said Wednesday that they had arrested a British citizen and accused him of spying for Russia while working...

Russian Opposition Leader Faces New Charge, More Jail

Russian Opposition Leader Faces New Charge, More Jail

Imprisoned Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny faces a new charge that a non-profit organization he created encouraged Russians to break the...

Austria Protests Detention of 2 Journalists in Belarus

Austria Protests Detention of 2 Journalists in Belarus

The Austrian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday protested the detention of two journalists who were working in Belarus for Austria’s national...

Six EU Countries Want to Maintain Deportations of Afghan Asylum-Seekers 

Six EU Countries Want to Maintain Deportations of Afghan Asylum-Seekers 

Half-a-dozen European Union countries have told Brussels they want to continue deporting Afghan migrants whose asylum-applications are denied — despite...

Lionel Messi Eyes Champions League Trophy with PSG

Lionel Messi Eyes Champions League Trophy with PSG

Lionel Messi said he’s “in the right place” to win another Champions League trophy and cited a reunion with Neymar...

Greece Gains on Wildfires, Faces Climate Change Criticism

Greece Gains on Wildfires, Faces Climate Change Criticism

Massive forest fires have gripped Greece for more than a week. The government has come under fierce criticism for failing to heed warnings of wildfires amid a protracted heat wave affecting not...

Greek Officials Defend Wildfire Response

Greek Officials Defend Wildfire Response

Firefighters in Greece continue to battle wildfires as officials defend their response amid unusually high temperatures and dry conditions. “We handled...

Germany’s COVID-19 Vaccine Program Has Slowed Dramatically, Merkel Says

Germany’s COVID-19 Vaccine Program Has Slowed Dramatically, Merkel Says

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday Germany has fallen behind other European countries in its COVID-19 vaccination efforts, and with...