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Brexit Crushes British Retirement Dreams in Spain

Brexit Crushes British Retirement Dreams in Spain

As the EU and Britain try to work out a deal to govern their trade relations after Brexit, the dreams that...

Ukrainian President Upbeat on Chances of Putin Meeting, New Cease-fire

Ukrainian President Upbeat on Chances of Putin Meeting, New Cease-fire

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Monday he was likely to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the conflict in...

UN-Mediated Talks to Reunify Cyprus Under Way

UN-Mediated Talks to Reunify Cyprus Under Way

Three days of U.N.-mediated talks are under way to try and reunify the island of Cyprus, which has been divided...

EU Lawmakers Debate Brexit Accord Before Decisive Vote

EU Lawmakers Debate Brexit Accord Before Decisive Vote

EU lawmakers debated the post-Brexit trade agreement between the European Union and Britain for the last time on Tuesday, ahead...

Britain Targets 22 People in First Use of Its Anti-corruption Law

Britain Targets 22 People in First Use of Its Anti-corruption Law

Britain froze assets, imposed sanctions and enacted travel bans on nearly two dozen people accused of bribery, kickbacks and fraud...

In France, New Museum-Memorial to Terrorism Takes Shape

In France, New Museum-Memorial to Terrorism Takes Shape

Last week’s killing of a police worker outside Paris offers a chilling reminder that terrorism has become a grim feature...

US Keeping Wary Eye on Russian Troops Near Ukraine

US Keeping Wary Eye on Russian Troops Near Ukraine

U.S. officials are not yet convinced Russia is making good on its word to de-escalate in Crimea and along its...

Erdogan Demands Biden Reverse Armenian Genocide Declaration

Erdogan Demands Biden Reverse Armenian Genocide Declaration

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday demanded that U.S. President Joe Biden reverse his declaration that the World War...

Apple Rolls Out Privacy Shield to Thwart Snoopy Apps

Apple Rolls Out Privacy Shield to Thwart Snoopy Apps

Apple is following through on its pledge to crack down on Facebook and other snoopy apps that secretly shadow people...

Cameroonian Startup’s Online Veterinary App Helps Remote Breeders

Cameroonian Startup’s Online Veterinary App Helps Remote Breeders

A Cameroonian company has created a veterinary counseling app designed to help farmers and ranchers who live far away from...

Turkey Puts 108 Pro-Kurdish Party Officials on Trial

Turkey Puts 108 Pro-Kurdish Party Officials on Trial

One hundred and eight prominent members of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish HDP went on trial in the capital, Ankara, Monday in connection...

WHO Pushes Routine Vaccinations Amid COVID Downturn

WHO Pushes Routine Vaccinations Amid COVID Downturn

Thirty-seven percent of surveyed countries are still experiencing disruptions in vaccinating children against deadly diseases like measles compared to 2020...

Russia Orders Navalny Offices Shut

Russia Orders Navalny Offices Shut

Russian authorities ordered all offices of jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny closed Monday as a court reviews a request from...

NASA Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Flies Faster, Farther Than Ever

NASA Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Flies Faster, Farther Than Ever

U.S. space agency NASA said the experimental Mars helicopter Ingenuity — in its third flight Sunday on the red planet...

Questions Over Missing Billions Pose Challenge for Erdogan 

Questions Over Missing Billions Pose Challenge for Erdogan 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan could be finding himself cornered over opposition claims that his government $128 billion squandered in...

Government Documents Show Russia Considering Using Convicts to Build Railway

Government Documents Show Russia Considering Using Convicts to Build Railway

Russia is considering using convicts to expand a railway line in the far east, a government document showed, as Moscow...

EU Will Let Vaccinated Americans Visit This Summer, Top Official Says

EU Will Let Vaccinated Americans Visit This Summer, Top Official Says

A top European Union official said Sunday that Americans who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 should be able to travel...

German Contender Wants Tougher Stance on China, Russia

German Contender Wants Tougher Stance on China, Russia

A leading contender to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor this fall has called for “dialogue and toughness” toward China...

Mariners Learn How Not to Get Stuck in the Suez Canal

Mariners Learn How Not to Get Stuck in the Suez Canal

In March, one of the world’s biggest container ships became stuck in Egypt’s Suez Canal, creating a commercial logjam and...

Chad Tensions Rise After Burial of Late President Idriss Deby 

Chad Tensions Rise After Burial of Late President Idriss Deby 

An uneasy calm pervades Chad’s capital N’Djamena since Friday’s funeral for President Idriss Deby, who ruled the central African country...

Paris-Area Knife Assailant Viewed Jihadist Videos Prior to Attack, Officials Say

Paris-Area Knife Assailant Viewed Jihadist Videos Prior to Attack, Officials Say

A fifth person is being held for questioning in the stabbing death late last week of a police employee outside...

Greece to Lift Quarantine Rule for More Inbound Visitors 

Greece to Lift Quarantine Rule for More Inbound Visitors 

Greece will lift quarantine restrictions on coronavirus-free visitors from more countries including Australia and Russia from Monday as it extends...