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Britain’s Johnson Defends Lockdown Decision to Parliament

Britain’s Johnson Defends Lockdown Decision to Parliament

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told parliament Wednesday that the government had “no choice but to return to a national...

British Judge Denies Bail to WikiLeaks’ Founder Assange

British Judge Denies Bail to WikiLeaks’ Founder Assange

A British judge has rejected a request to release WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange on bail, ordering him to remain incarcerated...

US Intelligence Confirms SolarWinds Hack ‘Likely Russian’

US Intelligence Confirms SolarWinds Hack ‘Likely Russian’

U.S. intelligence officials investigating last month’s massive cybersecurity breach that impacted thousands of companies and dozens of government agencies warn...

UK Lockdown Causes Biggest Drop in New Car Sales Since World War Two

UK Lockdown Causes Biggest Drop in New Car Sales Since World War Two

British new car sales fell nearly 30% last year in their biggest annual drop since 1943 as lockdown measures to...

Trump Bans Transactions with 8 Chinese Apps Including Alipay

Trump Bans Transactions with 8 Chinese Apps Including Alipay

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order banning transactions with eight Chinese software applications, including Ant Group’s...

French Health Minister Details Plan to Accelerate COVID-19 Vaccinations

French Health Minister Details Plan to Accelerate COVID-19 Vaccinations

French Health Minister Olivier Veran said Tuesday the nation was going to “amplify, accelerate and simplify” its COVID-19 vaccination program...

Scotland’s Sturgeon Says Trump Can’t Come to Play Golf

Scotland’s Sturgeon Says Trump Can’t Come to Play Golf

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Tuesday that because of the newly-imposed COVID-19 lockdown, U.S. President Donald Trump would not...

Britain in Lockdown as Hospitals Overwhelmed by New COVID Outbreak

Britain in Lockdown as Hospitals Overwhelmed by New COVID Outbreak

Britain entered another strict national lockdown Tuesday, amid a sudden and sharp resurgence in cases of COVID-19 linked to a...

Norway Says More Than 50% of New Cars Are Electric

Norway Says More Than 50% of New Cars Are Electric

A report released Tuesday says Norway has become the first country in the world in which 50 percent of all...

Public Frustration Grows as France’s Vaccination Campaign Lags 

Public Frustration Grows as France’s Vaccination Campaign Lags 

In France, public frustration with the government is growing as the nation’s coronavirus immunization campaign gets off to a slow...

New COVID-19 Lockdowns in Britain; New Variant Found in New York

New COVID-19 Lockdowns in Britain; New Variant Found in New York

Britain’s prime minister announced a fresh round of lockdowns Monday, closing schools and nonessential shops, as the country begins vaccinating...

Britain Refuses US Extradition of ‘Suicidal’ Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange

Britain Refuses US Extradition of ‘Suicidal’ Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange

A British judge has ruled that Julian Assange, the founder of the whistleblowing website Wikileaks, cannot be extradited to the...

Britain Refuses to Extradite ‘Suicidal’ WikiLeaks Founder to US

Britain Refuses to Extradite ‘Suicidal’ WikiLeaks Founder to US

A British judge has ruled that Julian Assange, the founder of the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks, cannot be extradited to the...

Heavy Snow Buries Parts of Northern Italy

Heavy Snow Buries Parts of Northern Italy

European weather forecasters say about 2 meters (over 6 feet) of snow fell early Monday in parts of northern Italy’s...

Online Collaboration Tool Slack Suffers Global Outage

Online Collaboration Tool Slack Suffers Global Outage

Online communication and collaboration service Slack reported a global outage Monday, as millions returned to work after the Christmas and...

Scotland to Impose Full Lockdown as COVID-19 Cases Surge

Scotland to Impose Full Lockdown as COVID-19 Cases Surge

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said Monday the country will impose a total lockdown for the rest of January as...

Italian-US Automaker Fiat Chrysler to Merge with France’s PSA Peugeot

Italian-US Automaker Fiat Chrysler to Merge with France’s PSA Peugeot

In separate meetings Monday, shareholders of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and Groupe PSA voted Monday to merge the U.S.-Italian and...

How Putin is Preparing for 2021 Challenges 

How Putin is Preparing for 2021 Challenges 

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The December collapse was jolting in its...

Google Employees Form Workers’ Union in United States

Google Employees Form Workers’ Union in United States

More than 200 Google employees in the United States have formed a workers’ union, the elected leaders of the union...

British Health Secretary Doesn’t Rule Out New Restrictions as Coronavirus Continues to Spread

British Health Secretary Doesn’t Rule Out New Restrictions as Coronavirus Continues to Spread

British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Monday the government is not ruling out new restrictions as the coronavirus continues to...

Hope Fades in Norway Landslide That Left 7 Dead; 3 Missing

Hope Fades in Norway Landslide That Left 7 Dead; 3 Missing

Norwegian officials insisted Monday that there was “still hope” in finding survivors in air pockets five days after a landslide...

British Judge Rejects US Extradition Request for WikiLeaks Founder

British Judge Rejects US Extradition Request for WikiLeaks Founder

A British judge rejected the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face charges, including espionage. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser said Monday at London’s...