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France Marks 5 Years Since November 2015 Paris Attacks

France Marks 5 Years Since November 2015 Paris Attacks

Five years after the deadly Paris attacks that killed more than 100 people in November 2015, the country paid tribute...

Parler: A New Social Media Hangout for Conservatives to Vent, Plan

Parler: A New Social Media Hangout for Conservatives to Vent, Plan

When Twitter started blocking President Donald Trump’s postings claiming widespread voter fraud, some cheered. Others started looking for the social...

Zuckerberg Says Bannon Has Not Violated Enough Policies for Suspension

Zuckerberg Says Bannon Has Not Violated Enough Policies for Suspension

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told an all-staff meeting Thursday that former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon had not...

Biden Presidency Could Be Pivotal in US-Turkey Relations, Analysts Say

Biden Presidency Could Be Pivotal in US-Turkey Relations, Analysts Say

Turkish analysts say Joe Biden’s projected presidential election victory could prove to be a pivotal moment in Turkey’s relations with the United States — one...

World Leaders, NGOs Press for Vaccine Cash at Paris Forum

World Leaders, NGOs Press for Vaccine Cash at Paris Forum

European and world leaders Thursday insisted that when COVID-19 vaccines are ready they should be made available to everyone, under...

Germany Sees Signs for Cautious Optimism in COVID-19 Cases

Germany Sees Signs for Cautious Optimism in COVID-19 Cases

The head of Germany’s infectious disease institute said Thursday that while the COVID-19 threat in the country remains high, and...

Pope Francis Congratulates President-elect Biden

Pope Francis Congratulates President-elect Biden

Pope Francis applauded Joe Biden’s projected U.S. presidential victory and offered him blessings during a phone conversation Thursday, according to...

EU Commission Launches Strategy for LGBT Protection

EU Commission Launches Strategy for LGBT Protection

The European Union’s executive branch announced a strategy Thursday to provide protection for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, nonbinary, intersex, and...

Phone Calls Play Key Role in Transatlantic Relations

Phone Calls Play Key Role in Transatlantic Relations

The anxieties of Britain’s ruling Conservatives about how Anglo-American relations may unfold under a Biden administration were partly calmed midweek...

What Will Happen to US-Russia Relations Under Biden?

What Will Happen to US-Russia Relations Under Biden?

US-Russian relations have been at a low ebb over the past four years — lasting damage from charges of Russian...

Under Biden, Europe Hopes for Compromise in US Digital Tax Debate

Under Biden, Europe Hopes for Compromise in US Digital Tax Debate

For years, the European Union has been leading the fight to impose a global tax on technology multinationals. After years...

Greek-Turkish Rivalry Persists, Even in Celebration of Possible Coronavirus Vaccine

Greek-Turkish Rivalry Persists, Even in Celebration of Possible Coronavirus Vaccine

Greece and Turkey have long been at loggerheads over a host of issues – from a scattering of uninhabited islands...

Ukrainian President Hospitalized Due to COVID-19

Ukrainian President Hospitalized Due to COVID-19

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the head of his office have been hospitalized after contracting the coronavirus earlier this week....

TikTok Faces Deadline for Divesting US Operations

TikTok Faces Deadline for Divesting US Operations

The U.S. Treasury Department and China-based ByteDance say they are focused on resolving a battle over U.S. security concerns that...

US Treasury Seeks ‘Resolution’ With ByteDance on Security Concerns

US Treasury Seeks ‘Resolution’ With ByteDance on Security Concerns

The U.S. Treasury Department said on Wednesday it wants a resolution of national security risks it has raised over ByteDance’s...

Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo, First Female Olympic Oath Taker, Dies at 88

Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo, First Female Olympic Oath Taker, Dies at 88

Giuliana Chenal-Minuzzo, the first female athlete to deliver the Olympic oath, in 1956, and the first woman to win a...

Pink Diamond Fetches $26.6M at Sotheby’s Geneva Sale

Pink Diamond Fetches $26.6M at Sotheby’s Geneva Sale

An extremely rare, purple-pink diamond mined in Russia, which Sotheby’s described as “a true wonder of nature,” sold for $26.6...

Facebook Extends Ban on US Political Ads for Another Month

Facebook Extends Ban on US Political Ads for Another Month

As election misinformation raged online, Facebook Inc. said on Wednesday its post-election ban on political ads would likely last another...

Russia Calls Nagorno-Karabakh Truce Win for All, But Armenians Protest 

Russia Calls Nagorno-Karabakh Truce Win for All, But Armenians Protest 

Armenia’s opposition parties have reacted with fury to a Kremlin-brokered cease-fire aimed at ending weeks of fighting with Azerbaijan over...

Greek PM: Greece, Egypt to Welcome ‘More Decisive’ US Involvement Under Biden

Greek PM: Greece, Egypt to Welcome ‘More Decisive’ US Involvement Under Biden

Greece and Egypt, which angered Turkey by reaching an agreement on natural resources in the eastern Mediterranean, will welcome more...

No Guarantee of Safety for Media Covering Disputed Belarus Election

No Guarantee of Safety for Media Covering Disputed Belarus Election

Three months after disputed elections in Belarus, protesters and journalists continue to be arrested, beaten and harassed. On Sunday, police...

Will Border Security Solve Europe’s Terror Threat?

Will Border Security Solve Europe’s Terror Threat?

France and Germany have called for much stronger external border security following recent terror attacks in Europe. Experts say, however,...