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Caught in America’s Election Battle, Ukraine Hopes for Further US Military Support

Caught in America’s Election Battle, Ukraine Hopes for Further US Military Support

People in Ukraine are closely following the U.S. presidential election given America’s strategic importance to the country and campaign allegations...

Germans Expect Big Changes After US Election

Germans Expect Big Changes After US Election

In Germany, policymakers are awaiting the outcome of the U.S. presidential election in the belief that it will have significant...

Caught in America’s Election Battle, Ukraine Hopes for More US Military Support

Caught in America’s Election Battle, Ukraine Hopes for More US Military Support

Ukrainians are watching with added interest as Donald Trump and challenger Joe Biden enter the final days of the U.S....

Pope Reverts to Mask-Less Old Ways Amid Growing Criticism

Pope Reverts to Mask-Less Old Ways Amid Growing Criticism

A day after donning a face mask for the first time during a liturgical service, Pope Francis was back to...

Spain Becomes COVID-19 Hotspot Again — But Why?

Spain Becomes COVID-19 Hotspot Again — But Why?

Spain this week will become the first European country to report one million coronavirus cases since the pandemic started.   Despite...

Microsoft Disables Most of Cybercriminals’ Control Over Massive Computer Network

Microsoft Disables Most of Cybercriminals’ Control Over Massive Computer Network

Microsoft Corp said Tuesday it had disabled more than 90% of the machines used by a gang of Russian-speaking cyber...

US, Russia Signal Willingness to Extend Nuclear Arms Pact

US, Russia Signal Willingness to Extend Nuclear Arms Pact

The U.S. and Russia signaled their willingness Tuesday to reach a new deal on nuclear arms control by working toward...

US 2020 Election Carries High Stakes for Twitter, Facebook

US 2020 Election Carries High Stakes for Twitter, Facebook

Facebook, Twitter and other internet companies are rolling out new policies on controversial content during the U.S. presidential campaign. Michelle...

Belarus Protesters Torn on How Much Change They Really Want

Belarus Protesters Torn on How Much Change They Really Want

Since 1994, Alexander Lukashenko has ruled Belarus under a system of tight control inherited from the former Soviet Union and...

British Finance Chief Defends Government’s COVID-19 Strategy

British Finance Chief Defends Government’s COVID-19 Strategy

Britain’s finance minister Tuesday defended the government’s localized three-tiered approach to fighting the spread of COVID-19 in the country, saying...

Spain Divided Over Abolishing Monarchy

Spain Divided Over Abolishing Monarchy

Protests against the monarchy have spread in Spain and polls show the nation is divided over whether it should be...

US Justice Department Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google

US Justice Department Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google

The U.S. Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google for allegedly violating federal law by using its dominant...

Danish Man Convicted of Murder Aboard Homemade Submarine Captured

Danish Man Convicted of Murder Aboard Homemade Submarine Captured

A Danish man serving a life sentence for the torture and murder of a Swedish journalist aboard his homemade submarine...

Imperial College London Recruiting Healthy Volunteers to Infect with COVID-19

Imperial College London Recruiting Healthy Volunteers to Infect with COVID-19

The British government is supporting human trials for a potential COVID-19 vaccine in which healthy human subjects will be infected...

Poll Finds Many Spaniards Favor Dissolving Monarchy

Poll Finds Many Spaniards Favor Dissolving Monarchy

Protests against the monarchy have spread in Spain and polls show the nation is divided over whether it should be...

US Charges Six Russian Military Officers in Global Cyberattacks

US Charges Six Russian Military Officers in Global Cyberattacks

U.S. prosecutors on Monday announced charges against six Russian military intelligence officers in connection with a global computer hacking campaign...

US Charges Six Russian Agents in Global Cyber Attack

US Charges Six Russian Agents in Global Cyber Attack

U.S. prosecutors have charged six Russian military intelligence officers in connection with a global computer malware campaign that struck the...

France Probes Muslim Organizations Following Beheading of Teacher

France Probes Muslim Organizations Following Beheading of Teacher

France’s Interior Ministry has launched an investigation into a wide range of hate speech following the beheading of a history...

Wales to Impose Two-Week Coronavirus Lockdown Beginning Friday 

Wales to Impose Two-Week Coronavirus Lockdown Beginning Friday 

Officials in Wales announced Monday they will impose a two-week “firebreak” lockdown effective Friday, requiring all but essential workers to...

Poll Finds Many Spaniards Favor Dissolving Monarch

Poll Finds Many Spaniards Favor Dissolving Monarch

Protests against the monarchy have spread in Spain and polls show the nation is divided about whether it should be abolished, as Alfonso Beato reports from...

Got Any Signal Up Here? Nokia to Build Mobile Network on Moon

Got Any Signal Up Here? Nokia to Build Mobile Network on Moon

Finland’s Nokia has been selected by NASA to build the first cellular network on the moon, the company said on...

Twitter Blocks Tweet About Masks From White House Coronavirus Team Adviser

Twitter Blocks Tweet About Masks From White House Coronavirus Team Adviser

Dr. Scott Atlas is a neuroradiologist, a fellow at a conservative-leaning think tank, a science adviser to President Donald Trump...