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Critics Demand Stronger European Response to Poisoning of Russian Dissidents

Critics Demand Stronger European Response to Poisoning of Russian Dissidents

Europe is under growing pressure to offer a more robust response to Russia, following the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei...

3 Share Nobel Prize in Physics for Black Hole Research 

3 Share Nobel Prize in Physics for Black Hole Research 

Three scientists have won this year’s Nobel Prize in physics for their discoveries related to black holes. The Royal Swedish Academy...

US Lawmakers Put Extra Pressure on Lukashenko Regime as Belarus Protests Continue

US Lawmakers Put Extra Pressure on Lukashenko Regime as Belarus Protests Continue

Peaceful, pro-democracy protests are continuing in Belarus following a contested election on Aug. 9, when incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko claimed victory...

Led Zeppelin Emerges Victor in ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Plagiarism Case

Led Zeppelin Emerges Victor in ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Plagiarism Case

British rock band Led Zeppelin on Monday effectively won a long-running legal battle over claims it stole the opening guitar...

Britain’s Johnson Says ‘Tough Times Ahead’ for Business as Pandemic Takes Toll

Britain’s Johnson Says ‘Tough Times Ahead’ for Business as Pandemic Takes Toll

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Monday there would be “tough times ahead” for businesses, as another international company announced...

Paris on Maximum Virus Alert, Closing Bars, Not Restaurants

Paris on Maximum Virus Alert, Closing Bars, Not Restaurants

French authorities placed the Paris region on maximum virus alert on Monday, banning festive gatherings and requiring all bars to...

10% of World’s Population May Have Been Infected with Coronavirus, WHO Says

10% of World’s Population May Have Been Infected with Coronavirus, WHO Says

The World Health Organization says roughly one in 10 people around the world may have been infected with the coronavirus....

US States Roll Out Apps Alerting People to COVID-19 Exposure

US States Roll Out Apps Alerting People to COVID-19 Exposure

More than six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, a handful of U.S. states are starting to roll out apps that promise to tell...

EU, Germany Discuss Future Relations with Britain  

EU, Germany Discuss Future Relations with Britain  

Germany’s foreign minister met with the European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Monday to discuss the future relations of the 27-member...

COVID  Apps Roll Out Nationwide as States Try to Reopen

COVID  Apps Roll Out Nationwide as States Try to Reopen

More than six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, a handful of U.S. states are starting to roll out apps that promise to tell...

US States Turn to Apps in Fight Against Virus Spread

US States Turn to Apps in Fight Against Virus Spread

With tens of thousands of new coronavirus cases daily in the U.S., states are launching digital apps that alert people...

In Israel, Shin Bet Security Services Is Responsible for Covid-19 Contact Tracing

In Israel, Shin Bet Security Services Is Responsible for Covid-19 Contact Tracing

Israel is struggling against a virulent second wave of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, with thousands of new...

In Europe, Local Leaders Increasingly Frustrated with Pandemic Restrictions

In Europe, Local Leaders Increasingly Frustrated with Pandemic Restrictions

In Madrid, the mayor has bowed before the law of the land, but has vowed to take Spain’s central government...

Seven Bodies Found in Northern Italy, France After Violent Storms

Seven Bodies Found in Northern Italy, France After Violent Storms

Seven bodies were found in a region straddling the French-Italian border near Nice on Sunday after torrential rains swept houses...

Thousands Take to Streets of Minsk in Ongoing Protests

Thousands Take to Streets of Minsk in Ongoing Protests

Police in Minsk, Belarus used water cannon to disperse crowds as protests against President Alexander Lukashenko continued for the ninth...

Heavy Fighting Continues Around Nagorno-Karabakh

Heavy Fighting Continues Around Nagorno-Karabakh

Heavy fighting continued Sunday between Armenian and Azerbaijan forces in Nagorno-Karabakh, a primarily ethnic Armenian region in Azerbaijan.Azerbaijani officials said...

New Caledonia Votes to Remain French

New Caledonia Votes to Remain French

The South Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia has voted to remain part of France, election authorities announced. Officials said 53.26% of...

UK’s Johnson Doesn’t Want a No-deal Brexit but Can Live with it 

UK’s Johnson Doesn’t Want a No-deal Brexit but Can Live with it 

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson does not particularly wish for the Brexit transition period to end without a new trade...

Pope Says Free Market, ‘Trickle-Down’ Policies Fail Society 

Pope Says Free Market, ‘Trickle-Down’ Policies Fail Society 

Pope Francis said on Sunday that the COVID-19 pandemic was the latest crisis to prove that market forces alone and...

3 Arrested in Belgium, Suspected of Involvement in 1994 Rwanda Genocide

3 Arrested in Belgium, Suspected of Involvement in 1994 Rwanda Genocide

Belgium has arrested and charged three men suspected of involvement in the 1994 Rwanda genocide.A spokesperson for the Belgian federal...

Attorney: Iran Temporarily Releases French-Iranian Academic From Jail

Attorney: Iran Temporarily Releases French-Iranian Academic From Jail

Iran has temporarily released French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah, who has been in jail after being convicted of security breaches, her...

Heavy Fighting by Armenia, Azerbaijan Reported in Nagorno-Karabakh

Heavy Fighting by Armenia, Azerbaijan Reported in Nagorno-Karabakh

Heavy fighting continued between Armenia and Azerbaijan forces Saturday in the conflict over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, officials from...