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Anti-Femicide Protests Sweep Turkey

Anti-Femicide Protests Sweep Turkey

A wave of protests sparked by the slaying of a young woman has been sweeping across Turkey as the government...

Italian Senate Lifts Immunity for Former Interior Minister

Italian Senate Lifts Immunity for Former Interior Minister

The Italian Senate has voted to lift right-wing Senator Matteo Salvini’s immunity from prosecution, related to his decision last August...

German Envoy to UN Criticizes Members ‘Blocking’ World Body’s Reform

German Envoy to UN Criticizes Members ‘Blocking’ World Body’s Reform

Germany’s ambassador to the United Nations criticized the world body’s members on Thursday for their unwillingness to go forward with...

WHO Warns Young People COVID-19 May Hit Hard

WHO Warns Young People COVID-19 May Hit Hard

The resurgence of the coronavirus in many countries is “driven in part by younger people letting down their guard during...

EU Sanctions Russian Intelligence, N.Korean, Chinese Firms over Alleged Cyberattacks

EU Sanctions Russian Intelligence, N.Korean, Chinese Firms over Alleged Cyberattacks

The European Union on Thursday imposed travel and financial sanctions on a department of Russia’s military intelligence service and on...

Amid Pandemic, Big Tech Reports Mixed Earnings

Amid Pandemic, Big Tech Reports Mixed Earnings

Big Tech companies reported mixed quarterly earnings Thursday, a day after their top executives faced a tough congressional grilling over...

Belarus Arrests Suspected Russian Mercenaries, Alleges Election Plot

Belarus Arrests Suspected Russian Mercenaries, Alleges Election Plot

Relations between Russia and its erstwhile ally Belarus veered into uncharted territory after Belarusian security forces on Wednesday detained more...

NASA Rover En Route to Mars to Look for Signs of Life

NASA Rover En Route to Mars to Look for Signs of Life

The U.S. has launched its next-generation Mars rover in search of potential signs of life on the red planet.NASA’s latest...

Moscow Court Sentences Ex-US Marine to 9 Years in Prison

Moscow Court Sentences Ex-US Marine to 9 Years in Prison

A court in Moscow has sentenced former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed to nine years in prison after finding him guilty...

NASA’s New Mars Rover Launches From Florida to Seek Signs of Past Life

NASA’s New Mars Rover Launches From Florida to Seek Signs of Past Life

NASA’s next-generation Mars rover Perseverance blasted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral on Thursday atop an Atlas 5 rocket on a...

US Announces Massive Troop Pullout from Germany

US Announces Massive Troop Pullout from Germany

The United States is pulling almost 12,000 troops from Germany, following through on President Donald Trump’s call to reduce the...

2020’s Final Mars Mission Poised for Blastoff from Florida

2020’s Final Mars Mission Poised for Blastoff from Florida

The summer’s third and final mission to Mars — featuring NASA’s most elaborate life-hunting rover — is on the verge...

Italian Coast Guard Rescues Migrants Off Libya

Italian Coast Guard Rescues Migrants Off Libya

Italy’s coast guard said on Wednesday it had rescued nearly 100 migrants on a “half deflated” dinghy off the coast...

Ambassador to US Defends Netherlands’ Tough EU Stance

Ambassador to US Defends Netherlands’ Tough EU Stance

Despite acquiescing to a compromise solution at last week’s rancorous but ultimately successful EU summit, Dutch diplomats are offering no...

US Accuses Russia of Sending Arms, Mercenaries to Libya

US Accuses Russia of Sending Arms, Mercenaries to Libya

The U.S. military has accused Russia of sending weapons and mercenaries to Libya in an attempt to gain a foothold...

Rwanda Genocide Suspect in France Denies Allegations, Lawyer Says

Rwanda Genocide Suspect in France Denies Allegations, Lawyer Says

A lawyer for an alleged Rwandan ex-spy chief living in France says his client denies allegations that he was involved...

Report: African Refugees, Migrants Encounter Violence Along Sahara Migratory Route

Report: African Refugees, Migrants Encounter Violence Along Sahara Migratory Route

A new report says thousands of African refugees and migrants die or face abuse while traveling across the Sahara Desert...

US Treasury to Recommend Options to Trump About Tik Tok

US Treasury to Recommend Options to Trump About Tik Tok

The Chinese-owned app TikTok is under a security review by the U.S. government, which will make a recommendation on the...

Chinese Hackers Targeted Vatican, NY Times Reports

Chinese Hackers Targeted Vatican, NY Times Reports

The New York Times Wednesday said the Vatican’s computer networks have been breached by Chinese hackers since May, in an apparent...

Congress to Question Tech CEOs About Market Dominance

Congress to Question Tech CEOs About Market Dominance

They control the digital spaces where many around the world spend their time, shop, work, and talk to friends and family.  Together, the companies’ combined annual...

Greece to Return 1.4B Euros to Pensioners Hit During Debt Crisis

Greece to Return 1.4B Euros to Pensioners Hit During Debt Crisis

Greece will this year return 1.4 billion euros to pensioners whose income was slashed during the financial crisis of the...

Belarus Leader Says He Survived Coronavirus

Belarus Leader Says He Survived Coronavirus

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced he had tested positive but successfully overcome the novel coronavirus on Tuesday — adding a...