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US, Russia to Start Nuclear Talks in Austria 

US, Russia to Start Nuclear Talks in Austria 

Delegations from the United States and Russia meet in Vienna, Austria Monday and Tuesday to discuss their nuclear arsenals after more than a year’s pause. President...

More Than 200 Migrants Rescued in Mediterranean Disembark in Italy

More Than 200 Migrants Rescued in Mediterranean Disembark in Italy

More than 200 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean last week disembarked Sunday in Italy. The migrants, among them 62 children, were traveling in three rubber boats believed...

Heat Wave Shatters Record in Siberian Town

Heat Wave Shatters Record in Siberian Town

One of the coldest places on Earth on Saturday became one of the hottest places on Earth. A Russian heat wave sent the thermometer in...

Ruling Conservatives Set to Win Serbian Parliamentary Vote

Ruling Conservatives Set to Win Serbian Parliamentary Vote

Serbia’s ruling conservative party led by President Aleksandar Vucic is set for a landslide win in Sunday’s parliamentary election, results...

Trump vs. Twitter: The Debate Over Free Speech, Censorship in Social Media

Trump vs. Twitter: The Debate Over Free Speech, Censorship in Social Media

Twitter has been important in burnishing the image President Donald Trump wants to portray of a brash straight-talking politician, but...

Coronavirus Dampens Stonehenge Solstice Celebrations

Coronavirus Dampens Stonehenge Solstice Celebrations

The coronavirus pandemic has prevented druids, pagans and party-goers from watching the sun rise at Stonehenge to mark the summer...

Russia’s Putin Says He May Seek Another Term If Constitutional Changes Passed

Russia’s Putin Says He May Seek Another Term If Constitutional Changes Passed

Vladimir Putin is considering running for a new term as Russia’s president if voters approve constitutional changes that would enable...

Greece Extends Lockdown on More than 120,000 Migrants, Refugees

Greece Extends Lockdown on More than 120,000 Migrants, Refugees

Even though Greece is slowly but steadily lifting strict COVID-19 restrictions across the country, it is keeping more than 120,000...

UK police: Park Stabbings That Killed 3 Was Terror Attack 

UK police: Park Stabbings That Killed 3 Was Terror Attack 

British police said Sunday they are treating a stabbing rampage in a park that killed three people as a terrorist...

Serbia Holds Parliamentary and Local Elections

Serbia Holds Parliamentary and Local Elections

Serbia is holding parliamentary and local elections Sunday expected to consolidate President Aleksandar Vucic’s ruling Serbian Progressive Party’s power.The opposition...

Trump vs. Twitter: The Debate Over Free Speech and Censorship in Social Media

Trump vs. Twitter: The Debate Over Free Speech and Censorship in Social Media

Twitter has been important in burnishing the image President Donald Trump wants to portray of a brash straight-talking politician, but...

UK to Announce New ‘One Meter Plus’ Social Distancing Rule, Report Says

UK to Announce New ‘One Meter Plus’ Social Distancing Rule, Report Says

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce a new “one meter plus” social distancing rule to reopen the United Kingdom,...

3 Die in Stabbing Attack in English Town of Reading, Reports Say

3 Die in Stabbing Attack in English Town of Reading, Reports Say

Three people were killed in a stabbing attack in a park in the southern English town of Reading on Saturday...

Georgia Marks First Anniversary of Anti-Kremlin Protest

Georgia Marks First Anniversary of Anti-Kremlin Protest

Thousands of people gathered in the center of Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, on Saturday to protest against the government and Russia...

Turkey Seeks Diplomatic Gains After Risky Libya Military Intervention

Turkey Seeks Diplomatic Gains After Risky Libya Military Intervention

Turkey is seeking to reap diplomatic rewards from its military success in Libya. Recent gains by Turkish-backed forces of the...

The World Prays for Migrants and Refugees

The World Prays for Migrants and Refugees

World Refugee Day is being observed Saturday with the aim of raising awareness of refugees throughout the world. In Italy,...

COVID-19 Fears Grow as Refugee Numbers Rise

COVID-19 Fears Grow as Refugee Numbers Rise

U.N. officials, on the occasion of World Refugee Day, are warning the COVID-19 pandemic poses an additional threat to millions...

Police Use of Facial Recognition Technology Raises Alarm in Wake of George Floyd Death

Police Use of Facial Recognition Technology Raises Alarm in Wake of George Floyd Death

Activists want to ban police from using facial recognition — and now some big tech companies are scaling back cooperation...

Education Minister: Britain Should be ‘Incredibly Proud’ of its History

Education Minister: Britain Should be ‘Incredibly Proud’ of its History

Britain’s education minister said the county should be “incredibly proud” of its history and that should be reflected in the...

EU Leaders Discuss $840B ‘Next Generation EU’ Initiative for COVID Recovery

EU Leaders Discuss $840B ‘Next Generation EU’ Initiative for COVID Recovery

European Union leaders on Friday agreed to meet again in mid-July to discuss the European Commission’s coronavirus recovery measures, primarily...

Humanitarian Air Service Could Run Out of Money

Humanitarian Air Service Could Run Out of Money

The U.N.’s World Food Program says its humanitarian air service could stop at the end of July without more funds...

Bank of England Says Sorry for Slave Links as UK Faces Past

Bank of England Says Sorry for Slave Links as UK Faces Past

The Bank of England has apologized for the links some of its past governors had with slavery, as a global...