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French Workers Need to Work Until Age 64 to Get Full Pension

French Workers Need to Work Until Age 64 to Get Full Pension

French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said the minimum retirement age will remain 62, but workers will have to work until...

Polls Show Steep Fall In Conservative Support Ahead of British General Election

Polls Show Steep Fall In Conservative Support Ahead of British General Election

With fewer than 24 hours to go until the ballot boxes open in Britain for the general election, the latest...

Trump’s Stance on Climate Bashed During UN Conference

Trump’s Stance on Climate Bashed During UN Conference

The Trump administration got bashing from its own countrymen during the 25th United Nations climate conference in Spain. Former New...

Justice Department Inspector General Set for Senate Testimony on Russia Probe

Justice Department Inspector General Set for Senate Testimony on Russia Probe

The U.S. Justice Department’s inspector general is due to testify Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee about his report that...

Most Jailed Journalists? China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt Again Top Annual CPJ Report

Most Jailed Journalists? China, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt Again Top Annual CPJ Report

The number of journalists imprisoned globally remains near a record high, according to an annual survey released Wednesday by the...

Trump, Pompeo Meet with Russia’s Lavrov

Trump, Pompeo Meet with Russia’s Lavrov

U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are meeting Tuesday in Washington with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei...

Erdogan: Turkey Ready to Send Troops to Libya If Asked

Erdogan: Turkey Ready to Send Troops to Libya If Asked

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he is ready to deploy soldiers to Libya following the announcement of a security...

US General Sees Hope for Ties with Turkey

US General Sees Hope for Ties with Turkey

Growing tensions between Turkey and the United States do not have to result in the end of the long-standing alliance...

Trump, Obama Advisers say Russia, Iran Remain Threats to US

Trump, Obama Advisers say Russia, Iran Remain Threats to US

Russia’s challenge to NATO and democratic nations, as well as Iran’s influence on the wider Middle East, remain two of...

Greece Sends Letters to UN over Turkey-Libya Deal

Greece Sends Letters to UN over Turkey-Libya Deal

Greece has sent two letters to the United Nations explaining its objections to a maritime boundary deal between Turkey and...

Bloomberg Shows Up as Climate UN Talks Get Into Tough Phase

Bloomberg Shows Up as Climate UN Talks Get Into Tough Phase

American billionaire and Democratic presidential contender Michael Bloomberg says that the next U.S. president should halt fossil fuel subsidies altogether.Bloomberg,...

Finland’s Parliament Picks World’s Youngest Sitting PM

Finland’s Parliament Picks World’s Youngest Sitting PM

Finland’s parliament chose Sanna Marin as the country’s new prime minister Tuesday, making the 34-year-old the world’s youngest sitting head...

Hospital Shooter Kills 6 in Czech Republic

Hospital Shooter Kills 6 in Czech Republic

Police in the Czech Republic said Tuesday an attacker shot dead six people and wounded two others at a hospital...

Ukrainian President Vows to Stand Firm In Talks With Russia

Ukrainian President Vows to Stand Firm In Talks With Russia

Russian and Ukrainian presidents are meeting in Paris in an effort to end five-and-a-half years of fighting in eastern Ukraine...

French Pension Strikes Expand, Police Gird for New Protests

French Pension Strikes Expand, Police Gird for New Protests

French airport workers, teachers and others joined nationwide strikes Tuesday as unions cranked up pressure on the government to scrap...

‘Pigs, Hands Off the Theater’ – Hungarians Protest for Artistic Freedom

‘Pigs, Hands Off the Theater’ – Hungarians Protest for Artistic Freedom

Hungary’s government submitted plans to parliament on Monday to tighten its control over theaters, triggering protests from actors and audiences...

Russia, Ukraine Leaders Agree on Ceasefire Following Four-Way Talks in Paris

Russia, Ukraine Leaders Agree on Ceasefire Following Four-Way Talks in Paris

Russian and Ukrainian leaders agreed to implement a ceasefire and a prisoners’ swap by years end, following four-way talks in...

Trump to Welcome Russian Foreign Minister to Washington

Trump to Welcome Russian Foreign Minister to Washington

U.S. President Donald Trump will join Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday for talks with visiting Russian Foreign Minister...

Britain Set for Crunch Election, But Brexit Agony Will Likely Continue

Britain Set for Crunch Election, But Brexit Agony Will Likely Continue

Britain’s political leaders are making a final push for votes ahead of Thursday’s general election, which has been dominated by...

Amazon Blames Trump For Loss of Pentagon Contract

Amazon Blames Trump For Loss of Pentagon Contract

Amazon accused U.S. President Donald Trump of using “improper pressure” and bias that harmed its chances of winning a lucrative...

Turkish-US Fighter Jet Dispute Rekindles Century-Old Animosities

Turkish-US Fighter Jet Dispute Rekindles Century-Old Animosities

Turkey Defense Minister Hulusi Akar warned Washington on Monday that Turkey will seek alternatives if Washington doesn’t end its embargo...

Putin, Zelenskiy Meet in Bid to Bring Peace to Eastern Ukraine

Putin, Zelenskiy Meet in Bid to Bring Peace to Eastern Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, are meeting for the first time in Paris for long-awaited...