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Ahead of Summit, NATO Placates Trump, Plans for Reforms

Ahead of Summit, NATO Placates Trump, Plans for Reforms

As Britain prepares for the NATO leaders’ meeting outside London December 3-4, the alliance said Thursday it had agreed to...

Climate Talks Open in Madrid Amid Dire Warnings

Climate Talks Open in Madrid Amid Dire Warnings

Representatives of nearly 200 countries begin annual climate talks in Madrid Monday, shadowed by alarming evidence of a deepening climate...

195 Nations Meet in Madrid for Climate Talks

195 Nations Meet in Madrid for Climate Talks

Environment ministers and experts from nearly 200 countries meet in Madrid Monday for annual United Nations climate talks. Presided by...

Irish PM Suffers By-election Defeats Ahead of National Vote

Irish PM Suffers By-election Defeats Ahead of National Vote

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar’s Fine Gael party failed to win any of the four by-elections held to fill parliamentary...

EU Antitrust Regulators Investigating Google’s Data Collection

EU Antitrust Regulators Investigating Google’s Data Collection

EU antitrust regulators are investigating Google’s collection of data, the European Commission told Reuters Saturday, suggesting the world’s most popular...

Apple to Reevaluate Policy on Mapping ‘Disputed Borders’ After Crimea Outcry 

Apple to Reevaluate Policy on Mapping ‘Disputed Borders’ After Crimea Outcry 

Apple says it will reevaluate how it identifies “disputed borders” after receiving criticism for displaying Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula as part...

Maltese Prosecutors Charge Businessman in Reporter’s Killing 

Maltese Prosecutors Charge Businessman in Reporter’s Killing 

Maltese prosecutors on Saturday charged a prominent local businessman as being an accomplice to the murder of anti-corruption journalist Daphne...

Climate Activists Invade East German Coal Mines in Protest

Climate Activists Invade East German Coal Mines in Protest

Climate activists protested at open-pit coal mines in eastern Germany, pouring onto the premises to urge the government to immediately...

Albania’s Earthquake Search, Rescue Operation Ends

Albania’s Earthquake Search, Rescue Operation Ends

The search and rescue operation for earthquake survivors in Albania has ended, Prime Minister Edi Rama said Saturday.The small town...

People Convicted of Terror Offenses Must Serve Full Prison Terms: UK PM

People Convicted of Terror Offenses Must Serve Full Prison Terms: UK PM

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said people convicted of terrorism offenses should not be allowed out of prison early after...

Dutch Police Continue Hunt for Attacker who Stabbed 3

Dutch Police Continue Hunt for Attacker who Stabbed 3

Dutch police on Saturday continued looking for an attacker who stabbed three teens on a street in The Hague that...

London Attacker Had Been Convicted on Terrorism Charges

London Attacker Had Been Convicted on Terrorism Charges

British security officials said police are not looking for any more suspects in the stabbing attack in London Friday that...

Facebook Places Label on User’s Post Under Singapore ‘Fake News’ Law

Facebook Places Label on User’s Post Under Singapore ‘Fake News’ Law

Facebook said Saturday it had issued a correction notice on a user’s post at the request of the Singapore government,...

Protests, Warnings, US Retreat Add Urgency to UN Climate Talks

Protests, Warnings, US Retreat Add Urgency to UN Climate Talks

Mass protests, a last-minute venue change and talk of climate tipping points are adding some unplanned drama to this year’s...

After Devastating Earthquake, Albania Begins to Bury Victims

After Devastating Earthquake, Albania Begins to Bury Victims

Albanians began the week on a high note, as they prepared to celebrate the country’s Independence Day, and finished it...

Twitter CEO Pledges to Live in Africa for Several Months in 2020

Twitter CEO Pledges to Live in Africa for Several Months in 2020

Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey has wrapped up of a trip to Africa by pledging to reside on the continent...

France Summons Turkish Envoy Over Erdogan jab at Macron

France Summons Turkish Envoy Over Erdogan jab at Macron

The French government summoned the Turkish ambassador Friday to seek explanations after his president described French President Emmanuel Macron as...

Dutch Police: 3 People Wounded in Hague Stabbing

Dutch Police: 3 People Wounded in Hague Stabbing

Three people were wounded in a stabbing in The Hague’s main shopping district Friday night, and police were searching for...

Poland’s Leaders Want New Top Auditor to Go Amid Scandal

Poland’s Leaders Want New Top Auditor to Go Amid Scandal

Poland’s government is calling for the resignation of the head of the audit office amid a swelling scandal over his...

Spain: Sunbathers Help Migrants Arriving to Beach by Boat

Spain: Sunbathers Help Migrants Arriving to Beach by Boat

Sunbathers have assisted two dozen exhausted migrants who arrived by boat to a beach in Spain’s Canary Islands.                    ...

Over 160 Nations Agree to Speed Landmine Clearing

Over 160 Nations Agree to Speed Landmine Clearing

The 164 signatory countries to the Mine Ban Treaty (MBT) agreed Friday to accelerate the work to achieve the goal...

Several Stabbed Near London Bridge; Man Detained

Several Stabbed Near London Bridge; Man Detained

British police cleared the area around London Bridge in the center of the British capital on Friday following a stabbing...