3 Win Nobel in Chemistry for Work on Lithium-Ion Batteries
Three scientists on Wednesday were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their contributions to the development of lithium-ion batteries,...
Rights Groups Highlight Case of Russian Journalist Facing Prison
When 40-year-old Svetlana Prokopyeva penned her column about an October 2018 suicide bombing by a 17-year-old student at the Federal...
Turkey’s Internet Regulation Sparks Fears of New Censorship Wave
In Turkey, new controls regulating internet broadcasting have come into force. The government says all broadcasters need to abide by...
Trump Rejects Criticism on Syria, Invites Erdogan to White House
U.S. President Donald Trump denies that the United States has abandoned Kurds in Syria ahead of Turkey’s planned invasion on...
Turkish Military Proclaims Itself Ready to Move Against Kurds in Syria
Steve Herman at the White House, Carla Babb at the Pentagon and Nike Ching at the State Department contributed to...
US Senate Panel Report Calls for Plan to Prevent Meddling in 2020 Presidential Election
The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee has issued a bipartisan report that calls on the U.S. government and private industry to...
Migrant Deaths in Mediterranean This Year Top 1,000
The International Organization for Migration reports fatalities from a shipwreck Monday off the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa...
Louvre Opens Huge Outpost to Protect Art From Flooding
The Louvre opened a new sprawling art conservation center Tuesday some 200 kilometers (120 miles) from Paris to protect the...
Russian Language Law Raises Anxiety Among Minorities
Russia in the last school year enacted a law establishing Russian as the main language at all schools. The legislation...
Climate Activists Block Roads, Camp Out in Global Protests
Hundreds of climate change activists camped out in central London on Tuesday during a second day of world protests by...
Macron Pays Homage to ‘Victims of Islamic Terrorism’
French President Emmanuel Macron led a national tribute Tuesday to the four police employees slain in last week’s knife attack...
Putin’s 67th Birthday: You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello
It was by Vladimir Putin’s swashbuckling standards all rather low-key. There was no riding horses bare-chested or allegedly saving a...
Condemnations, Clarifications and Fear as Turks Start Syria Offensive
The White House announced Sunday that U.S. troops will pull out of northern Syria as Turkey moves forward with a...
Climate Protesters Block Roads in Cities Around the World
Climate protesters around the world started two weeks of demonstrations on Monday, engaging in acts of civil disobedience to demand...
Putin Takes Birthday Hike in Siberian Mountains
Russian President Vladimir Putin spent his pre-birthday weekend hiking the mountains of southern Siberia with his defense minister.Putin, who turned...
UNHCR: Anti-Refugee and Migrant Sentiment Threaten Battle to End Statelessness
The U.N. refugee agency warns the battle to stamp out global statelessness is being threatened by growing anti-refugee and migrant...
UNHCR: Global Forced Displacement Crisis Must be Addressed and Resolved
The U.N. high commissioner for refugees is calling for urgent action to resolve the global forced displacement crisis as increasing...
UNHCR: Global Forced Displacement Crisis Must be Addressed
The U.N. high commissioner for refugees is calling for urgent action to resolve the global forced displacement crisis as increasing...
EU Demands UK Face Brexit ‘Realism;’ Johnson Scrambles
Britain and the European Union appeared to be poles apart Monday on a potential Brexit deal, with the Dutch government...
Ethiopian Airlines’ Former Chief Says Airlines Went Into Records After Crash
Ethiopian Airlines’ former chief engineer says in a whistleblower complaint filed with regulators that the carrier went into maintenance records...
20,000 US Troops to Go to Europe for 2020 Training Exercise
The U.S. military says it’s preparing a massive exercise early next year in Europe involving 20,000 soldiers from the U.S.,...
US Businesswoman Denies Favoritism by UK’s Johnson
A US businesswoman refused to say Monday whether she had an affair with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson while he...
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