Western Frustration With Turkey Likely to Build Under Biden Administration
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has complained about an international conspiracy forming against Turkey, and he says it’s attempting to frustrate...
Council of Europe Tells Poland: ‘LGBTI Are People, Not an Ideology’
A leading European human rights organization called out the Polish government Thursday with a memorandum condemning the Eastern European country’s...
Federal Lawsuit Alleges Facebook Discriminates Against US Workers
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit Thursday saying social media giant Facebook was discriminating against U.S. workers...
Sweden Closes High Schools Until Early January to Stem COVID-19 Infections
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven announced Thursday that high schools would switch to distance learning beginning Monday through early January...
Facebook to Start Removing Bogus Claims About COVID Vaccines
Facebook will begin removing false claims about COVID-19 vaccines from its social media platform, the company said Thursday, as part...
Greece Slams Turkey for Deadly Migrant Vessel Sinking
Greece has lashed out at Turkey, accusing it of pushing distressed asylum seekers into Greek waters, endangering their lives during...
WHO Europe Director Applauds Vaccine News, Urges Vigilance
The World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) European director Thursday called Britain’s approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine “phenomenal” but urged Europeans...
US, Estonia Partnered to Search Out Cyber Threat From Russia
In a modern twist on old-fashioned war games, the U.S. military dispatched cyber fighters to Estonia this fall to help...
Former French President Giscard D’estaing Dies of COVID
France is mourning the death of its former president Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, as a result of contracting the COVID-19 virus....
COVID-19 Numbers Still Too High, German Health Officials Say
The head of Germany’s disease control agency said Thursday that while COVID-19 infection rates have stabilized, they are still too...
Twitter Prohibits Dehumanizing Posts Targeting Race, Ethnicity
Twitter has enacted stricter content rules, adding to its list of prohibited conduct any language that “dehumanizes people on the...
Britain Approves Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine, Raising Hopes of Return to Normality
Britain says it plans to start injecting people with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as early as Monday after becoming the first...