Russian Actress Speaks Out Against Putin in Washington Poetry Performance
In 2012, actress Chulpan Khamatova was campaigning for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Now based in Latvia, she speaks out against...
Central Asia Balances Domestic Demand with Foreign Exports
Rising domestic demand is forcing Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to cut back or halt natural gas exports to China, prompting a...
Massive Aquarium Bursts in Berlin
A massive aquarium in Berlin has burst, spilling 1,500 tropical fish and a million liters of water into the complex...
Fire in France Kills 10, Including 5 Children
Ten people, including five children aged 3 to 15 years, were killed in a fire that broke out Friday morning...
Chinese Diplomatic Personnel Forced Out of UK
Six Chinese diplomatic personnel left Britain this week for their alleged roles in assaulting protesters at the Chinese Consulate in...
China Trying to Fight Back US Ban on Its Chip Industry
China is spending $143 billion to combat U.S. moves to cut off its supply of semiconductor technology. The funds will...
VOA Journalist Among Media Suspended on Twitter
VOA Chief National Correspondent Steve Herman was among several journalists to be suspended from Twitter late Thursday. Followers of the...
Tiny Meteorite May Have Caused Leak From Soyuz Capsule
Russian and NASA engineers were assessing a coolant leak on Thursday from a Soyuz crew capsule docked with the International...
ICC Confirms Upholds 25-year Sentence for Ugandan LRA Commander
The International Criminal Court on Thursday confirmed the convictions of Dominic Ongwen, a former Ugandan child soldier who rose to...
European Parliament Suspends Work With Qatar in Response to Criminal Probe
The European Parliament voted Thursday to suspend all work on legislation linked to Qatar after allegations of corruption involving a...
Slovak Parliament Dumps Center-Right Cabinet, Early Election an Option
Slovakia’s minority center-right government lost a no-confidence vote Thursday, raising political instability and possibly bringing an early election sometime in...
Russia Warns US on Sending Patriot Missiles to Ukraine
Russia’s foreign ministry warned the United States on Thursday that if it ships sophisticated Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine,...
US Targets Russian Oligarch in Latest Round of Sanctions
The United States imposed new economic sanctions on Russian financial interests Thursday, targeting one of the country’s richest businessmen, Vladimir...
Boris Becker Freed from UK prison, Expected to be Deported
German tennis star Boris Becker, 55, has been freed from a British prison, the government said on Thursday, meaning he...
British Nurses Stage First Ever National Walkout Amid Pay Dispute
National Health Service nurses in Britain staged a strike on Thursday, their first ever national walkout, as a bitter dispute...
Iran Sentences Belgian Aid Worker to 28 Years in Prison
Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele has been sentenced to 28 years in prison in Iran for a “fabricated series of...
British Nurses Set to Begin First-Ever Strike as Pay Dispute Deepens
National Health Service nurses in Britain will strike on Thursday in their first-ever national walkout as a bitter dispute with...
UK Airports to Relax Aircraft Liquid Rules Beginning in Mid-2024
The U.K. government announced on Thursday that it will significantly relax limits on taking liquids in carry-on luggage at airports...
Hacker Claims Breach of FBI’s Critical-Infrastructure Forum
A hacker who reportedly posed as the chief executive of a financial institution claims to have obtained access to the...
Mbappe, France Advance to World Cup Final, Blank Morocco 2-0
France and Kylian Mbappe are headed back to the World Cup final for a much anticipated matchup with Lionel Messi...
Ukraine’s ‘Brave People’ Receive 2022 Sakharov Prize
Representatives of Ukraine have received the European Parliament’s 2022 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought on behalf of “the brave...
Turkish Court Sentences Istanbul Mayor, Slaps Political Ban
A court in Turkey sentenced the mayor of Istanbul, the country’s most populous city, to two years and seven months...
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