El Pais Newspaper: Catholic Church in Spain Faces Major Abuse Investigation
Spain’s Catholic Church is to open an investigation into alleged sex abuse of hundreds of children by members of the...
Omicron Variant Spurs New Lockdown in Netherlands
“The Netherlands is shutting down again,” Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Saturday in a televised address. The new measures, beginning...
UK Brexit Minister Quits as New COVID Rules Spark Anger
A senior member of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Cabinet resigned Saturday night, adding to a sense of disarray within a...
Ransomware Persists Even as High-Profile Attacks Have Slowed
In the months since President Joe Biden warned Russia’s Vladimir Putin that he needed to crack down on ransomware gangs...
Pope Doubles Down on Quashing Old Latin Mass With New Limits
Pope Francis doubled down Saturday on his efforts to quash the old Latin Mass, forbidding the celebration of some sacraments...
Russia: Security Proposals Are Aimed at Avoiding Military Scenario
Deputy foreign minister Alexander Grushko said Saturday that security proposals Russia has presented to the United States are an attempt...
Dutch Government Holds Emergency Meeting on Omicron Spread
The Dutch government is holding an emergency meeting Saturday with health advisers about the fast-spreading omicron variant of the coronavirus...
Pandemic Spawns New Wave of Anti-Migrant Sentiment
Marking International Migrants Day, the United Nations reports hostility and xenophobia are growing against migrants. It warns the stigmatization and...
US Cites ‘Progress’ but Warns Nuclear Deal Could Die Without Urgent Iranian Action
The U.S. says its indirect talks with Iran on reviving a 2015 nuclear deal made modest progress in the latest...
Turkish Lira’s Nosedive Hits Women-Only Farmers Market Vendors
The women-only farmers market in Diyarbakir, Turkey, is a unique place. Here, women, many of them divorced or survivors of...
Experts: US, Allies Not Likely to Agree to Russian ‘Security Guarantees’
Russia should not expect the United States and its allies to go along with its recent demand for an expansive...
Denmark Proposes New Lockdown Measures Amid World Omicron Spread
Denmark proposed new lockdown measures Friday to curb the alarming spread of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus, as other European...
Poland Pushes Controversial Media Law Though Parliament, Angering US
Poland’s parliament passed a media bill on Friday that critics say aims to silence a news channel critical of the...
Leaders’ Chat Moves Russia, China Toward Stronger Anti-US Unity, Analysts Say
A video chat between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin this week consolidates efforts by the...
German Health Minister Warns of Massive Fifth COVID-19 Wave
German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach told reporters Friday he expects a “massive” fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic driven by...
UN Recap: December 12-17, 2021
Here is a fast take on what the international community has been up to this past week, as seen from...
Stunning By-Election Defeat Punctures Britain’s Boris Johnson
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson took “personal responsibility” Friday for the rout of his Conservatives in a by-election for a...
Russia Publishes Details of Security Proposal With West
Russia published draft details Friday of a security package it has sent the United States and NATO allies, which calls...
After Whistleblower Disclosures, Facebook Faces an Uncertain Future
After internal Facebook documents were shared widely with news organizations, the question remains whether and how Facebook will change. Michelle...
UK PM Johnson Suffers By-Election Disaster
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday suffered a crushing by-election defeat in a constituency never previously lost by his...
China-Russia Collaboration in Space Poses Challenge for West
China and Russia have begun collaborating on technology to rival the United States’ GPS and European Galileo satellite navigation systems,...
Soaring Infections Rattle Europe, Fuel Dread About Holidays
Soaring infections in Britain driven in part by the omicron variant of the coronavirus rattled Europe on Thursday, prompting new...
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