Germany Reports Record Daily High of 50,000 New COVID Infections
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday people have a duty to be inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine as a way...
Saudi Purchase of English Soccer Team Sparks Debate About Premier League
Fans of England’s Crystal Palace soccer club were in a taunting mood. They unfurled a banner in the stands at...
Western Nations Condemn Belarus at UN Security Council
The United States and European members of the U.N. Security Council condemned Belarus on Thursday for what they called the...
New Czech Government Expected to Take Tougher Line on China, Russia
The mix of parties now working to form the next Czech government spans the spectrum from conservative to liberal, but...
Witnesses at Iran Tribunal Describe Lost Children, Injuries, Abuses
Witnesses, human rights lawyers, international prosecutors and academics gathered Thursday in London for the second day of the Iran Atrocities...
Harris Calls for Nations to Join in Fighting Financial Inequality
Extreme poverty and extreme wealth are growing around the world, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris told leaders Thursday at the...
Germany’s Presumptive Next Leader Forecasts Improved Financial Picture
German Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the presumptive leader of the next government, presented an updated financial forecast Thursday indicating...
Annual German Carnival in Cologne Underway Despite Surging COVID Cases
Germany’s carnival season, a series of festivals among German Catholics, began Thursday but under strict COVID-19 restrictions, because of a...
Russia’s Top Rights Group Says It Faces Closure for Violating ‘Foreign Agent’ Law
Russia’s best known human rights group, Memorial, said on Thursday it had been notified by the Supreme Court that prosecutors...
Brussels Cuts Growth Forecast as Spanish Economy Lags Behind Neighbors
The European Commission lowered its forecast for Spanish growth this year as the country’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic lagged...
Ukraine to Deploy Troops, Helicopters to Guard Belarus Border
Ukraine will deploy another 8,500 troops and police officers, and 15 helicopters, to guard its border with Belarus, aiming to...
Study: Bots Used to Manipulate Social Media in Favor of European Super League
Hundreds of bots and thousands of fake accounts run by “troll farms” tried to manipulate social media debates in favor of...
In Europe, War Remembrance Tourism Fights for Life
Simon Louagie dreaded losing Talbot House, a World War I soldiers’ club that has become an institution in remembrance tourism...
Rights Groups’ Tribunal on Iran’s 2019 Protests Crackdown in London Renews Accountability Calls
Iran is facing renewed scrutiny for its deadly suppression of nationwide protests in 2019, as a London tribunal organized by...
Macron, Harris to Commemorate Armistice Day
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is joining French President Emmanuel Macron at a ceremony Thursday in Paris to commemorate Armistice...
After Promise, Musk Sells $1.1 Billion in Tesla Shares to Pay Taxes
After making a promise on Twitter, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sold about 900,000 shares of the electric car maker’s...
US, China Surprise Climate Summit With Joint Declaration
The United States and China surprised the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow on Wednesday with a joint declaration to take...
Blinken Warns Russia Against ‘Serious Mistake’ of Invading Ukraine
Ukraine’s foreign minister has held strategic security talks in Washington with the U.S. secretary of state. The meeting comes as...
WHO: Europe Continues to Lead World in COVID Cases, Deaths
The World Health Organization said in its weekly epidemiological COVID-19 update that Europe again was leading the world in percentages of...
21 People Survive Turkey Building Collapse
Authorities in Turkey say they arrested a shop owner and two employees Wednesday, one day after the collapse of a commercial building that trapped several...
EU Court Rejects Google’s Appeal of $2.8 Billion Fine
The European Union’s General Court has rejected Google’s appeal of a $2.8 billion European Commission fine for giving its own shopping suggestions an illegal advantage in search...
Blinken to Host Ukrainian Delegation for Relaunch of Strategic Partnership Talks
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to meet Wednesday with his Ukrainian counterpart in Washington as the Biden...
