Pompeo Calls on Vatican to Reconsider Deal With Beijing
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed to advocate for persecuted religious minorities in China while calling on the Vatican...
Thorny Summit: Turkey, Belarus, China, Migration Among Questions Facing EU Leaders
Tough foreign policy issues, including tensions with Turkey, sanctions against Belarus and relations with China, will be up for discussion...
Pompeo Urges Greece, Turkey to Resume Talks Over Territorial Spat
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on NATO allies Greece and Turkey Tuesday to resume talks as soon as...
Amazon Launches Trial of Pay-by-Palm Device
Need to pay for some groceries? No problem, just wave your palm. That could be the new mode of payment...
Britain, Canada Sanction Belarus’ Lukashenko, Top Officials
Britain and Canada have imposed sanctions on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, his son and other top officials for allegedly rigging...
TikTok Launches US Election Guide
Chinese-owned video sharing platform TikTok says it is creating a guide “to protect against misinformation” during the 2020 U.S. elections. In...
Assange May End Up at Colorado Supermax Jail, UK Court Told
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange would have to be “almost dying” to get out of arguably the most notorious prison in...
France to Ban Use of Wild Animals in Circuses, Marine Parks
France’s environment minister has announced a gradual ban on using wild animals in traveling circuses, on keeping dolphins and killer...
British Company Testing Jet Suits For Use During Emergencies
A British jet suit company has teamed with a paramedic service to test the flying suits’ capabilities for emergency use...
Macron to Outline France’s Controversial Anti-Separatism Bill
Five years after the Paris terrorist strikes and a week after a brutal knife attack in the French capital, French...
Macron Meets With Belarus Opposition Leader Tsikhanouskaya
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday pledged European support for the people of Belarus after he met with opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. The talks...
Greece Steps Up Refugee Transfers from Congested Lesbos
Greek authorities on Monday began transferring hundreds of refugees from the island of Lesbos to reduce chronic overcrowding that caused...
Poland Rejects Letter From Diplomats Urging Tolerance for LGBT People
Polish leaders on Monday rejected suggestions that LGBT people in Poland are facing any kind of discrimination or depravation of...
Turkey Vows Support for Azerbaijan in Escalating Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
Turkey says it will back Azerbaijan with all means necessary as fighting entered a second day Monday between Azeri and...
Coronavirus Global Death Tally Approaches 1 Million
The World Health organization says 120 million rapid diagnostic tests for the coronavirus will be made available to low- and...
Russia Should Also Be Target of Belarus Sanctions, Former Diplomats Say
As European governments tussle over imposing sanctions on Belarus after the results of last month’s election, some former diplomats and...
US Judge Halts Government Ban on TikTok
A U.S. federal judge has temporarily halted a Trump administration order to ban the popular video app TikTok from U.S. app stores. The ban was due...
Why Facebook Suddenly Closed 155 Accounts Targeting the Philippines
Facebook’s deletion of accounts targeting the Philippines from bases in China shows that the U.S. internet giant wants a better...
Local Developer Creates Air Monitoring App
There are all kinds of apps that rate the air quality of your home inside and outside. But one young...
Sri Lanka Returns Hazardous Waste to Britain
Sri Lanka says it is shipping 21 containers of waste back to Britain. Officials said hazardous waste materials, including hospital waste, were found...
Switzerland Voters Reject Limiting Immigration from EU
Voters in Switzerland rejected a proposed limit on immigration from European Union countries in a national referendum Sunday. The freedom-of-movement proposal put forth by the populist Swiss People’s Party was defeated, with...
Federal Judge Postpones Trump Ban on Popular App TikTok
A federal judge on Sunday postponed a Trump administration order that would have banned the popular video sharing app TikTok from U.S....
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