Poland Waives Tax for Young Employees to Counter Brain Drain
Poland on Thursday scrapped its personal income tax for young employees earning less than $22,000 a year, as part of...
Walloped by Heat Wave, Greenland Sees Massive Ice Melt
The heat wave that smashed high temperature records in five European countries a week ago is now over Greenland, accelerating...
Five EU Countries Agree to Take in Migrants, Ending Standoff in Sicilian Port
A number of European nations have agreed to take in more than 100 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean last week....
A$AP Rocky to Testify on 2nd Day of Sweden Assault Trial
American rapper A$AP Rocky is set to testify Thursday on the second day of a trial in Sweden, where he...
Divers Remove Plastic Waste from Greek Waters — a ‘Gulf Full of Plastic Corals’
Divers and environmentalists found an unpleasant surprise in Aegean waters near Greece and are working to fix it. What looked...
As Brexit Storm Gathers, Britain Looks to Trump for Hope
The prospect of Britain crashing out of the European Union with no deal at the end of October is creating...
Senate Panel Backs Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Sanctions
This story originated in FILE – The Nord Stream 2 pipe-laying vessel Audacia is pictured off Ruegen island, Germany, Nov....
US Rapper A$AP Rocky to Testify in Assault Trial
U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky is expected to give testimony in a Swedish court Thursday on the second day of his...
Germany Refuses to Join US Naval Mission in Strait of Hormuz
Germany has rejected the U.S. call to join an international mission to protect maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. The...
Hungary Defends Transit of Russian Military Goods to Serbia
Inspecting 10 newly arrived Russian armored vehicles at a Serbian Army base in Nis, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic thanked Russian...
Demise of US-Russian Nuclear Treaty Triggers Warnings
In December 1987, U.S. President Ronald Reagan hosted Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev at the White House for a ceremony that...
Russian Hospital Says Tests Exclude Navalny Poisoning
The head of a Russian medical center says laboratory tests performed on unspecified biomaterial taken from opposition politician Aleksei Navalny...
Boris Johnson in Belfast as Brexit Woes Weigh on UK Economy
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson met political leaders Wednesday in Northern Ireland, where he faces a doubly difficult challenge: restoring...
Huawei Remains No. 2 Smartphone Seller Despite US Sanctions
Huawei remained the No. 2 global smartphone vendor in the past quarter despite tough U.S. sanctions imposed on the Chinese...
Sagging Growth, Inflation Build Case for Europe Rate Cut
Inflation and growth have sagged in the eurozone, official figures showed Wednesday, bolstering the case for the European Central Bank...
Teens From Around the Globe Solve Problems at Google Competition
When Celestine Wenardy, a 16-year-old teenager from Indonesia, learned that diabetes was a “silent killer” in her country, she wondered...
Teens From Around the Globe Compete at Google
Teenagers from around the world were on Google’s campus this week to compete in a science competition. Their projects brought...
A Blockchain Remedy for Handwritten Prescriptions
Doctors’ scrawls and scribbles are notoriously hard to read. Electronic prescriptions remedy the problem but around the world and especially...
Turkish Security Council Mulls Syrian Operation, Despite Washington’s Warnings
Turkey’s National Security Council met Tuesday to decide whether to launch a military offensive into Syria against the YPG Kurdish...
US Presidential Envoy Sent to Sweden for A$AP Rocky’s Trial
American rapper A$AP Rocky pleaded not guilty to assault as his trial in Sweden opened Tuesday, a month after a...
Russian Court Rejects Kremlin Critic Navalny’s Early Release Appeal
A court in Moscow rejected jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s appeal for early release on health grounds on Tuesday, after...
Minister: Trump Argument for French Wine Tariffs ‘Absurd’
France’s agriculture minister on Tuesday slammed US President Donald Trump’s argument behind threatened tariffs on French wines as “absurd” and...
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