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The Biden administration has plenty of options to make good on its pledge to hit Russia financially if President Vladimir Putin invades Ukraine, from sanctions targeting Putin’s associates to cutting Russia off from the financial system that sends money flowing around the world.The United Stat...
Pope Francis returned Sunday to the Greek island of Lesbos to offer comfort to migrants at a refugee camp and blast what he said was the indifference and self-interest shown by Europe “that condemns to death those on the fringes.”“Please, let us stop this shipwreck of civilization!...
Japan says it has retracted a ban on new incoming international flight bookings to defend against the new variant of the coronavirus only a day after the policy was announced, following criticisms that it was an overreaction.The transport ministry on Wednesday issued a request to international airli...
Rights groups said Thursday that Israel failed to investigate shootings that killed more than 200 Palestinians and wounded thousands at violent protests along the Gaza frontier in recent years, strengthening the case for the International Criminal Court to intervene.The Israeli military rejected the...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her likely successor met Thursday with state governors to consider tighter rules to curb coronavirus infections that again topped 70,000 newly confirmed cases in a 24-hour period.Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, who is expected to be elected chancellor by a center-le...
Pope Francis’ trip to Cyprus and Greece is drawing new attention to the plight of migrants on Europe’s borders and the disconnect between Francis’ Gospel-driven call for countries to welcome and integrate them and front-line governments that are increasingly unwilling or unable to ...
They come with eagle-eyed drones and high-precision instruments. Aided by satellites, they analyze gas emissions and the flows of molten rock. On the ground, they collect everything from the tiniest particles to “lava bombs” the size of watermelons that one of nature’s most powerfu...
The Biden administration is moving to toughen testing requirements for international travelers to the US, including both vaccinated and unvaccinated people, amid the spread of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a Tuesday statement that i...
Barely 3 months after the chaotic US-run troop evacuation from Afghanistan, had NATO foreign ministers met Wednesday to debate a rapidly compiled report on the lessons to be learned from the military organization’s 18-year security presence in the conflict-ravaged country.NATO took over the In...
The UN migration agency says the coronavirus pandemic appears to have accelerated “hostile rhetoric” against migrants in the world and “radically altered” mobility, projecting in a new report that travel and other Covid-19-fighting restrictions could dampen migration worldwid...
New Zealand will send up to 65 military and police personnel to the Solomon Islands in the coming days after rioting and looting broke out there last week over several issues, including concerns about the country’s increasing links with China.New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Wedn...
The parties behind the Algerian president’s governing majority dominated local and regional elections, while Islamist parties saw their support diminish, according to official results.The head of the election authority, Mohamed Charfi, announced the results Tuesday evening after Saturday&rsquo...
Austria’s lockdown has officially been extended until Dec. 11 as planned amid signs that the measures are helping to bring down a sky-high coronavirus infection rate.A parliamentary committee signed off Tuesday on the extension of the country’s fourth national lockdown of the pandemic, w...
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Barbados stopped pledging allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday as it shed another vestige of its colonial past and became a republic for the first time in history.Several leaders, dignitaries and artists, including Prince Charles and Rihanna, attended the ceremony that began late Monday in a ...
Iran struck a hard line Tuesday after just one day of restarted talks in Vienna over its tattered nuclear deal, suggesting everything discussed in previous rounds of diplomacy could be renegotiated.Speaking to Iranian state television, Ali Bagheri, Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, referred to ev...
New Zealand’s conservative opposition party chose former businessman and political novice Christopher Luxon as its new leader on Tuesday, as it tries to rebuild from a huge election loss last year and continued infighting.Luxon is a close friend of former Prime Minister John Key and many in th...
Japan announced Monday it will suspend entry of all foreign visitors from around the world as a new coronavirus variant spreads, prompting an increasing number of countries to tighten their borders.“We are taking the step as an emergency precaution to prevent a worst-case scenario in Japan,&rd...
Cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus popped up in countries on opposite sides of the world Sunday and many governments rushed to close their borders even as scientists cautioned that it's not clear if the new variant is more alarming than other versions of the virus.The variant was id...
From appliance stores in the United States to food markets in Hungary and gas stations in Poland, rising consumer prices fueled by high energy costs and supply chain disruptions are putting a pinch on households and businesses worldwide.Rising inflation is leading to price increases for food, gas an...
Lebanon’s president arrived in Qatar Monday for the opening ceremony of an Arab soccer tournament amid - and for talks on an precedented diplomatic crisis between Beirut and oil-rich Gulf nations.President Michel Aoun’s face-to-face meetings with the emir of Qatar and other Qatari offici...
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