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Anti-Government Protests Spread Across the Balkans
April 07, 2019
PODGORICA, Montenegro – It all started with a video posted on social media: a secret recording from 2016 that appears to show a well-known local tycoon hand over an envelope ...
China’s BYD Successful Model of U.S.-China Cooperation
April 06, 2019
LOS ANGELES - China’s leading electric vehicle maker BYD held a ceremony on Wednesday to mark the completion of the 300th electric bus at its Lancaster manufacturing plant ...
With Brexit, Britain Is in Crisis and Not for The First Time
April 06, 2019
LONDON – Few would argue that Britain is in what is often referred to as a bit of a pickle. A crisis in fact, undoubtedly of historic proportions...
WTO Approves China’s Hong Kong-Macao CEPA Agreement
April 04, 2019
MACAO - The World Trade Organization (WTO) has recently examined and approved the China’s Hong Kong-Macao Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) to ensure that the agreement ...
U.S. Says will Not Send High-Level Officials to China’s Silk Road Summit
April 04, 2019
WASHINGTON - The United States will not send high-level officials to attend China’s second Belt and Road summit in Beijing this month, a U.S. State Department spokesman said on ...
Xi’s Message to Arab Summit Shows Strong Base for Firm Sino-Arab Ties, Official Says
April 03, 2019
KHARTOUM - Chinese President Xi Jinping's congratulatory message to the 30th Arab League (AL) Summit shows a strong base for the firm relations between China ...
U.S. Halts F-35 Equipment to Turkey, Protests Its Plans to Buy from Russia
April 03, 2019
WASHINGTON - The United States has halted delivery of equipment related to the stealthy F-35 fighter aircraft to Turkey, marking the first concrete U.S. step to block delivery ...
NATO Chief Plays Down Rows as Allies Mark 70th Anniversary
April 02, 2019
BRUSSELS – NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is playing down differences among member countries as the military alliance marks its 70th anniversary in Washington this week...
Treaty’s End Would Give U.S., Russia Impetus to Make More Nukes: Study
April 02, 2019
WASHINGTON - The demise of the only U.S.-Russia arms control pact limiting deployed nuclear weapons would make it harder for each to gauge the other’s intentions ...
Common Interests between China, U.S. Outweigh Differences: Chinese Diplomat
April 01, 2019
ANN ARBOR, the United States - Although great changes have taken place in the China-U.S. relationship in the past 40 years since the two countries forged diplomatic ties, the fact ...
Israel Says Brazil Opens ‘diplomatic office’ in Jerusalem
April 01, 2019
JERUSALEM - Israel said on Sunday that Brazil had opened a “diplomatic office” in Jerusalem as Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro began a visit to the country...
Pope’s Trip to Morocco to Highlight Christian-Muslim Ties
March 31, 2019
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis's weekend trip to Morocco aims to highlight the North African nation's tradition of Christian-Muslim ties while also letting him show solidarity ...
A Look at Sunday’s Local Elections in Turkey
March 31, 2019
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey is holding local elections on Sunday that are seen as a test of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's popularity amid a sharp economic downturn...
South Korea’s Moon to Meet Trump over Stalled North Korea Talks
March 30, 2019
SEOUL - Senior South Korean officials, including President Moon Jae-in, are launching a series of meetings with U.S. counterparts, in a bid to jumpstart stalled denuclearization talks with ...
Wife of Ex-Interpol President Dismisses Allegations
March 30, 2019
PARIS – The wife of the detained former Interpol president expelled this week from China’s ruling Communist Party is reiterating calls for proof that he is still alive....
Australian Party Accused of Asking US Gun Lobby for Money
March 28, 2019
CANBERRA, Australia – Australia’s prime minister has accused an influential minor political party of trying to “sell Australia’s gun laws to . . .
Anti-North Korean Group Claims Responsibility for Spanish Embassy Attack, Says FBI Contacted Them for Stolen Data
March 28, 2019
PYONGYANG - An underground group working to oust North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un has claimed responsibility for the raid on the North Korean embassy in Spain last month ...
Pope Honors Rome’s Legacy of Integration over Centuries
March 27, 2019
ROME – Pope Francis has crossed the Tiber River for a visit to Rome’s city hall, paying homage to an ancient city that integrated diverse peoples over centuries of its existence...
Pilot: Cruise Ship Woes Off Norway Started with Engine Snags
March 27, 2019
Inge Lockert told the Vesteraalen newspaper Tuesday that “everything went as it should until we got engine problems.
Mueller Finds No Trump Collusion, Leaves Obstruction Open
March 26, 2019
WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Mueller found no evidence President Donald Trump's campaign "conspired or coordinated" with Russia to influence the 2016 ...
Kosovo PM Fires Deputy Minister over Comments about NATO
March 26, 2019
PRISTINA - Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has fired the country's ethnic Serb deputy justice minister after she called NATO's 1999 bombing campaign against Serbia ...
UK’s Theresa May Faces Pressure to Step Down to Save Brexit
March 25, 2019
LONDON – British Prime Minister Theresa May is facing increased pressure from her own Conservative Party to either resign or to set a date for stepping down in order to build support ...
Kurds to Rally in Turkey Ahead of Key Local Elections
March 25, 2019
ISTANBUL – Supporters of a pro-Kurdish party in Turkey are planning to rally for local elections that will test the Turkish president's popularity...
From Israel, Pompeo Arrives in Beirut for Two-Day Meetings
March 23, 2019
BEIRUT – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has arrived in Lebanon, the last leg of a Mideast tour that took him to Kuwait and Israel.
Pompeo is scheduled to meet with a host of Lebanese ...
Scientists Deploy Robot ‘Translators’ for Interspecies Communication & Behavioral Control
March 23, 2019
Fish and bees have been able to communicate for the first time, courtesy of a few talented robots mimicking and controlling their actions, in an unusual experiment that translated ...
Death Toll from Indonesia Floods, Mudslides Rises to 89
March 20, 2019
JAYAPURA, Indonesia – The death toll from flash floods and mudslides triggered by torrential downpours in eastern Indonesia has risen to 89, with dozens of others missing...
US-Backed Force Says It’s in Control of IS Syria Encampment
March 20, 2019
BEIRUT – A spokesman for U.S.-backed forces fighting the Islamic State group in Syria says his fighters are in control of an encampment in the village of Baghouz where IS militants ...
Putin, in Crimea for Annexation Anniversary, Launches Power Stations
March 19, 2019
SEVASTOPOL, Crimea - President Vladimir Putin inaugurated two new power stations in Crimea on Monday after flying into the Black Sea peninsula to celebrate the fifth ...
NATO, EU Condemn Russia’s 2014 Seizure of Crimea
March 19, 2019
BRUSSELS – NATO and the European Union are condemning Russia’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula five years after Moscow declared the region Russian territory. ...
China, Europe on Path of Expanding Belt and Road Cooperation
March 18, 2019
FRANKFURT - Anastasiya Sizikova, a young woman who lives in Germany’s western city of Dusseldorf, could have hardly imagined a few years ago that her career and life would ...
Serbia President Vows to Defend Law and Order Amid Protests
March 18, 2019
BELGRADE, Serbia – Serbia’s president has pledged to defend the country’s law and order a day after opposition supporters stormed the national TV station protesting ...
New Zealand PM Says ‘Gun Laws Will Change’ after Mosque Shooting
March 17, 2019
CHRISTCHURCH - The New Zealand government is looking at banning semi-automatic weapons following the killing of 49 worshipers at two Christchurch mosques, Prime Minister ...
Australian Senator Faces Censure for Anti-Immigration Stance
March 17, 2019
CANBERRA, Australia – An Australian senator has had a raw egg cracked over his head and faces censure from his fellow lawmakers after sparking outrage by blaming Muslim . . .
49 Killed and Dozens, Including Young Children, Injured in New Zealand Mass Shootings Targeting Mosques
March 16, 2019
WELLINGTON - Three people are in custody -- one of whom was charged with murder -- after at least one heavily-armed shooter mowed down Muslim worshippers at Friday prayer, massacring ...
Italy’s Drive to Join China’s Belt and Road Hits Pot Holes
March 16, 2019
ROME - The ancient Silk Road was a network of trading routes that stretched from China to Italy, transporting goods, skills and ideas half way around the world...