Blinken, Lammy stress importance of Taiwan Strait status quo in US-UK talks
State Department — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy addressed Indo-Pacific security and highlighted the need to maintain the statusчитати
US, Britain accuse Iran of sending Russia missiles to use in Ukraine
London — The United States and Britain formally accused Iran on Tuesday of supplying short-range ballistic missiles to Russia to use in the war in Ukraine,читати
China-Russia exercises aim to challenge US-led Indo-Pacific coalition, analysts say
Taipei, Taiwan — Russia and China are holding a series of joint military naval and air force exercises this month in a bid to deepen tiesчитати
Google loses final EU court appeal against $2.7 billion fine in antitrust shopping case
London — Google lost its final legal challenge on Tuesday against a European Union penalty for giving its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage over rivalsчитати
Poland thanks military dogs for their service, giving them army ranks
NOWY DWOR MAZOWIECKI, Poland — The new privates received their ranks amid military pomp in a town near Warsaw where a Napoleonic fortress attests to aчитати
US: Transfer of ballistic missiles from Iran to Russia would be ‘dramatic escalation’
Washington — The transfer of ballistic missiles from Iran to Russia would signify a “dramatic escalation” of Tehran’s support for Moscow, and the United States isчитати
‘Bucha Witches’ are keeping skies over Kyiv drone-free
They call themselves Bucha Witches – an all-female volunteer air defense unit near Kyiv targeting the Iranian Shahed drones that Russia fires at Ukraine. They operateчитати
Poland says its cybersecurity experts foiled Russian, Belarusian attacks
WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s security officials said Monday they have foiled cyberattacks and online blackmail attempts by groups acting for Russian and Belarusian services. Poland hasчитати
Germany’s Scholz calls for faster progress ending Russia’s war on Ukraine
FRANKFURT, Germany — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Sunday he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agree that Russia should be included in a future peace conferenceчитати
Anxiety, uncertainty build in Ukraine as US election nears
Many Ukrainians are hoping the outcome of the U.S. elections will help bring an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine. While some worry that Republicanчитати
Greece to tax cruise ships to protect popular islands from overtourism
Athens — Greece plans to impose a 20-euro ($22) levy on cruise ship visitors to the islands of Santorini and Mykonos during the peak summer season,читати
As Volkswagen weighs its first closure of a German auto plant, workers aren’t the only ones worried
FRANKFURT, Germany — Volkswagen is considering closing some factories in its home country for the first time in the German automaker’s 87-year history, saying it otherwiseчитати
US Volunteer makes metal staple for Ukraine’s military
American Benjamin Hoerber says he has discovered his calling helping Ukraine’s military. He initially helped transport humanitarian aid. Now he also volunteers at a forge,читати
‘Digital pause’: France pilots school mobile phone ban
Paris — Tens of thousands of pupils in France are going through a slightly different return to school this autumn, deprived of their mobile phones. Atчитати
Almodovar’s ‘The Room Next Door’ triumphs at Venice Festival
VENICE, ITALY — Spanish director Pedro Almodovar’s first English-language movie “The Room Next Door,” which tackles the hefty themes of euthanasia and climate change, won theчитати
While police protect them, pride marchers demand better rights in Serbia
BELGRADE, Serbia — A pride march Saturday in Serbia’s capital pressed for the demand that the populist government improve the rights of the LGBTQ+ community whoчитати
Ukraine voices concern at reports of Iranian ballistic missiles to Russia
KYIV, UKRAINE — Ukraine’s foreign ministry said Saturday it was deeply concerned by reports about a possible impending transfer of Iranian ballistic missiles to Russia. Inчитати
Britain, US spy chiefs call for ‘staying the course’ on Ukraine
LONDON — The heads of the U.S. CIA and Britain’s spy service said in an op-ed on Saturday that “staying the course” in backing Ukraine’s fightчитати
Ukraine reacts to Zelenskyy’s government shakeup
Ukraine has a new foreign minister, one of the latest moves as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy embarks on the largest overhaul of his administration since Russia’sчитати
US adversaries step up efforts to influence results of next election
washington — Russia, Iran and China are ramping up efforts to impact the outcome of the U.S. presidential election and down-ballot races, targeting American voters withчитати
Poland orders arrests over Belarus dissident’s plane diversion
Warsaw — A Polish court on Friday ordered the arrest of three Belarusian officials accused of illegally diverting a Ryanair flight in 2021 in order toчитати
Zelenskyy meets top military leaders in Germany as the US announces additional aid to Ukraine
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Friday with top United States military leaders and more than 50 partner nations in Germany toчитати
French far right exerts outsize power over Barnier and Macron, rivals say
Paris — France’s far-right National Rally (RN) is exerting outsize power over President Emmanuel Macron and his new Prime Minister Michel Barnier, rivals said on Friday,читати
Ukraine says Russian attacks injure at least 5, cause fires
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian attacks on Ukraine overnight caused fires and injured at least five people across the country, local authorities said on Friday. Ukraine’s airчитати
US warns Russian hackers: ‘We are onto you’
Washington — The United States has charged five Russian intelligence officers and one Russian civilian in connection with a major cyberattack, described by U.S. prosecutors asчитати
Pentagon leaders head to Germany for talks on Ukraine military aid
WASHINGTON — Top U.S. military leaders will be in Germany to discuss Ukraine’s wartime needs as Russia has conducted one of its deadliest airstrikes in theчитати
Munich police kill armed man during exchange of fire near museum and Israeli Consulate
Munich — Police in Munich exchanged fire with a man on Thursday, fatally wounding the suspect in an area near a museum on the city’s Nazi-eraчитати