UK, France Urged to Cool Down Escalating Fishing Spat
Britain and France faced calls Saturday to sort out their post-Brexit spat over fishing rights in the English Channel, which threatens to escalate within daysчитати
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Britain and France faced calls Saturday to sort out their post-Brexit spat over fishing rights in the English Channel, which threatens to escalate within daysчитати
The G-20 Summit hosted by Italy in Rome this weekend brought together leaders from the world’s major economies. White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara hasчитати
Parts of the planet that were once thought to be permanently frozen are starting to thaw – posing problems for countries like Russia where permafrostчитати
The United States and European Union have agreed to end a festering dispute over U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs imposed by former President Donald Trumpчитати
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made stops in Belgrade, Serbia, and Tirana, Albania, this week, seeking to further the Chinese government’s “17+1” effort to promote tradeчитати
Angela Merkel has completed her final trip as German chancellor to Greece, a country where she was not overly welcome in the past because ofчитати
U.S. President Joe Biden met with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Friday, ahead of his meeting with G-20 leaders. Biden said the pope supportedчитати
Pope Francis issued an urgent appeal Friday to world leaders ahead of the U.N. climate conference to take “radical decisions” to protect the environment andчитати
U.S. President Joe Biden launched his whirlwind European diplomatic tour on a conciliatory note, saying Friday that the rollout of a security deal between theчитати
The Belarusian interior ministry on Friday classified three of the country’s most popular opposition social media channels as extremist organizations, meaning that people can faceчитати
An 18-member group of nations, including the United States and United Kingdom, has expressed “deep concern” over what it calls the Russian government’s “intensifying harassmentчитати
Efforts by Chinese diplomats to stop cultural events deemed critical of the government in Beijing have met with mixed results in Europe, succeeding in Germanyчитати
It is only a matter of time before China’s plan to replace the United States as the world’s preeminent military becomes reality, a top U.S.читати
On a sunny afternoon near the hamlet of Bidnija in Malta, a small crowd gathered by the side of a rural road to remember oneчитати
A new British research ship, named for British broadcaster Sir David Attenborough, has arrived in London to call attention to climate change ahead of nextчитати
U.S. President Joe Biden is used to scrutiny over how he reconciles his strong Roman Catholic faith — particularly around issues of gender, sexuality andчитати
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry spoke in London Thursday ahead of next week’s climate summit in Glasgow, saying that addressing the climate crisis is theчитати
Russia is warning Turkey over arms sales to Ukraine after a Turkish-made drone attacked Russian-backed rebels in Ukraine. A Kremlin spokesman has warned that Turkey’sчитати
British sailors will begin training aboard Canadian icebreakers in a new agreement that reflects the United Kingdom’s heightened interest in developing a more robust Arctic military capability. Britain isчитати
Here’s a look at what U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other top diplomats have been doing this week: Sudan The United Statesчитати
Iran said Wednesday it would resume talks with world powers about its nuclear development program by the end of November. The U.S. State Department isчитати
Eyes in Beijing and Moscow are trained on Central Asia, prompted by the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. The security threat in Afghanistan and the desireчитати
Leaders of Germany’s newly-installed Bundestag – the lower house parliament – said Wednesday they will not extend the “epidemic situation of national scope” when itчитати
A British court will consider this week whether Julian Assange, founder of the Wikileaks website, can be extradited to the United States on charges ofчитати
British Court to Rule on Assange Extradition Request …читати
Turkey is threatening to launch a new military operation against Syrian Kurdish forces after a deadly attack in Syrian territory where Turkish forces are present.читати
For the first time since last month’s elections, Germany’s lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, met Tuesday and elected a new speaker from the winningчитати
Journalists who cover Russia’s space program say they may adopt a more cautious approach to their reporting after several aspects of Roscosmos were effectively declaredчитати
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians, was released from a Washington hospital Monday morning after an overnight stay early in hisчитати
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen told British lawmakers Monday that the social media giant “unquestionably” amplifies online hate. In testimony to a parliamentary committee in London,читати
A German woman received a 10-year prison sentence Monday for allowing a young Yazidi girl, who was being kept as a slave in Iraq byчитати
“Belfast”, a film drama by acclaimed actor and director Kenneth Branagh, chronicles the beginnings, in 1969, of the thirty-year political and sectarian violence in Northernчитати
For the world watch section of VOA’s Press Freedom page. Noted Russian journalist Sergei Reznik, who specializes in anti-corruption investigations, has been added to theчитати
British finance minister Rishi Sunak’s budget this week will include an extra $8.1 billion of spending for the health service over the next few yearsчитати
Russians hoping to apply for an immigrant visa to the United States are now required to travel to the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw, the Stateчитати
Pope Francis on Sunday made an impassioned plea to end the practice of returning migrants rescued at sea to Libya and other unsafe countries whereчитати