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European Union countries appear ready to snub an international conference on the Middle East in Poland next month over concerns it is part of aчитати

Thousands of students are holding rallies across Germany and Switzerland to protest lack of action against climate change. The demonstrations taking place in dozens ofчитати

A powerful explosion and fire apparently caused by a gas leak at a Paris bakery Saturday injured several people, blew out windows and overturned cars,читати

The central French city of Bourges is shuttering shops to brace for possible violence between police and yellow vest protesters, as the nationwide movement seeksчитати

Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX will reduce its workforce by about 10 percent of the company’s more than 6,000 employees, it said on Friday. Theчитати

The United States on Friday signaled it would not bow to the European Union’s request to keep agriculture out of planned U.S.-EU trade talks, publishingчитати

China approved five genetically modified (GM) crops for import on Tuesday, the first in about 18 months in a move that could boost its overseasчитати

Venezuela’s opposition-run congress on Tuesday issued a resolution calling deals between state-run oil company PDVSA and U.S. and French companies announced this week illegal, sinceчитати

The World Bank is downgrading its outlook for the global economy this year, citing rising trade tension, weakening manufacturing activity and growing financial stress inчитати

As politicians argue over how or even if Britain should leave the European Union, the chances of the country crashing out by default with noчитати

France plans to crack down heavily on unauthorized protesters, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced Monday, after an anti-government march over the weekend turned violent. “Weчитати

The ranks of prominent citizens opposed to a new Italian law cracking down on asylum-seekers swelled on Monday, with more governors announcing court challenges toчитати

Tesla broke ground Monday on a new factory for its electric cars in China, the first of its factories to be located outside the Unitedчитати

China has sounded a positive note ahead of trade talks this week with Washington, but the two sides face potentially lengthy wrangling over technology andчитати

An independent Ukrainian Orthodox church was created at a signing ceremony in Turkey on Saturday, formalizing a split with the Russian church it had beenчитати

A former North Korean diplomat who staged a high-profile defection to the South on Saturday urged an old colleague who has gone missing in Italyчитати

For any world-class athlete, losing most of his or her vision would be a devastating setback. For former Portuguese boxer Jorge Pina however, it wasчитати

A surge in U.S. job creation and some reassuring words from the head of the U.S. central bank sent U.S. stocks soaring Friday.   The Laborчитати

Asian markets rebounded Friday on hopes that upcoming trade talks between the U.S. and China will calm a trade dispute that has rattled global markets.читати

American envoys are due in Beijing for talks Monday in a tariff battle over Chinese technology ambitions that threatens to hobble global economic growth. Theчитати

Asian markets Friday continued the global sell-off triggered by Apple’s warning of lower revenues and futures indicators predict a sharply lower opening for U.S. markets.читати

It has no natural predator. There are no plans to control its plague. Hailing from China by way of France, the Asian hornet (vespa velutina)читати

North Korea’s acting ambassador to Italy, Jo Song Gil, went into hiding with his wife in November, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers in Seoulчитати

Blue was a rare, expensive color in ancient times, whether it was derived from lapis lazuli mined in Afghanistan some 6,000 years ago, made byчитати

Rotting hides on the road are all that is left of three butchered cows. Such carnage is common in Venezuela’s cattle country, where thieves, squattersчитати

Laborers milled around an unfinished eight-story building in an expansive field in Konza dotted with zebra and antelope — the only visible sign of progressчитати

After decades of civil war and the absence of a functioning government in Somalia, many of the country’s youth have been left without skills toчитати

German police say at least four people have been injured after a man intentionally drove into a crowd of people in western Germany in whatчитати

A baby boy has been found alive after 35 hours spent in freezing cold in the rubble of a Russian apartment block that partially collapsedчитати

Police in the English city of Manchester said Tuesday they are treating the New Year’s Eve stabbing of three people as a terrorist incident. Greaterчитати