Month: June 2018

Oleg Navalny, the younger brother of Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny, has been released from prison after spending 3 1/2 years behind bars in the so-called Yves Rocher case. …

EU leaders have reached what they describe as a “breakthrough” deal on migration that envisions EU countries voluntarily establishing “control centers” to process migrants rescued at sea while also seeking to establish such centers outside Europe. …

European Union leaders are calling for a new sanctions regime targeting the use of chemical weapons, and an action plan to respond to disinformation campaigns. …

A U.K. parliamentary committee concluded Thursday that it is beyond doubt that British intelligence agencies knew the United States was mistreating people detained after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. A report by Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee found Britain knew of the mistreatment at an early stage and that “more could have been done” by …

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Russian President Vladimir Putin says more than 1,000 military personnel and dozens of aircraft have been withdrawn from Syria over the past several days. …

Kenyan officials say a fire swept through a market in central Nairobi early Thursday, killing at least 15 people and injuring 70 others. Although the fire at the Gikomba Market has been extinguished, authorities are concerned the number of casualties may rise. “We are trying to clear the site, what we want is good site …

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The retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, the key swing vote on the U.S. Supreme Court, gives President Donald Trump a coveted opportunity make the second high court appointment of his term and sets the stage for one of the most contentious confirmation battles in decades. During his 30 years on the bench, Kennedy, an 81-year …

Read more “Contentious Confirmation Process Looms After Supreme Court Justice Retirement”

Taliban attacks on a number of checkpoints in Afghanistan’s northern Takhar Province have left at least 14 border-police officers dead, an official says. …

A senior Kyrgyz official says 150 Kyrgyz nationals have been killed in Syria fighting on the side of Islamic militants since the beginning of the civil war in the Middle Eastern country in 2011. …

A look at the best news photos from around the world. …

Hackers from Russia are infecting Ukrainian companies with malicious software to create “back doors” for a large, coordinated attack, Ukraine’s cyber police chief told Reuters on Tuesday. The hackers are targeting companies, including banks and energy infrastructure firms, in a roll out that suggests they are preparing to activate the malware in one massive strike, …

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Joseph Jackson, the strong, fearsome patriarch of the musical Jackson family, has died, according to a person close to the family. The person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the person was not allowed to discuss the topic publicly, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he died but had no additional information. …

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The European Commission is set to “immediately” start preparations for EU accession negotiations with Albania and Macedonia, a top EU official says. …

Russian activist Vladimir Dubovsky, the coordinator of opposition politician Aleksei Navalny’s regional team in the Far East, has been rearrested shortly after finishing a 15-day jail term. …

Countries have overwhelming voted to give the world’s chemical weapons watchdog new powers to assign blame for attacks using banned toxic materials, in a motion backed by the West and opposed by Moscow. …

International efforts to make it easier for garment workers in India to speak out against sexual harassment, dangerous working conditions and abuses are failing, campaigners said Tuesday. The U.S.-based certifying agency Social Accountability International (SAI) and Britain’s Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) — an alliance of unions, firms and charities — are not enforcing procedures they …

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As Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos prepares to step down, he says he’s confident that his crowning achievement — the peace deal with leftist rebels that brought him a Nobel Peace Prize — will survive despite sharp criticism of it by the man now coming into office. “The accord is bulletproofed,” Santos told the Associated …

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As gigabytes of data flow from field to fingertips, click by click, the technological divide has been closing between teams at the World Cup. While the focus has been on the debut of video assistant referees, less obvious technical advances have been at work in Russia and the coaches have control over this area, at …

Read more “Field to Fingertips: Tech Divide Narrows for World Cup Teams”