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Radio Free Europe said Thursday that it will resume news services in Romania and Bulgaria in a bid to debunk fake news and combat poor-quality journalism. The U.S. Congress-funded station will return to the two southeastern European countries, both European Union and NATO members, starting in December. Radio Free Europe president Thomas Kent …
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A 29-year-old Russian woman is accused of carrying out an extensive and sordid campaign on behalf of a Russian government official to secretly cultivate ties with conservative political groups in the United States. …
Japan on Wednesday approved its first national legislation banning smoking inside public facilities, but the watered-down measure excludes many restaurants and bars and is seen by critics as toothless. The legislation aims to lower secondhand smoking risks ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics amid international calls for a smoke-free event. But ruling party lawmakers with …
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday the remains of some American servicemen killed in the Korean War would be returned to the U.S. in the coming weeks. The date and the number of sets of remains to be returned were not disclosed. “We think in the next couple weeks we’ll have the first …
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A look at the best news photos from around the world. …
U.S. President Donald Trump has said that Russia is no longer interfering in U.S. elections, contradicting remarks by his chief of national intelligence who has warned that Russia is continuing to try to influence the 2018 U.S. congressional elections. …
Iran’s Deputy Defense Minister Reza Mozaffarinia says Tehran has plans to manufacture or upgrade 700 to 800 battle tanks. …
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has defended Georgia’s right to decide for itself whether it wants to join NATO, saying that Russian pressure against Tbilisi on the issue is “totally unacceptable.” …
A federal judge in Virginia on Tuesday denied a motion by former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort to move a trial set to start next week from the Washington suburb of Alexandria to the city of Roanoke, Virginia. Manafort had requested a change of venue on the grounds that local publicity about the case would …
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The London fashion world didn’t know quite what hit it when Alexander McQueen’s disheveled models staggered down the runway at his 1995 “Highland Rape” show, their Scottish-inspired clothing ripped to expose breasts and nether regions. It was exactly the reaction that McQueen, then in his 20s and subsisting on fast food and unemployment checks, was …
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Time and effort have gone down the drain for Steve Gould, who is scrambling to find new customers for his gin, whiskey and other spirits since the United States has taken a tough stance on trade issues. Before the European Union retaliated against new U.S. tariffs with taxes of its own, Gould expected revenue from …
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U.S. President Donald Trump has said he accepts the U.S. intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. But he said Russian actions did not have any impact on the outcome of the vote. Trump’s remark to journalists on July 17 came as he faces a wave of criticism from allies …
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A recent crackdown on students in Iran has come under criticism from university professors and others who have condemned the arrests and sentencing of dozens of students activists on security charges. …
President Donald Trump says he accepts the U.S. intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election in his favor. But he says Russian actions did not have any impact on the outcome of the vote. …
U.S. President Donald Trump was met with a tidal wave of criticism from friends and critics alike after his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, with most saying his embrace of Putin while belittling U.S. agencies and allies was a betrayal of what the United States stands for. …
The European Union’s top officials arrive in Japan Tuesday to sign the single market’s biggest trade deal ever and present a united front as Washington upends the international trade order. EU Council President Donald Tusk and Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker land in Japan after talks in Beijing, where they urged global trade cooperation and warned …
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Officials from Moscow and Kyiv are set to gather in Berlin on Tuesday for EU-backed talks on the future of the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine in a bid to minimise disputes when the current contract expires next year. Russian gas giant Gazprom has already dramatically reduced the volume of gas transiting via the …
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Rafiqullah Dawoodzai says his fields were too dry to sow crops this year, the first time he has skipped a growing season in more than 40 years. The 60 acres he farms lie along the banks of Afghanistan’s Helmand River, but the country lacks the infrastructure to use its waters for large-scale irrigation. Severe drought …
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The U.S. State Department says it is working to persuade NATO ally Turkey to purchase Raytheon Patriot missile-defense systems rather than a rival Russian missile system. …
Countries that continue to import Iranian oil could avoid penalties by making “significant reductions” by the time Washington reimposes sanctions on Tehran later this year, top U.S. officials have said. …
A British artist voiced surprise that his giant straw sculpture of a squirrel was strongly criticized online, after it was erected in Almaty, Kazakhstan. …
A Belarusian prosecutor in Minsk has asked the court to give a three-year prison sentence to a journalist reporting on the conflict in eastern Ukraine, where he was held by Russia-backed separatists in 2014. …
Southeast Asian authorities are not shy about doling out the death penalty to punish drug traffickers, and yet narcotics abuse has not abated. If anything, it is on the rise, which begs the question of whether the region’s war on drugs is working. The latest report on global trends from the United Nations shows that …
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U.S. President Donald Trump said that the world wants the United States and Russia “to get along.” Speaking at the start of one-on-one negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on July 16, Trump added that he hoped the leaders can “do something” about the two countries’ stockpiles of nuclear arms. …