Ukraine Parliament Passes Bill Overhauling Mobilisation Rules
KYIV—Ukraine’s parliament passed a bill on Thursday to overhaul the rules governing how the military mobilizes civilians into its ranks as the war rages on with no end in sight. The legislation, which...
View ArticleThousands Flee Homes in Russia, Kazakhstan Amid Worst Flooding in Region’s...
Several rivers in southern Russia and northern Kazakhstan burst their banks this week, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes amid the region’s worst spring flooding in decades....
View ArticleItaly Opens New Slander Trial Against Amanda Knox
FLORENCE, Italy—Amanda Knox was back on trial for slander Wednesday for wrongly accusing a Congolese man of murdering her roommate while the young women were exchange students in Italy. Knox herself...
View ArticleUkraine to Inspect ‘Abnormal’ 2,000 Percent Spike in Draft-Age Men Applying...
The Ukrainian government will be conducting random inspections at colleges and universities across the country, a decision prompted by a nearly 2,000 percent increase in the number of applications from...
View ArticleTrump Suggests Offering Aid to Ukraine in the Form of Loan
Former President Donald Trump has suggested that he would support Republicans approving Ukraine aid in the form of a loan, but that Europe must “equalize” its efforts to help Ukraine in its war against...
View Article4 Teenagers Suspected of Planning an Islamic Extremist Attack Arrested in...
BERLIN — Four teenagers suspected of planning an Islamic extremist attack have been arrested in Germany, authorities said on Friday. Three of the suspects — two girls who are 15 and 16, and a...
View ArticleEU Passes Overhaul of Immigration Rules
European Union (EU) lawmakers approved a revamped immigration system on April 10 after several years of negotiations. Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) adopted the new Migration and Asylum...
View ArticleSurvivors of 2017 Ariana Grande Concert Bombing Take Legal Action Against UK...
LONDON—More than 250 survivors of the bombing that killed 22 people at a 2017 Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, are taking legal action against Britain’s domestic intelligence agency,...
View ArticleCentral Banks Are Wrong About Rate Cuts
Commentary When we talk about monetary policy, people do not understand the importance of interest rates reflecting the reality of inflation and risk. Interest rates are the price of risk, and...
View ArticleUS, EU Put Pressure on CCP to Release Chinese Human Rights Lawyers
Three Chinese human rights lawyers are drawing international attention over their wrongful incarceration at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which has a history of subjecting prisoners...
View ArticleMacron Says Olympic Opening Ceremony on Seine Could Be Moved to Stadium for...
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday said the opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics planned on the River Seine could be shifted instead to the country’s national stadium if the security threat...
View ArticleFire Rages Through 17th-Century Old Stock Exchange in Copenhagen, Toppling...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark—A fire raged through one of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings on Tuesday, causing the collapse of the iconic spire from the 17th-century Old Stock Exchange as passersby rushed to help...
View ArticleGeorgia Reintroduces ‘Russian-Inspired’ Foreign Influence Bill, Sparking...
Lawmakers from Georgia’s ruling party have reintroduced draft legislation aimed at combatting perceived foreign influence in the South Caucasus nation. After a heated debate on April 15, the...
View ArticlePolice Block Conservative Conference Attended by Nigel Farage, Viktor Orban...
Brussels police on April 16 blocked a conservative conference that featured senior figures from the political right in Europe after the mayor ordered it shut down, stating that the “far-right is not...
View ArticleTop House Armed Services Democrat Says Johnson’s ‘Convoluted’ Ukraine Aid...
Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), the ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee, cast doubts on Tuesday about a plan advanced by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to send new rounds of aid to...
View ArticleSpain Axes ‘Golden Visa’ Scheme to Curb Property Speculation
Following the UK, Portugal, and Ireland, Spain will axe its “Golden Visa” scheme, a fast-tracked residency for foreign investors. At a cabinet meeting on April 9, Spanish ministers reached a consensus...
View ArticleCourt Overturns Ban on Conservative Conference in Brussels in Win for Free...
The top administrative court in Belgium issued an emergency late-night ruling in favor of a conservative conference, overturning a ban by a mayor who cited “public safety” concerns, but explicitly said...
View ArticleDowning Street: Attempts to Shut Down Brussels Conference Are ‘Disturbing’
Downing Street has called the reports of Brussels police attempting to shut down a conference attended by former Home Secretary Suella Braverman and Nigel Farage “extremely disturbing.” The National...
View ArticleEurovision Song Contest Heightens Security Amid Pro-Palestine Protests
Law enforcement officials in Sweden announced Wednesday that security measures for the forthcoming Eurovision Song Contest in the city of Malmo will be stringent, citing concerns over potential...
View ArticleLord of the Lies: A Pediatrician’s Take on the Latest Child Gender Transition...
Commentary Last week’s release of the Cass Review brought to memory the old jingle: “Liar, liar, pants on fire; your nose is longer than a telephone wire.” Commissioned four years ago to probe the...
View ArticleNo Concerns If Trump Is Elected President: Lithuanian Ambassador
BRISBANE, Australia—Lithuania’s ambassador to Australia, Darius Degutis, has said Western allies should not be concerned if the U.S. presidency were to change in November, noting the United States is...
View ArticleRussia Places 235 More Australian Media and Politicians on Ban List
The Kremlin has added 235 Australians, among them former Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews and a swathe of other politicians, to a list of people banned from entering Russia. It comes after Canberra,...
View ArticleOwner Says Denmark’s Treasured Stock Exchange Will Be Rebuilt After Fire
COPENHAGEN—Denmark’s Old Stock Exchange will be rebuilt after a devastating fire destroyed half the building and damaged much of the rest, the owner of the Copenhagen landmark said on Wednesday. The...
View ArticleKey Panel Calls on House to Quickly Pass Ukraine Aid Package
House conservatives have stymied proposed supplemental funding packages for Ukraine since the fall. But their justifications for further delays in delivering military aid to Kyiv got little oxygen...
View ArticleRussia-Linked Hackers Suspected of Attack on Texas Water Treatment Plant:...
A group of hackers linked to the Russian government is suspected of being behind attacks on critical American infrastructure, including a Texas water treatment facility in January, according to a new...
View ArticleAustralia Extends Tariff Relief to the Ukraine
Australia will extend tariff relief to the Ukraine to demonstrate “unwavering support” for the European nation following Russia’s invasion. Treasurer Jim Chalmers met with Ukrainian Minister of Finance...
View ArticleRisk of Bird Flu Spreading to Humans Is Great Concern: World Health Organization
There’s a risk avian influenza, after spreading to several new mammal species, will begin to infect more humans, the chief scientist of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on April 18. Highly...
View ArticleKyiv Takes Credit for Downed Russian Bomber; Moscow Blames ‘Technical’ Issue
Ukraine has claimed to have downed a Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber—for the first time—after Russia’s defense ministry blamed the incident on a technical failure. In an April 19 statement, the...
View ArticleIAEA Notes Reported Attack on Zaporizhzhia Plant, Russia Accuses Ukraine
The U.N.’s nuclear watchdog said on Thursday that officials at Ukraine’s Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant had reported a new attempted drone attack on the facility’s training centre—less...
View ArticleNatCon Cancellation Attempt Shows Rising Threat to Free Speech in Europe
News Analysis The failed attempt to shut down the National Conservatism conference in Brussels, the nerve center of the European Union (EU), made headlines around the world. But it isn’t an isolated...
View ArticleThe Olympic Flame Arrives at the Acropolis
April 19, the Olympic flame arrives at Athens’s most famous landmark, the Acropolis, as part of the 11-day Greek torch relay before being handed over to Paris organizers on April 26. ...
View ArticleFirefighters Tackle Scaffolding Dangling Outside Ruins of Fire-Ravaged Danish...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Firefighters stabilizing the burned-out husk of Copenhagen’s historic Old Stock Exchange tried to use giant shears on a crane Friday to cut away dangling scaffolding, but suffered a...
View ArticleUsing Frozen Russian Assets to Help Ukraine Will Happen ‘One Way or Another’:...
Members of the Group of Seven (G7) have discussed using seized Russian assets to help rebuild Ukraine’s infrastructure, which would be a “critical” tool following Moscow’s invasion, according to U.S....
View ArticleEuropean Union’s $8 Billion Aid Package for Egypt Sparks Controversy
YAOUNDE, Cameroon—The European Union has strongly defended its recent move offering finance to Egypt in return for migration curbs. There has been widespread criticism that the move violates...
View ArticleUS Ambassador Met With Evan Gershkovich in Russia as Negotiations Evolve
The U.S. ambassador to Russia recently met with Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter who has been detained in the country for more than a year. In a message posted on X, formerly Twitter,...
View ArticleGerman Chancellor Lobbied China to Play Fair on EU Market
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping and Premier Li Qiang in Beijing on April 16 to discuss trade and foreign policy. Mr. Scholz said on Tuesday it is...
View ArticleBlinken Says China Is the Primary Contributor to Russia’s Defense Industry...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticized China’s support for Russia’s defense industry on April 19, saying Beijing is the primary contributor to Moscow’s war on Ukraine, providing Russia with...
View ArticleThousands Protest in Spain’s Canary Islands Over Mass Tourism
SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain—Thousands of people protested in Tenerife on Saturday, calling for the Spanish island to temporarily limit tourist arrivals to stem a boom in short-term holiday rentals...
View ArticleRussia Says It Advances Near Chasiv Yar in Eastern Ukraine
Russia said on Sunday its forces had advanced towards the town of Chasiv Yar in eastern Ukraine and seized control of the settlement of Bohdanivka, as Kyiv said it urgently needed promised U.S. support...
View ArticleSailing Ship Arrives in Greece to Carry Olympic Flame to Paris
Pireus, GREECE—A historical sailing ship that will carry the Olympic flame to France for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games arrives at the port of Piraeus at 9 a.m. ET on April 22. A ceremony with the band...
View ArticleZelenskyy Says Americans ‘Aren’t Funding War in Ukraine’ Following Aid...
The United States is “not funding the war in Ukraine,” but rather helping to “protect freedom and democracy” in Europe with its aid package, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday. Mr....
View ArticleRussia Warns Europe: If You Take Our Assets, We Have a Response That Will Hurt
MOSCOW—An ally of President Vladimir Putin warned Europe on Tuesday that Russia has already drafted legislation to retaliate if nearly $300 billion of Russian assets were seized by the West and used to...
View ArticleKyiv Challenges Russian Claims of Major Advances Along Donetsk Frontline
Russia has announced the capture of a second village in the eastern Donetsk region—in as many days—but officials in Kyiv insist that the fighting continues. “We are not going to move anywhere but...
View ArticleRussian Court Rejects Detained US Journalist Gershkovich’s Latest Appeal
MOSCOW—A Russian court on Tuesday rejected the latest in a series of appeals by Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich against his pre-trial detention on charges of espionage. Mr. Gershkovich,...
View ArticleRussia Vows to Strike West-Supplied Armaments as US Approves Fresh Ukraine Aid
Russian forces will target Ukrainian storage depots housing arms and equipment supplied by the West, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has said. “We will step up attacks on logistics centers and...
View ArticleBiden Admin Covertly Shipped Long-Range Missiles to Ukraine in March
The Biden administration covertly shipped long-range missiles to Ukraine in March to assist the embattled nation against Russia’s invasion. The administration shipped the long-range Army Tactical...
View ArticlePeople March in Lisbon to Mark 50th Anniversary of Carnation Revolution
Thousands march in the main avenue of Portugal’s Lisbon on April 25 to mark the 50th anniversary of the “Carnation Revolution” of April 25, 1974, a practically bloodless revolution that put an end to...
View ArticleRussia’s Deputy Defense Minister Sacked Amid Widening Corruption Probe
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has dismissed his deputy, Timur Ivanov, amid a widening bribery probe that has rocked the country’s military establishment. “By order of the defense minister,...
View ArticleRussia’s Putin Plans to Visit China in May
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he will visit China in May, in what is believed to be his first trip abroad after securing his re-election in March. Mr. Putin announced his plans for the...
View ArticleCrisis in Moldova’s Orthodox Church Highlights Wider East-West Division
Dozens of priests have reportedly switched allegiance from Moldova’s Moscow-linked Orthodox Church to the Orthodox Church of Romania in the belief that Moldova’s future ultimately lies with the West....
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