PARIS, France - The French government has said it is "seriously" studying the option of building a plant to convert and enrich reprocessed uranium to cut its reliance on Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. The only plant in the world that currently converts reprocessed uranium for use in...
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet with US counterpart Joe Biden at the White House on May 9, a Turkish official told AFP on Friday. It would be the first White House meeting between the two leaders. The Biden administration in January approved $23 billion in F-16...
New York, United States - Prestigious Harvard University said Wednesday it had removed human skin from the binding of a book held for over 90 years at one of its libraries. A copy of the 19th-century book "Des Destinées de l'Ame" -- or Destinies of the Soul, a meditation on life...
Athens, Greece - Greece's conservative government survived a censure motion in parliament on Thursday that was lodged over claims it had tried to manipulate an investigation into the deadly train collision that rocked the country last year. The no-confidence motion was defeated,...
Vatican City, Holy See - Pope Francis, who often pleads for compassion to prisoners, washed the feet of 12 incarcerated women in Rome on Thursday in a rite marking Holy Thursday before Easter. The Argentinian Jesuit visited the Rebibbia women's prison in the northeastern outskirts of...
Madrid, Spain - Four people died after falling into the sea in northern Spain as strong winds and seven-meter-high waves hit ahead of Storm Nelson, emergency services said Thursday. "Two people died after falling into the sea at Muros del Nalon and Cudillero," the emergency services...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets with his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic in Moscow on March 21, 2024. (Photo by Olga MALTSEVA / POOL / AFP) Moscow, Russia - Russia on Thursday accused Armenia of trying to rupture increasingly strained ties between the two ex-Soviet...
(FILES) A member of the LGBTQIA+ community holds a placard calling for marriage equality during a pride march in Bangkok on June 4, 2023. Thailand's parliament passed a same-sex marriage bill on March 27, 2024, paving the way for the kingdom to become the first Southeast Asian nation to recognise...
Berlin, Germany - At least five people were killed and around a dozen injured in an accident involving a bus on a German motorway near Leipzig on Wednesday, police told AFP. The bus came off the A9 motorway and overturned in the morning between Wiedemar and the Schkeuditzer Kreuz...
Beijing, China - Chinese President Xi Jinping met with representatives of US businesses Wednesday as Beijing seeks to woo foreign investment and reassure American firms in the face of a slowing economy. Officials are keen to bring in investment to kickstart growth as they battle a range of...
Vatican City, Holy See - Pope Francis offered his solidarity Wednesday to Catholics in Israel and the Palestinian territories ahead of Easter, after meeting Jewish and Muslim bereaved fathers campaigning for peace. "You are not alone," the 87-year-old pontiff wrote in a letter ahead of...
A 72-year-old Japanese man died after his suit jacket got caught in an escalator at a station in eastern Japan on Wednesday, March 27. According to the local police, the man was identified as Mamoru Suzuki, a resident of Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture. Local police said that a staff member...
