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Russia and Ukraine blamed each other for shelling a big nuclear plant in southeastern Ukraine currently under Russian control. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian forces fired twice at the facility, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Europe’s largest. The shelling amounted to “an open, brazen crime, an act of terror,” Zelenskyy said. He also called for […]

The head of Amnesty International’s Ukraine arm resigned after the human-rights organization blamed Kyiv for endangering civilians and violating international laws with its wartime tactics. The organization issued a report on Thursday accusing Ukraine’s military forces of violating international humanitarian laws and endangering civilians with tactics that include establishing bases and operating weapons systems in […]

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Top Chinese military officials have not returned multiple calls from their American counterparts this week as a crisis erupted in the Pacific over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, according to three people with knowledge of the attempts. Beijing’s ghosting of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Mark Milley comes as […]

It could have been any sleepy industrial town anywhere across the old Soviet Union. A weary out-of-town businessman enters the office of the local factory manager and gets his first hint that things aren’t quite right when he sees the manager’s secretary typing away, completely naked. When the dumbstruck visitor alerts the manager that his […]

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LONDON — Workers at Felixstowe, Britain’s largest container port, are set to strike for eight days after rejecting a 7 percent pay increase. Members of the Unite union announced Friday that they will walk out on August 21, arguing the 7 percent pay boost offered by the Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company was “significantly below” inflation. […]

Two top Greek government officials resigned on Friday amid growing pressure on the administration of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis over an espionage scandal in which an opposition leader’s phone was tapped. The government’s General Secretary Grigoris Dimitriadis, a top aide and nephew of Mitsotakis, stepped down, followed by the resignation of Greece’s National Intelligence Service (EYP) […]

Global food prices declined in July, but are still much higher than this time last year, the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization said Friday. After hitting an all-time high in the immediate aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, food prices have been slowly coming down since. In July, the FAO’s food price index […]

After Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blasted the EU’s delay in sending €8 billion in emergency aid in his overnight address, the European Commission on Friday declined to commit to a timeline for disbursement. “We do intend to come forward with a proposal concerning this remaining amount as soon as possible,” a Commission spokesperson said. “I […]