Okonjo-Iweala given 2nd term as WTO chief as Trump’s return looms over trade body’s future
Member countries of the World Trade Organization agreed Friday to give Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala a second four-year term. The move by the Geneva-based trade body comes as ...
Senior figure with Scholz’s ex-allies quits over ‘D-Day’ paper on German government collapse
A senior figure in the party whose departure from Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition three weeks ago put Germany on the road ...
Notre Dame Cathedral unveils its new interior 5 years after devastating fire
After more than five years of frenetic reconstruction work, Notre Dame Cathedral showed its new self to the world Friday, ...
Iran to begin enriching uranium with thousands of advanced centrifuges, UN watchdog says
Iran will begin enriching uranium with thousands of advanced centrifuges at its two main nuclear facilities at Fordo and ...
Inflation rose to 2.3% in Europe. That won’t stop the central bank from cutting interest rates
Inflation in the 20 countries that use the euro currency rose in November — but that likely won’t stop the European Central Bank from cutting interest rates as the ...
Syria insurgents push their advance toward 2nd largest city Aleppo
Thousands of Syrian insurgents pushed on with their advances on government-held areas in the country’s northwest, reaching ...
Negotiators get closer to agreeing on a plastic pollution treaty
Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution inched closer to an agreement Friday, with ...
Georgian protesters and police clash after prime minister suspends talks on joining the EU
Police and protesters brutally clashed in Georgia after the country’s ruling party suspended negotiations to join the ...
Chad ends a defense cooperation agreement with its former colonial ruler France
Chad’s government said it was ending a defense cooperation agreement with France in order to redefine the nation’s ...
Polls open in close-run election to choose Ireland’s new government
Ireland is voting Friday in a parliamentary election that will decide the next government — and will show whether Ireland ...
Ukrainian energy workers carry out repairs despite Russia’s pounding of the country’s power grid
On a bright winter day, workers at a Ukrainian thermal power plant repair its heavily damaged equipment as drops of water ...
Russian defense minister visits North Korea to talk with military and political leaders
Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov arrived in North Korea on Friday for talks with North Korean military and political ...