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KYIV – Ukraine has formally closed its four Black and Azov sea ports, which Russian forces have captured, the Ukrainian agriculture ministry said on Monday. The Azov Sea ports of …

HELSINKI – Finland will decide to apply for NATO membership on May 12, Finnish newspaper Iltalehti reported late on Sunday, citing anonymous government sources. The decision to join will come …

By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON – New Zealand welcomed thousands of travellers from around the globe on Monday as the country opened its borders to visitors from around 60 nations including …

By Andrew Hay TAOS, N.M. – Thousands of residents of northern New Mexico villages evacuated on Sunday as fierce winds drove the largest active U.S. wildfire towards their drought-parched mountain …

‘Just One Pill’: Parents Tell The Stories Of The Children They Lost To The Fentanyl Crisis Jennie Taer on April 30, 2022 Mothers who lost children to counterfeit pills laced …

‘The Supply Chain Does Not Exist’: Green Energy Industry Is In For A Rude Awakening Thomas Catenacci on May 1, 2022 Wind and solar companies have reported massive profit declines …

Disinformation And Wizard Rock: Meet Biden’s New ‘Minister Of Truth’ At DHS Jennie Taer on May 1, 2022 Nina Jankowicz, the Biden administration’s choice to head the newly created “Disinformation …

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON – First lady Jill Biden will visit Romania and Slovakia from May 5-9 to meet with U.S. service members and embassy personnel, displaced Ukrainian parents and …

By Josh Smith SEOUL – Beijing is concerned about the tense situation on the Korean peninsula, China’s Korean affairs envoy said as he arrived for talks in Seoul this week, …

By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON – U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration plans to step up diplomatic engagement with Pacific Island countries, Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell said on Monday, including inviting Pacific …

MEXICO CITY -The pressure Texas exerted on neighboring Mexican states last month to tighten border security was tantamount to “extortion”, Mexico’s foreign minister was quoted as saying on Sunday. Texas …

ATHENS – Greece lifted COVID-19 restrictions on Sunday for foreign and domestic flights, its civil aviation authority said, ahead of the summer tourism season that officials hope will see revenues …

KYIV/BEZIMENNE, Ukraine -Around 100 Ukrainian civilians were evacuated from the ruined Azovstal steelworks in the city of Mariupol on Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, after the United Nations confirmed …

LONDON – Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate published three photographs of their daughter Charlotte on Sunday to mark her seventh birthday. The photographs of Charlotte, who turns seven …

By Dominique Vidalon and Noemie Olive PARIS -Police fired tear gas to push back black-clad anarchists who ransacked business premises in Paris on Sunday during May Day protests against the …

MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s biggest opposition party on Sunday proposed installing solar panels for free onto residential housing, staking out its renewable energy credentials as it seeks to challenge the …

STOCKHOLM – Finland will almost certainly apply for membership in NATO, Sweden’s Foreign Minister Ann Linde told Swedish television on Sunday. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has forced both Sweden and …

By Eduardo Simões and Lisandra Paraguassu SAO PAULO – Brazilian right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro and his main rival, former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, staged competing rallies on …

ISTANBUL – Turkish riot police detained dozens of protesters trying to reach Istanbul’s main Taksim Square for May Day demonstrations against economic hardship caused by raging inflation. The Istanbul governor’s …

By Katharine Jackson (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Sunday he would act on a Biden administration request to add provisions to a $33 billion Ukraine aid …

By Ryan Woo and Brenda Goh BEIJING/SHANGHAI – The Chinese capital Beijing tightened COVID restrictions on Sunday as it battled an outbreak, while Shanghai let more of its 25 million …

By Dave Sherwood HAVANA – Cubans poured onto the streets in celebration of International Worker’s Day on Sunday, the first such parade since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, touting …

ATHENS – Metro trains ground to a halt and ships were docked in ports as thousands of workers joined May Day rallies in the Greek capital to protest against soaring …

LVIV, Ukraine -Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie visited the Ukrainian city of Lviv on Saturday, going to the station to meet people displaced by the war with Russia before later leaving …