What to know about Sweden’s bumpy road toward NATO membership
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Sweden’s bid to join NATO — held up for almost two years — cleared its next-to-last hurdle when Turkey’s parliament gave its go-ahead to let the… Read more »
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China and Ireland seek stronger ties during Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s visit
LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) — Ireland’s prime minister extended a warm welcome to visiting Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Wednesday, saying his country wanted a “strong and constructive relationship” with… Read more »
With ‘God’s-eye view,’ secretive surveillance flights keep close watch on Russia and Ukraine
ABOARD A FRENCH AIR FORCE AWACS (AP) — Off in the distance, Ukraine, fighting for its survival. Seen from up here, in the cockpit of a French air force surveillance… Read more »
More countries join talks on Ukraine leader’s peace formula. But Russia is absent and war grinds on
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Leaders of talks on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s peace formula on Sunday said a growing number of countries are working to help set the groundwork for… Read more »
Bangladesh gets first uranium shipment from Russia for its Moscow-built nuclear power plant
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh on Thursday received the first uranium shipment from Russia to fuel the country’s only nuclear power plant, still under construction by Moscow. Once finished, the… Read more »
King Charles III makes a stop at the fire-damaged Notre Dame Cathedral on his state visit to France
PARIS, France (AP) — King Charles III went from a meeting with young athletes in a working-class, multicultural suburb of Paris to an emotional stop in front of the fire-damaged… Read more »
Beer flows and crowds descend on Munich for the official start of Oktoberfest
MUNICH, Germany (AP) — The beer is flowing and millions of people descending on the Bavarian capital to celebrate the official opening of Oktoberfest.
North Korea’s Kim arrives in eastern Russian city for expected visit to fighter jet plant
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived Friday in the far eastern Russian city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur where he was expected to visit a plant that… Read more »
Putin says he won’t renew the grain deal until the West meets his demands. The West says it has
WASHINGTON, United States (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that a landmark deal allowing Ukraine to export grain safely through the Black Sea amid the war won’t be… Read more »
Why tensions have been growing along NATO’s eastern border with Belarus
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland is deploying thousands of troops to its border with Belarus, calling it a deterrent move as tensions between the two neighbors ratchet up. Those tensions… Read more »