A North Dakota jury on Wednesday awarded hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to the Texas-based pipeline company Energy Transfer, which had sued Greenpeace over its role in protests nearly a decade ago against its Dakota Access Pipeline. The verdict was a major blow to the storied environmental organization. Greenpeace had maintained that it … Read more
The protests against President Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia had been growing in intensity and size when an unusual guest showed up in its capital this month to meet with the embattled European leader: Donald Trump Jr., the oldest son of President Trump. The quick visit by Mr. Trump, which included a meeting with Mr. Vucic … Read more
Canada is in advanced talks with the European Union to join the bloc’s new project to expand its military industry, a move that would allow Canada to be part of building European fighter jets and other military equipment at its own industrial facilities. The budding defense cooperation between Canada and the European Union, which is … Read more
The race for the most powerful post in sports, the presidency of the International Olympic Committee, already enveloped in the secrecy and byzantine regulations of a 130-year-old club, has become stranger — and much nastier — as decision day looms. Smear campaigns have targeted some of the leading contenders in the final days before the … Read more
new video loaded: Israelis Protest Against Netanyahu as Strikes on Gaza Continue transcript Back transcript Israelis Protest Against Netanyahu as Strikes on Gaza Continue While strikes on Gaza continued for a second day after the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas collapsed, critics of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu marched toward his office, demanding the release of … Read more
Israeli forces advanced deeper into the Gaza Strip on Wednesday — seizing parts of a major corridor separating the enclave’s northern half from the south — as Israel steadily ramped up pressure on Hamas after the cease-fire’s collapse. The operation followed a wide-scale Israeli aerial bombardment in Gaza the previous day that effectively ended the … Read more
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that expected to speak with President Trump later on Wednesday to “discuss the details of the next steps” after the American leader’s call with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. The Kremlin said that in a call with President Trump on Tuesday, Mr. Putin had agreed to a limited … Read more
South Africa will not remove scientists from a remote base in Antarctica after investigating allegations that one of them physically assaulted and sexually harassed other researchers at the outpost, the country’s environment department said on Tuesday. “There were no incidents that required any of the nine overwintering team members to be brought back to Cape … Read more
The leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have called for a cease-fire in eastern Congo in a bid to end the latest deadly chapter in a three-decade conflict. Presidents Félix Tshisekedi of Congo and Paul Kagame of Rwanda committed to an “immediate and unconditional cease-fire,” according to a joint statement issued with … Read more
Britain’s center-left government outlined plans on Tuesday to curb rising welfare costs as it attempts to juggle a difficult set of competing objectives: saving public money, incentivizing work and protecting the most vulnerable. The announcement follows weeks of tense internal debate within the governing Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, about how to … Read more