Richard Gere urges US lawmakers to back Tibet

Hollywood star Richard Gere voiced outrage Tuesday over the “cruelty” of Chinese policies in Tibet, as US Congress debated ways to pressure Beijing over alleged human rights violations the Himalayan region. Testifying before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, the “Pretty Woman” actor accused Chinese authorities of separating Tibetan families, prohibiting their language, destroying religious sites […]

French banks raided in tax evasion sting

The lenders are suspected of helping investors avoid paying taxes on dividends

Russia says Ukraine using longrange US artillery

Moscow announced Tuesday it had for the first time downed a long-range rocket supplied to Ukraine by the United States, weapons Kyiv said were key to an anticipated counter-attack against Russian forces. The statement from Russia’s defence ministry came a day after Ukraine said it received modern Leopard and Challenger battle tanks from Germany and […]

FBI releases file on Trump’s first wife

The agency spent two years looking into Ivana Trump’s connections in her home country of Czechoslovakia

Russian oil export pivot succeeding – energy minister

The country has found buyers for all of the supplies at risk of being stranded due to sanctions

NEW: Katie Hobbs Expected to Veto GOP Bill Eliminating Food Tax as Inflation, Gas Prices Rapidly Rise – Previously Said She Would “Certainly” Work With Republicans While Campaigning

Katie Hobb

Terror threat level in Northern Ireland raised to ‘severe’

Ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, the new designation means an attack is “highly likely”

Litigation From Hell: Satanic Group Takes to the Courts – Defends ‘Satanic AfterSchool Clubs’ – Says Abortion Is a ‘Religious Right’

Satanism is rapidly expanding in the US, and it has gained a hold of the culture, in many aspects. In the music business and in Hollywood, Satanism is all the rage and a lot of mainstream artists don’t even disguise it anymore.

US becomes EU’s top oil supplier – Eurostat

Russian crude exports to the bloc have plummeted due to Western sanctions, data shows

Some 740,000 at pensions protests nationwide in France: govt

Some 740,000 people nationwide attended protests Tuesday against President Emmanuel Macron‘s pension reform that were again marked by clashes between security forces and protesters, the French interior ministry said. The figure was down somewhat on the last big protest day on Thursday when 1.09 million protested nationwide, according to the government. The ministry said 93,000 […]