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The dramatic development is stoking already substantial Western anger at Alyaksandr Lukashenka, the strongman who claimed victory in an August 2020 election opponents say was rigged to extend his harsh rule of just over 26 years, setting off protests that he has met with a violent and persistent crackdown. Does it play into Russian President Vladimir Putins hands, or set up a new complication that could hamper efforts to reach his foreign policy goals? And if the Kremlin thinks it could be a b...

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has demanded the immediate release of Belarusian opposition activist and journalist Raman Pratasevich, who was arrested after a commercial plane he was traveling on made an unscheduled landing in Minsk on May 23.

A late-summer drought virtually eliminated ticks in parts of New England but they’re back with a vengeance this spring. Dog ticks, which do not carry Lyme...

No media source currently available 0:00 0:01:13 0:00 However, the pipeline has been backed by the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel. Political observers said President Joe Biden appeared to not want to pick a fight with a U.S. ally over the issue. The State Department earlier this week announced the intention not to sanction the pipelines Russian-owned operator, Nord Stream 2 AG, or its CEO, Matthias Warnig, who is an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Republican senators say they...

Disgruntled Iranians Say No Way, Call For Boycott Of June Presidential Election May 22, 2021 09:15 GMT Share share Print Less than a month before Iran’s June 18 presidential election, there are few signs of enthusiasm about the vote. For many Iranians, voting in the Islamic republic has often been a choice between bad or worse. Elections in Iran are tightly restricted, with candidates being preselected by hard-liners on the country’s unelected Guardians Council. Frustrated by the limited po...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn After an absence, New Englands ticks are back — and hungry A late-summer drought virtually eliminated ticks in parts of New England but they’re back with a vengeance this spring ByThe Associated Press • 2 min read The Associated Press FILE - In this March 24, 2017 photo, a tick is displayed in Plainville, Mass. A late-summer drought virtually eliminated ticks in parts of New England but they’r...

Warm weather means time to protect pets from dangerous, disease-carrying ticks Share Updated: 10:05 AM CDT May 21, 2021 Todd Kazakiewich Share Updated: 10:05 AM CDT May 21, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript TO KNOW THE TICKS ARE CERTAINLY OUT. IT REALLY ONLY REQUIRES ONE OR TWO WARM DAYS FOR THE TICKS TO SORT OF COME OUT OF THEIR DORMANCY AND START TO BE READY FOR A FEED THE WARM SPRING WEATHER MAY BE GOOD FOR YOUR MOOD, BUT IT’S ALSO IDEAL FOR TIC...

The local administration of Srebrenica is due to discuss a proposal to name the Bosnian town's main thoroughfare after Austrian writer Peter Handke, a Nobel Prize winner and an apologist for Serbian war crimes.

The Humanizing Role Of Andrei Sakharov December 22, 2016 16:08 GMT Share share Print The usual narrative of the unraveling of the Soviet Union moves from the promising reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev to the dashed hopes of Boris Yeltsin to the authoritarian counterrevolution of Vladimir Putin. But within that narrative, the story of Andrei Sakharov -- the physicist, human rights advocate, and 1975 Nobel Peace Prize laureate who died on December 14, 1989 -- is one of the tantalizing "might-have-bee...

Orban Says Hungary To Scrap Most COVID Curbs May 21, 2021 08:12 GMT Share share Print Hungary will lift most remaining COVID-19 restrictions, including a night-time curfew, as soon as the number of those vaccinated reaches 5 million this weekend, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on May 21. In his weekly interview with state radio, Orban said masks would no longer need to be worn in public, and gatherings of up to 500 people could be held in the open air. Events in closed spaces will be open to ...