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UN: Obesity has reached ‘epidemic’ levels in Europe

The World Health Organization says the rates of people who are obese and overweight in Europe have hit “epidemic proportions,” with nearly 60% of adults and a third of children in one of those categories. In a report issued Tuesday, the U.N. health agency’s European office said the prevalence of… Read More

US officials: Basketball star wrongly detained in Russia

The Biden administration has determined that WNBA star Brittney Griner is being wrongfully detained in Russia, meaning the United States will more aggressively work to secure her release even as the legal case against her plays out, two U.S. officials said Tuesday. Griner was detained at an airport in February… Read More

Balkan leaders meet to support new gas project rivaling Russia

A top European Union official is joining the leaders of four Balkan countries on a tour Tuesday of liquefied natural gas facilities being built in northern Greece to challenge Russia’s energy dominance in the region. Charles Michel, who heads the European Council, met Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the… Read More

Space rocket caught and then dropped by helicopter

Using a helicopter to catch a falling rocket is such a complex task that Peter Beck likens it to a “supersonic ballet.” Rocket Lab, the company that Beck founded, partially pulled off the feat Tuesday as it pushes to make its small Electron rockets reusable. But after briefly catching the… Read More

Report: Putin to hand over power, have cancer operation

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked and bloody invasion of Ukraine has raised questions about his health in the West — and according to one mysterious Russian source, Putin may be about to undergo a major operation to fight off cancer. According to a report by the U.K newspaper The Mirror,… Read More

Nancy Pelosi makes secret trip with some surprising figures

A top-level U.S. congressional delegation led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi praised the “ferocity” and resolve of Ukrainians face to face with their leader in a weekend visit to Kyiv undertaken in extraordinary secrecy. Pelosi, second in line to the presidency after the vice president, was the most senior American… Read More

Spyware targets world leader’s phone

The cellphones of Spain’s prime minister and defense minister were infected last year with Pegasus spyware, which is available only to countries’ government agencies, authorities announced Monday. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s mobile phone was breached twice in May 2021, and Defense Minister Margarita Robles’ device was targeted once the following… Read More

New pipeline may ease supply of Russian gas

Mountainous and remote, the Greek-Bulgaria border once formed the southern corner of the Iron Curtain. Today, it’s where the European Union is redrawing the region’s energy map to ease its heavy reliance on Russian natural gas. A new pipeline — built during the COVID-19 pandemic, tested and due to start… Read More

China stops freight train traffic with North Korea

China says it halted railroad freight traffic with North Korea as it deals with the spread of COVID-19 in the border town of Dandong. The countries had reopened trade between Dandong and North Korea’s Sinuiju in January following a two-year pause while the North imposed one of the world’s most… Read More

In retaliation, Russia cuts off the gas

Russia cut off natural gas to NATO members Poland and Bulgaria on Wednesday and threatened to do the same to other countries, dramatically escalating its standoff with the West over the war in Ukraine. European leaders decried the move as “blackmail.” A day after the U.S. and other Western allies… Read More