Some Poles flout virus rules as harder lockdown takes effect
WARSAW, Poland — The Piw Paw club in Warsaw advertised its event as a “Pandemic Fashion Show," with models wearing “masks from the Spring...
Beleaguered Syria suffers also due to Suez Canal closure
<p>BEIRUT — Syria has begun rationalizing the distribution of fuel in the war-torn country amid concerns of delays of shipments arrivals resulting from a...
UK protesters scuffle with police during rally over new law
LONDON — Police in the English city of Bristol say they arrested 10 people during a third night of protest against a new policing...
Elite UK schools in spotlight over claims of misogyny, rape
<p>LONDON — The London police department says it is investigating multiple alleged offenses described on a website that a young woman set up to...
Foreigners flock to Serbia for coronavirus jabs
BELGRADE, Serbia — Thousands of vaccine-seekers from countries neighboring Serbia flocked to Belgrade on Saturday after Serbian authorities offered free coronavirus jabs for foreigners...
Ex-Tokyo Olympics chief again criticized for sexist comment
<p>TOKYO — Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, who resigned last month as president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee over comments criticized as...
Ukraine’s president dismisses head of Constitutional Court
<p>KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s president has dismissed two judges from the country’s Constitutional Court, saying in a decree issued Saturday that certain jurists "pose...
As daily deaths near 4,000, worst may lie ahead for Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil currently accounts for one-quarter of the entire world’s daily COVID-19 deaths, far more than any other single nation, and...
Israelis gather for Passover, celebrating freedom from virus
<p>JERUSALEM — A year ago, Giordana Grego's parents spent Passover at home in Israel, alone but grateful that they had escaped the worst of...
Women, LGBT people and students protest for rights in Turkey
<p>ISTANBUL — Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Istanbul on Saturday for anti-government protests, demanding amid a heavy police presence the reversal of recent decisions...