In Vienna, 2 portraits of Alexei Navalny are painted near a monument to Soviet soldiers
Two large portraits of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been spray-prainted on a property owned by the family of a former Czech foreign minister behind a monument to Soviet soldiers in Vienna.
Yellen says current US economic growth 'vindicates' Biden's COVID-19 pandemic stimulus spending
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is making an election-year pitch that the current state of the economy โvindicatesโ Democratsโ decision to pass a $1.9 trillion coronavirus pandemic response package back in 2021.
Environmental protests have a long history in the U.S. Police had never killed an activist โ until now.
Last monthโs killing of a nonbinary activist known as โTortuguita,โ who was shot during an occupation protest in Atlantaโs South River Forest, marked the first police killing of a demonstrator in the history of the U.S. environmental movement.
OPEC+ alliance boosts oil production as energy prices soar
The OPEC oil cartel and allied producing countries including Russia will raise production by 648,000 barrels per day in July and August, offering modest relief for a global economy suffering from soaring energy prices and the resulting inflation.
Austrian lockdown dampens holiday mood to contain virus
Austrians savored one last mulled wine in packed Christmas markets before the curtain came down on the holiday season that was just getting underway, plunging the country that gave the world โSilent Nightโ into its fourth lockdown of this pandemic on Monday.
UN nuke watchdog: Iran pressing on with uranium enrichment
The U.N. atomic watchdog says Iran has continued to increase its stockpile of highly enriched uranium that could be used to make nuclear weapons in contravention of a 2015 accord with world powers that was meant to contain Tehranโs nuclear program.