9+ hour, 29+ min ago   (429+ words) Fifty miles (80 kilometers) of ditches dug decades ago for an abandoned farming venture drained much of the water from thousands of years of accumulated peat — partially decayed organic matter up to 15 feet (4.6 meters) deep — leaving the site vulnerable to drought…...

11+ hour, 5+ min ago   (663+ words) He issued a decree dissolving the 250-member Parliament and paving the way for the vote. He said a snap election was necessary because of ongoing tensions and divisions in the Balkan country. Vucic, who cannot run for another presidential term,…...

5+ hour, 25+ min ago   (524+ words) Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar travelled to Ljubljana, Slovenia's capital, for the occasion that asserts a shift in Slovenia's policy toward Israel under the current right-wing Prime Minister Janez Jansa. Saar called the embassy opening a “historic day” after a…...

6+ hour, 19+ min ago   (487+ words) Delays continued for a second day Wednesday, rippling across 15 U.K. airports and beyond as airlines and airports worked to clear a huge backlog of canceled and delayed flights. The problems stranded passengers for hours on airport runways and in terminals. Flight…...

13+ hour, 29+ min ago   (294+ words) News-Times The German leader countered that the far-right party won't win a majority in the country, assailing its stance toward Ukraine and rhetoric on migration Merz is under pressure after Alternative for Germany, or AfD, surged to its biggest win…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (408+ words) Three 2-month-old Sumatran tiger cubs received identification microchips and their first vaccinations Tuesday at a zoo near Athens, as part of a global effort to build a backup population. The Sumatran tiger, classified as critically endangered, is found only on…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (823+ words) But while anti-immigrant, pro-Russian parties have made inroads across the continent in recent years, there have also been notable reversals, and some have softened their views to build coalitions with moderates. The AfD fell short of an absolute majority in…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (643+ words) Mladic was buried in Belgrade on Monday with military honors. The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Porfirije, led the funeral service and Serbian army soldiers carried Mladic’s flag-draped coffin at the cemetery. Several Serbian government ministers attended the…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (371+ words) News-Times The exact size of the network behind what is being called nihilistic violent extremism is unclear But police investigators from nine European countries found about 4,340 URL web addresses linked to “The COM,” as the online community has…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (261+ words) News-Times The data came ahead of U.S President Donald Trump’s planned meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, set for late September, though Beijing has not yet confirmed the exact date for the visit Exports grew 23.9% year-on-year in July Imports…...