U.S. candidate beats Russian to head U.N. tech agency
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 8 months agoA U.S. candidate decisively beat her Russian rival to become the next head of the main U.N....
Vietnam may resist diplomatic upgrade with Washington as U.S.-China tensions simmer
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 months agoHANOI (Reuters) -A push by the United States to upgrade ties with Vietnam this year is facing...
Vietnam parliament elects Vo Van Thuong as new state president
Reuters via Yahoo News· 3 months agoVietnam's National Assembly on Thursday elected Vo Van Thuong as the country's new president, in a...
Lebanon is desperate for change but Sunday’s election is unlikely to help
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLebanon goes to the polls on Sunday for the first general election since a severe economic and...
Sensing Erdogan victory, Turkish youth ponder life abroad
AFP via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoHasibe Kayaroglu hoped Turkey's presidential election would usher in changes.But Kilicdaroglu won...
Analysis: Action wanes at U.N. to isolate Russia almost six months into Ukraine war
Reuters via Yahoo News· 10 months agoOn a June night under the chandeliers of Russia's United Nations mission in New York, dozens of U.N....
West weighs contentious anti-China move as U.N. rights council opens
Reuters via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWestern countries face a dilemma as the U.N. Human Rights Council opens on Monday: confront China...
After months, Egypt frees reporter, activist, YouTube star
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEgypt has released an online comedian, a journalist and a political activist after they spent months in pre-trail detention, two lawyers said Monday. It was the latest in a series of recent ...
South Africa elected to UN rights council, South Korea, Venezuela lose seats
Reuters via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday elected South Africa, Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Morocco, Romania and Vietnam to the Human Rights Council ...
What Makes Berlin So Unique?
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBerliners started knocking down the Berlin Wall, block by block, on Nov. 9, 1989. Reunification of East Germany—the German Democratic Republic, or GDR...