The jailed activist has spent decades fighting Aleksander Lukashenko's authoritarian rule in Belarus.

Joe Biden says President Putin was "not joking" when he spoke of using tactical nuclear weapons.

Officials are lying about how 16-year-old protester Nika Shakarami died, her mother says.

Italy becomes the latest European country to impose energy-saving rules ahead of winter.

Videos have circulated for days of male students chanting obscene misogynistic abuse in Madrid.

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Many workers grew comfortable thinking they had plenty of options. Now ?everybody?s feeling the whiplash,? and anxiety is rising.

The Federal Reserve, like many central banks, sets policy with an eye on the domestic economy. Its battle to control prices is causing pain abroad.

Ukrainian soldiers are exulting in their smashing of Russian lines in the northeast. They engaged enemy troops up close, and gained confidence from it.

The president?s blunt warnings, highly unusual for an American president, were delivered informally to a group of Democratic donors in New York City.

Slower growth in China has braked the rise in world energy prices and Russian riches, but Beijing has also stepped up its purchases of Russian fossil fuels.

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