China willing to work with Czech government to improve ties

Centrist Rodrigo Paz wins Bolivia's presidential runoff, topping right-wing rival
Bolivia elects center-right president, ending two decades of socialism
Populist billionaire Andrej Babiš wins Czech parliamentary election
Moldova's pro-EU party wins clear parliamentary majority, defeating pro-Russian groups
Moldova's president accuses Russia of conducting 'hybrid war' ahead of key elections

Europe's intense rainfall in September twice as likely thanks to climate change
Death toll rises as torrential rain and flooding force evacuations in Central Europe
Torrential rains trigger mass evacuations as rivers surge in Central Europe

Day of mourning declared after gunman kills at least 14 at Prague university
A lone gunman opens fire in a Prague university, killing 15 people and injuring 24
10 people are killed in a mass shooting in downtown Prague
10 people killed in a mass shooting in downtown Prague
Philippine president says 'foreign terrorists' behind bomb that killed 4 during mass
A Philippine radio anchor was shot and killed while on a Facebook livestream
Firearms charge against Washington state senator Jeff Wilson dismissed in Hong Kong court

Honduras establishes ties with China after break from Taiwan
Honduras demanded $2.5 billion in Taiwan aid before China announcement-source
Honduras says it will seek ties with China, spurning Taiwan
Putin and China's top diplomat pledge to strengthen ties
Vietnam exporters fret over potential trade fallout of U.S. rules on Xinjiang
Canada, Taiwan to begin formal talks to spur foreign investments
U.S. firms in Taiwan making 'contingency' plans amid China tensions
China contacts Prague over Czech president-elect speaking to Taiwan president
Think tank simulation predicts ‘heavy’ losses on all sides, including US, if China invades Taiwan
Biden's national security adviser is hopeful war over Taiwan can be prevented
U.S. warship sails through sensitive Taiwan Strait; China angered
Taiwan increases its compulsory military service as it faces pressure from China
I Went to Taiwan to Say Goodbye
Australia foreign minister to visit China as diplomatic ties improve
US approves $425 million in arms sales to Taiwan

‘Final Destruction’: Russia Threatens Norway With Ugly Fallout
Finland urges Turkey, Hungary to swiftly approve Swedish, Finnish NATO bids
Moldova declares Russian embassy employee persona non grata
Czechs rally to demand resignation of pro-Western government
'No room for old dreams', German president says of Russia ties
Finland, Sweden promise to join NATO together in united front to Turkey
Analysis-Behind facade of unity, Franco-German relations falter as crises mount
Serbia toughens visa rules as migration prompts EU pressure

U.S. to welcome 100,000 Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia's invasion
Russians are blocked at US border, Ukrainians are admitted
Biden will announce an additional $800 million in military aid to Ukraine.
Russia warns United States: we have the might to put you in your place
Biden sending more anti-aircraft systems, drones to Ukraine
Biden's national security team earns praise for handling of Ukraine crisis — for now
Leaders of 3 EU countries take train to Kyiv in show of support for Ukraine
Poland's Duda says NATO will have to think seriously if Putin uses chemical weapons
Zelensky to give virtual address to Congress on Wednesday
Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threat shows how much is going wrong for him in Ukraine
Finding a Way Out of the War in Ukraine Proves Elusive

Russians face soaring costs and tough choices this New Year
Rising prices threaten cheerless New Year for Russian families
Japan's wholesale inflation hits record high as price pressure broadens
East Europeans tighten belts for Christmas as inflation bites

U.N. urges Belarus, Poland to address refugees' 'dire conditions'
New waves of Syrian migrants are fleeing postwar misery
Belarus opposition leader: Fight goes on after husband's sentencing
Lithuania says migrant numbers from Belarus could soon increase
Virus and migrant worries spur EU to toughen border rules
Opposition leader sentenced to 18 years in prison in Belarus
Belarus jails opposition leader's husband for 18 years in 'revenge' verdict
Belarus hands opposition leader’s husband 18 years in prison
Czechs hold off on sending troops to Poland-Belarus border
EU must uphold migrants' fundamental rights at Belarus border, Germany says
As Iraqi and Syrian migrants leave Belarus, some are afraid to go home
Prominent Belarusian journalist arrested
Fight for life as Polish services pull migrants from freezing swamp

Czechs to deploy troops in Poland to guard Belarus border
EU to make it harder for migrants to enter from Belarus
Belarusian leader accuses Lithuania of dumping dead migrants
'It's all lies'; migrants stuck at Polish border feel cheated by people smugglers
Second group of Iraqis return after failed Europe gamble
Lukashenko offers migrants who stay at border food, clothes
Iraqi migrants return home from Belarus, vow to try entering the EU again
Belarus says it does not want confrontation, wants EU to take migrants
Poland: Migrant camps along Belarus border have emptied
Yazidi family abandons EU dream, reluctantly returns to Iraq
The Guardian view on Belarus and migrants: exploiting the vulnerable
How A Dictator Engineered A Migration Crisis At The Belarus-Poland Border
Belarus' plan to engineer an EU migrant crisis backfires as migrants decide Belarus is better than nothing
How a political standoff trapped hundreds of migrants at the Belarus-Poland border
Belarus shuts down Russian oil pipeline to EU, despite Putin's warnings
German agency suspends approval process for Russia pipeline
Russian gas flows via Yamal-Europe pipeline to Germany halted again
Here's what it's like for migrants trapped between Belarus and Poland

German minister hopes patient transfers a 'wake-up call'
German government hesitant on lockdown as COVID cases rise/a>
Cases soar but Swiss eschew lockdown as COVID law vote looms
Europe and Russia battle a new wave of COVID-19
Peru has the world's highest COVID death rate. Here's why
In muddle of Merkel exit, COVID's fourth wave catches Germany out
South Africa Raises Alarm Over New Coronavirus Variant
New coronavirus variant in South Africa raises concern
South Africa Raises Alarm Over New Coronavirus Variant
Czechs order bars and restaurants shut early, president taken to hospital with COVID
Netherlands plans 'heavy measures' to stop COVID-19 spread - minister
Austria locks down, Merkel says new steps needed as Europe faces COVID freeze
Germans will be 'vaccinated, cured or dead' by winter's end, warns health minister
Germany promotes 'Rolls-Royce' Moderna shot to meet demand for COVID boosters
Singapore will begin easing its Covid restrictions next week.
Some Pacific nations will take years to vaccinate their populations, new research predicts
After slow starts, COVID vaccination rates in some Asian nations are now soaring
Protests have broken out across Europe in response to tightened COVID-19 restrictions
Disease control chief: "All of Germany is one big outbreak"
How lockdowns in Europe could scupper your holiday
Austria imposes nationwide lockdown and vaccine mandate amid coronavirus surge
Austria will enter lockdown and make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory
Scientists mystified, wary, as Africa avoids COVID disaster
Austria reimposes full lockdown, plans to make COVID vaccines compulsory
Why Spain has avoided Europe's COVID surge
Austria locks down its unvaccinated, and Netherlands reimposes restrictions, as Europe battles surge in COVID cases

U.S. issues 'Do Not Travel' COVID-19 warning for Germany, Denmark
Times Square will welcome back vaccinated revelers this New Year's Eve
CDC adds more European destinations to its level 4 travel list
Flying for Thanksgiving? Expect packed planes, unruly passengers and cancellations
U.S. reopens Washington-Canada border to leisure travelers
Families and communities are reunited as US-Mexico border reopens
Photos: Loved ones reunite as U.S. reopens to international travelers

Thousands protest results of Georgia's local elections
Czechs Defeat a Populist, Offering a Road Map for Toppling Strongmen

Pandora Papers: Secret wealth and dealings of world leaders exposed
Billions hidden beyond reach A massive trove of private financial records shared with The Post exposes vast reaches of the secretive offshore system used to hide billions of dollars from tax authorities, creditors, criminal investigators and citizens around the world. The trove exceeds the dimensions of the leak that was at the center of the Panama Papers investigation five years ago. That data was drawn from a single law firm, but the new material encompasses records from 14 separate financial-services entities.
What the 'Pandora Papers' show about how the powerful hide money from public view

Lithuania to fence first 110 km of Belarus border by April
John Oliver denudes Belarus' Alexander Lukashenko, proposes a way to 'annoy the s--t' out of him
Russia-Belarus war games send signal to the West
Russia and Belarus launch 'hot phase' of huge war games
Russia and Belarus agree closer energy, economic integration
Russia and Belarus formally open huge war games, worrying NATO
Belarus may freeze EU refugee accord to due 'unfriendly actions'
Russia moves Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets to Belarus to patrol borders, Minsk says
U.N. blocked from monitoring rights abuses in Belarus, envoy says
"Politically motivated": U.S., EU slam sentencing of Belarusian opposition leaders
Poland sees no let-up in Belarus border tensions, says PM
Czechs make first EU donation towards Lithuania-Belarus barrier
Poland declares state of emergency on Belarus border amid migrant surge
Russia to deliver huge military hardware consignment to Belarus - Belta
Poland weighs declaring state of emergency on Belarus border amid migrant surge
Belarusian hackers are trying to overthrow the Lukashenko regime

Boris Johnson condemns Belarus Ryanair flight 'hijacking' after captured journalist filmed
Russia widens opposition crackdown with bill, jailing of critic
Ukrainian president says Russian troops remain near Ukraine
US and allies fly over Nato countries in message to Russia
Fresh calls to strip Pulitzer prize from British reporter who denied Stalin was starving millions
co Lukashenko bets on annexed Crimea opening its sky for flights from Belarus
Russia's Prague embassy stronghold cleared out in spy dispute

Virus surge, vaccine shortages spread beyond India's borders
U.S. Will Impose New Ban On Travel From India As Coronavirus Rages
‘We are witnessing a crime against humanity’: Arundhati Roy on India’s Covid catastrophe
Russia records more than 400,000 excess deaths during pandemic -Reuters calculations
Scientists back Brazil's decision to ban Russian COVID vaccine
India sets another COVID case record, and Brazil’s health minister makes plea for vaccines
Erdogan says Turkey expects more COVID-19 vaccines soon
India cases up as scientists appeal to Modi to release data
Vaccinating more than anywhere else, China still needs to speed up
Pakistan to get over 15 million doses of COVID vaccine in next two months - minister
China's Xi offers more help to India in message to Modi
Brazil COVID-19 Deaths Top 400,000 Amid Fears Of Worsening Crisis
India’s incomplete Covid-19 data doesn’t begin to capture the crisis in Delhi
India to receive first batch of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine on May 1 -RDIF
India's crushing COVID-19 caseload the result of a 'perfect storm' of factors, experts say
Doctors threatened for blowing whistle on India's oxygen crisis
Czechs says they lack info needed to assess Sputnik vaccine for use
Brazil regulator rejects Sputnik vaccine; Russia cries foul
Russia's Sputnik V developers to sue Brazilian regulator for 'false information' about their vaccine
Venezuela gets 80,000 more Sputnik V vaccine doses as COVID-19 cases surge
EU report accuses Russia, China of sowing mistrust in Western vaccines

Russian authorities paint over large Navalny mural in St Petersburg
‘It’s a total travesty of justice’ — Russian authorities suspend opposition leader Navalny’s office operations
Russian Court Suspends Alexei Navalny's Anti-Kremlin Network
Russian authorities suspend operations of Navalny's offices
YouTube blocks access to Ukrainian TV channels tied to Kremlin ally, Ukraine govt says
Navalny's Novichok poisoning was Putin sending the world a message, experts say
Russian troops start pulling back from Ukrainian border
U.S. seeing some Russian personnel withdrawing but still early, official says
Russia orders troops back from occupied Crimea and border with Ukraine
Czechs order Russia to pull out most embassy staff in worsening spy row
Russia orders soldiers to begin return to bases after drills near Ukraine
U.S. considers more weapons shipments to Ukraine amid Russian buildup
Leaked Ukraine defense memo reveals scope of Russia's aggression
Ukraine leader signs law to call up reservists for military service
Czechs say Russian retaliation stronger than expected, seeks EU solidarity
Steady increase in Russian troops in Crimea on Ukraine border, says Pentagon
Russian military build-up near Ukraine numbers more than 150,000 troops, EU's Borrell says
Macron says nations must 'define red lines' with Russia
Russia Retaliates Against Biden's New Sanctions, Expelling 10 U.S. Diplomats
U.S. drops plans to send destroyers into the Black Sea due to concerns over Russia
Biden can make history on nuclear arms reductions
France, Germany, Ukraine call for Russian troops withdrawal
Russia to expel 10 US diplomats in response to Washington

Czech PM views Serbia's mass vaccination campaign
Opinion | My city in Australia locked down for a single covid-19 case. We welcome the restrictions.
Xi: China open to 'vaccine cooperation' with Eastern Europe
Serbia leader says nation among top in Europe in vaccination
Tel Aviv gives foreign nationals, asylum seekers COVID shots
Israeli hospital claims may have found cure for COVID-19
'The wait is over': Bangladesh begins COVID-19 vaccinations
Sinovac says COVID-19 vaccine effective in preventing hospitalization, death
Serbia sees production of Sputnik V by the year-end - president
New Israeli Covid drug which cured 30 cases of disease hailed by scientists as 'huge breakthrough'
Hungary may start Russia's Sputnik shots next week, says PM
Czechs may follow Hungary in using vaccines not registered in EU - PM
Too delicate: Germany ducks Taiwan appeal for COVID-19 vaccine supply
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Anti-Defamation League criticizes White House appointee 'who has consorted with racists'
Trump’s fury grows as US election loss becomes unequivocal
German QAnon Groups Now Claim Trump’s Election Boogeyman Is Behind Coronavirus Tests
Poll: 61 percent of voters say it's important that Trump give concession speech
The refusal to concede is ‘all about Donald Trump's political power with the base’: Carly Fiorina
Czech president says Trump should quit after election loss and 'not be embarrassing'