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ALBA-TCP celebrates Cuba’s victory at the UN against U.S. blockade
The Bolivarian Alliance applauds the support of 165 countries that demanded the immediate end of the “illegal and criminal blockade” and denounced Washington’s “supremacist and imperialist” stance. The UN General Assembly approved on Thursday,...
Ukraine Defends U.S. 'Embargo' on Cuba at U.N., Shuts Down Havana Embassy
The government of Ukraine confirmed on Wednesday that it is shutting down its embassy in Havana, Cuba, in response to the Communist Party offering thousands of mercenaries to Russia to participate in the ongoing invasion of its territory. Ukraine...
After ‘OXI’ Day – Unity and Divisions In Greece Bring Ultimate Victory… And a Civil War
ATHENS – The bravery and heroism of the story of ‘OXI’ Day – October 28, 1940 – is well known not only among Greeks, including children of the Hellenic Diaspora due to Greek school teaching and celebrations, but to more and more non-Greeks in...
Cursed Mountains and Deathly Lakes: When Nature Is Explained By Myth
The drive to explain perplexing things in nature, and the desire to understand earthshaking events of unfathomable scale are timeless human impulses. Found in cultures around the world, geomyths attempt to account for anomalous natural phenomena...
TUMO creative technology center to open in Armenia`s Vanadzor
ArmInfo. Another TUMO Center for Creative Technologies will open in Vanadzor. The corresponding decision was approved by the Armenian Cabinet of Ministers on October 30. According to the explanatory note to the document, the Simonyan Educational...
The Berlin Process Is Rewiring the Balkans Through Partnership, Not Power
In London this week, leaders from Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia met with their British and European counterparts for the Berlin Process Summit. It wasn’t a dramatic affair. No sweeping announcements or historic...
Feminist Diplomacy: Accelerating Mobilization
How can we unite, act, and resist together to defend the rights of women, girls, and gender equality? This is the central question of the 4th Ministerial Conference on Feminist Diplomacy, organized in France on October 22 and 23, 2025. This...
Armenia's Seventh TUMO Center for Creative Technologies to Open in Vanadzor
A TUMO center for creative technologies will open in Vanadzor, the seventh in Armenia. YEREVAN, October 30. /ARKA/. A TUMO center for creative technologies will open in Vanadzor, the seventh in Armenia. For this purpose, in accordance with the...
Disgraced ex-Manchester City and Real Madrid star speaks after nine-year jail sentence
Former Real Madrid star Robinho has given his first public interview since being handed a nine-year jail sentence The Brazilian legend opened up on the treatment meltdown by the warden despite being an icon The 41-year-old was convicted of...
Podium postures: Two UN speeches, two roads for the South Caucasus
At the United Nations this year, Baku spoke like a state that believes it has already won the war and achieved peace. Yerevan spoke like a state that believes peace can be institutionalized by language, law and logistics. Between triumphalism and...
Integrating DNA Sequencing and AI for AAV Genome Integrity
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Rotary Club members in Butler County take in international guests
Butrint Batalli, district governor of Rotary District 2485 Albania Kosovo, speaks during a lunch on Monday, Oct. 20, at Alameda Park, which was one of the locales that visitors from Albania and Kosovo visited on their weeklong trip to the U.S. Rob...
Serbia’s EU bid: Necessity-driven joint ambition facing foreign policy hurdles
Serbia’s journey toward the European Union began in January 2001, when pro-European parties won parliamentary elections following the fall of Slobodan Milošević in October 2000. At the time, some observers even speculated that the Federal Republic...
Leftists Block Farage Legislation to Leave Deportation-Blocking European Convention on Human Rights
The left-wing-dominated British Parliament voted on Wednesday to reject legislation from Brexit champion Nigel Farage to reclaim the democratic body’s sovereignty and control of the UK’s borders from the European Convention on Human Rights....
Prof. Ivaylo Gruev on a time when illusions are sacred and truth is heresy
Convulsions Before Multipolarity — a Time When Illusions Are Sacred and Truth Is Heresy is the title of a new book that will be officially presented in early November in Sofia. It explores the agony of a unipolar world, an era of geopolitical...
Working overtime: Officiating the world of University Intramurals
For third-year Commerce student Aaryan Saxena, an extensive journey in refereeing started at just 13 years old. Wanting to drum up some extra spending money as a young teenager, he noticed one of the only jobs available was refereeing youth soccer...
Schools enforce classroom phone ban
TIRANA, Oct. 18 — Albania’s schools have begun enforcing a nationwide ban on mobile phones in classrooms, a move officials say is improving discipline and focus among pupils. The rule, introduced in September, requires students to hand over their...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to ‘pull the plug’ on H-1B use at state universities
In a dramatic policy shift, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has moved to ban the use of H-1B visas at state universities, signaling a tougher stance on the employment of foreign skilled workers in public institutions. The decision marks one of the most...
US: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Orders End Of H-1B Visa Use In State Universities
Washington: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced on Wednesday that he is directing the state’s Board of Governors to end the use of H-1B visas across state universities, saying that positions currently held by visa holders should be filled by...
UK kicks off summit with Western Balkans leaders
Leaders of Western Balkans countries met in London with British and European officials for a summit with a strong focus on migration and other security-related threats. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed the leaders of North Macedonia,...