Ukraine’s European Union future hangs in the balance Thursday, with EU member Hungary threatening to veto the wartorn nation’s talks on entering the 27-nation prosperous bloc.

Delegates at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP28, have approved a deal to “transition” the world away from fossil fuels.

The new governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has warned that access to cash will become harder for Australians and that banks and other users of banknotes or coins should face fees for moving it around.

Poland’s new prime minister, Israel, and the United States have condemned a far-right Polish legislator for extinguishing candles on a menorah lit for Hanukkah in the Polish parliament.

With the world in turmoil, Canada’s Armed Forces and other federally regulated workplaces are preparing to offer free menstrual products to workers, including in male-identified toilets.

Truth be told: It looks like an outsized donut. Yet the six-storey-high machine in a hangar in Naka, north of the Japanese capital, Tokyo, is billed as “the answer to humanity’s future energy needs.”

According to a newly declassified U.S. intelligence report presented to Congress, the conflict in Ukraine has severely impacted Russia’s military capabilities. The report indicates that close to 90% of Russia’s prewar army has been diminished due to casualties or injuries, and thousands of its battle tanks have been destroyed, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Sweden has signed a defense cooperation accord with Washington that will allow the United States to use all military bases in the Scandinavian country that seeks to join the NATO military alliance.

Russia’s president has inaugurated two new nuclear submarines after announcing he would run for re-election in March.

The U.S. military reported on Tuesday morning that an anti-ship cruise missile hit a commercial ship on Monday evening. The missile was launched from a region in Yemen controlled by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. This incident is part of a series of recent attacks at an important maritime chokepoint in the Red Sea.

The foreign ministers of Germany, France, and Italy have jointly written a letter to European Union Foreign Minister Josep Borrell, urging the prompt implementation of sanctions targeting Hamas and its supporters in response to the Middle East crisis.

Ukraine’s president arrived in Washington on Monday to try to rescue a multi-billion dollar military aid package after already suffering setbacks with a vital member of the European Union.

Iran-backed terror groups have stepped up attacks against American forces and diplomats in the Middle East over Washington’s backing of Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza, U.S. officials say.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) struggled to explain Sunday all its limitations to users interested in the world’s first AI rules unveiled by the European Union.

World leaders and United Nations officials condemned the United States on Saturday for vetoing a U.N. resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza that would have pressured Israel to end its declared intention to destroy Hamas, which it regards as a terrorist organization.