Putin says Russia and U.S. should agree not to meddle in each other's elections
President Vladimir Putin called on Friday for an agreement between Russia and the United States to guarantee not to engage in cyber-meddling in each other's elections.
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'Never-ending nightmare': Violence returns to Paris street where Charlie Hebdo was attacked
The stabbing of two people in Paris's rue Nicolas-Appert on Friday brought violence back to the street where, five years ago, Islamist militants killed 12 people in the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
Russia's Navalny thanks 'unknown friends' for saving his life
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny said on Friday he owed his life to the pilots who made an emergency landing when he collapsed on a flight last month, and the paramedics he said had diagnosed poisoning and injected him with atropine.
Iran official dismisses U.S. sanctions against judges, courts
A top Iranian constitutional official on Friday dismissed the imposition of U.S. sanctions on Iranian judges for alleged gross human rights violations and hit back at the United States over police violence against black people there.
Global COVID-19 death toll could hit two million before vaccine in wide use: WHO
The global death toll from COVID-19 could double to 2 million before a successful vaccine is widely used and could be even higher without concerted action to curb the pandemic, an official at the World Health Organization said on Friday.
Palestinian leader calls for U.N.-led peace conference early next year
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday called for United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to convene an international conference early next year to launch "a genuine peace process" between Israel and the Palestinians.
The ventilators never came: How graft hampered Brazil's COVID-19 response
As COVID-19 patients flooded Rio de Janeiro's public health system from early April to late May, Dr. Pedro Archer found himself making gut-wrenching decisions.
Twitter aims to label more state-affiliated accounts worldwide
Twitter Inc Chief Executive Jack Dorsey said on Friday the social media platform plans to expand its labeling of state-affiliated accounts worldwide, even as he defended its policy of allowing leaders of countries like Iran and China to use Twitter.
UK says a lot of work still to do in Brexit talks
Britain on Friday said there was still a lot of work to do in talks with the European Union on a trade deal and called on the EU to translate a "more constructive attitude" into realistic policy positions.
Germany warns against travel to Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Tirol
Germany's Foreign Ministry on Friday issued travel warnings for the Czech Republic, Luxembourg, and the Austrian state of Tirol, warning against unnecessary travel to those destinations due to high coronavirus infection rates.