Russia has resumed its blockade of Ukrainian ports, cutting off urgently needed grain exports to hungry parts of the world.

North Macedonia has begun building a railway linking it to Bulgaria.

European Union lawmakers and member countries have reached a deal to ban the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars and vans by 2035.

Poland says it has chosen the U.S. government and Westinghouse to build its first nuclear power plant.

BEIJING – President Xi Jinping said China is willing to work with the United States to find ways to get along to the benefit of both, Chinese state television reported on Thursday, ahead of a possible meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden in Indonesia.

Hurricane Ian caused an island-wide blackout when it tore through western Cuba in late September.

The European Central Bank has made another outsized interest rate hike aimed at squelching out-of-control inflation, moving at the fastest pace in the euro currency’s history.

OTTAWA/WASHINGTON – Canada will seek membership to the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework to further economic cooperation in the region, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on Thursday following a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Ottawa.

WASHINGTON – Israeli President Isaac Herzog said he and U.S. President Joe Biden discussed Iran supplying weapons to Russia that are killing Ukrainians, during a White House meeting on Wednesday.

Officials from the United States and its Asian allies Japan and South Korea suspect North Korea is preparing for a nuclear test.