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13 hours agoEU's Brexit chief eyes a role in French presidential voteHe's known throughout most of Europe as Mr. Brexit, but not so well known at home in France.
10 hours agoMacron commemorates 200th anniversary of Napoleon's death President Emmanuel Macron, in an unusual gesture, has marked the bicentenary of the death of Napoleon, the warrior-emperor who famously bequeathed to France its civil code but whose legacy is tarnished in the eyes of many.
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11 hours agoItalians convicted of left-wing terrorism face French courtNine Italians convicted of left-wing terrorism for attacks in the 1970s and 1980s are expected in a Paris court for an extradition hearing.
6 hours agoMain stage of Chinese rocket likely to plunge to Earth soonThe largest section of the rocket that launched the main module of China’s first permanent space station into orbit is expected to plunge back to Earth as early as Saturday at an unknown location.
15 hours agoCOVID-19 overshadows independence in key Scottish electionScotland holds an election Thursday that could hasten the breakup of the United Kingdom.
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18 hours ago200 years: Remote St. Helena island marks Napoleon's deathCommemorations of the May 5, 1821 death of Napoleon are going ahead on St. Helena, the remote South Atlantic island where the deposed French emperor died in exile.
9 hours agoG-7 calls out China over rights at virus-shadowed meetingForeign ministers from the Group of Seven wealthy industrialized nations have accused China of human rights abuses and economic bullying.
19 hours agoThailand fights to contain COVID-19 surge in BangkokHealth officials rushed to vaccinate thousands of people in Bangkok’s biggest slum on Wednesday as new COVID-19 cases spread through densely populated low-income areas in the capital’s central business district.
3 hours agoRome jury convicts 2 US friends in slaying of police officerTwo young Americans have been convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison in Italy for killing a police officer in a tragic unraveling of a small-time drug deal gone bad.
22 hours agoNew Zealand leader Ardern plans to marry over the summerNew Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern plans to marry her longtime partner during the southern summer.
1 hour agoTop court orders India's government to present oxygen planIndia’s government, facing calls for a strict lockdown to slow a devastating surge in coronavirus infections, has been ordered by the Supreme Court to submit a plan to meet New Delhi hospitals’ oxygen needs within a day.
2 hours agoThe Latest: Fiji locks down hospital over coronavirus deathSoldiers and police in the Pacific nation of Fiji have surrounded and locked down a major hospital.
1 day agoIndia's virus surge damages Modi's image of competenceDespite clear signs India was being swamped by another surge of coronavirus infections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government refused to cancel a major Hindu festival and held election rallies with thousands of unmasked supporters.
14 hours agoFamilies mourn victims of Mexico City subway collapseAnger and frustration boiled over among families of the victims of Mexico City's subway collapse as they prepared to bury the 25 people who died.
1 day agoPolish lawmakers OK spending plan for EU recovery fundsPoland’s lawmakers have voted to approve the nation's spending plan for the 58 billion euros ($70 billion) it expects to receive from the European Union’s pandemic recovery plan.
1 day agoNorth Macedonia speeds up vaccinations as EU aid arrivesNorth Macedonia’s faltering COVID-19 vaccination program has picked up speed, with authorities starting to use 200,000 Chinese-made Sinopharm jabs flown in last week.
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1 day agoDutch king lays Remembrance Day wreath honoring war deadThe Dutch king has laid a wreath at a monument to the country’s war dead at a solemn commemoration ceremony devoid of the usual huge crowds for the second year because of coronavirus lockdown measures.
1 day agoUK police on trial accused of soccer player's murderBritish prosecutors have accused a police officer of using unnecessary force against a Black former Premier League soccer player, who died after being kicked in the head and shot with a stun gun.
1 day agoMother searches for son believed killed by Colombia soldiersMore than 10,000 people are under investigation in a case Colombians call the “false positives” scandal.
1 day agoRights critics condemn French sale to Egypt of 30 more jets Egypt is buying another 30 Rafale fighter jets from France.
1 day agoVatican No. 2 intervenes to shed light on Swiss Guard deathsThe Vatican secretary of state has intervened personally to shed light on one of the most sensational Vatican scandals of recent times: The 1998 murder of the Swiss Guard commander and his wife, purportedly by a disgruntled younger Swiss Guardsman who then took his own life.
1 day agoFood of the future? EU nations put mealworms on the menuDried yellow mealworms could soon be hitting supermarket shelves and restaurants across Europe.
1 day agoEU delivers vaccine jabs to Balkans after China and RussiaThe European Union has started delivering EU-funded coronavirus vaccines across the Balkans, where China and Russia have for months been supplying the much-needed shots and thus making political gains.
1 day agoWine that went to space for sale with $1 million price tagA bottle of French wine that spent more than a year in orbit aboard the International Space Station is up for sale.
1 day agoEU regulators start review of China's Sinovac vaccineThe European Union’s drug regulator says it has started a rolling review of China’s Sinovac coronavirus vaccine to assess its effectiveness and safety, which is a first step toward possible approval for use in the 27-nation bloc.
1 day agoResearchers: Climate pledges see world closing on Paris goalScientists say recent pledges by the United States and others could help cap global warming at 2 degrees Celsius by the end of the century.
1 day agoG7 foreign ministers meet face-to-face after pandemic pauseForeign ministers from the Group of Seven wealthy industrialized nations have gathered for their first face-to-face meeting in more than two years.
1 day agoEthiopia 'at a crossroads' amid spiraling ethnic conflictEthiopia faces a growing crisis of ethnic nationalism that some fear could tear Africa’s second most populous country apart.
1 day agoThe Latest: Australia PM stands firm on India flight haltAustralia's prime minister is resisting mounting pressure to lift a temporary ban on flights from India, saying any early resumption of arrivals from that pandemic hot spot would erode Australia’s quarantine capability.
1 day agoMadrid's champion of soft virus restrictions wins electionMadrid’s conservative leader, a champion of relaxed measures against the coronavirus, scored a solid win in a regional election Tuesday.
1 day agoGerman far-right crime rises; police arrest alleged neo-NaziBerlin police have arrested a 53-year-old German man on suspicion of sending dozens of threatening letters to politicians, lawyers and journalists that were signed with the acronym of a neo-Nazi group.
1 day agoUS men await their fate as murder trial nears end in Rome A jury in Rome will soon be weighing the fate of two young American men, charged with slaying an Italian police officer while they were on vacation in 2019.
1 day agoOverpass collapse on Mexico City metro kills at least 24Officials say 24 people were killed when an elevated section of Mexico City's metro collapsed as a train was traveling along it.
1 day ago‘Horrible’ weeks ahead as India’s virus catastrophe worsensA top expert is warning that the coming weeks in India will be “horrible,” as COVID-19 infections and deaths mount with alarming speed and there is no end in sight to the crisis.
2 days agoChina: US should push North Korea diplomacy, not pressureChina’s U.N. ambassador is expressing hope President Joe Biden’s policy toward North Korea will give more importance to diplomacy and dialogue instead of “extreme pressure” to try to stop Pyongyang’s nuclear program and denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.
2 days agoChina's UN envoy: Myanmar violence could lead to civil warChina’s U.N. ambassador is urging stronger diplomatic efforts to resolve the confrontation in Myanmar since the Feb. 1 military coup.
1 day agoIdaho legislative intern reports rape, is ID’d by lawmakerFrom nearly the moment a 19-year-old intern’s report that she was raped by an Idaho lawmaker became public, she faced harassment from right-wing groups and even other lawmakers.
2 days agoChad military council announces key ministerial postsThe military council that took over Chad in the aftermath of President Idriss Deby Itno's killing is pressing ahead with the announcement of key ministerial posts.
2 days agoMexico worries about scorn if another drug lord is releasedMexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is worried that yet another shadowy release of a drug lord is about to make Mexico a target of international ridicule.
2 days agoAlbania’s Socialists seek to impeach nation's presidentAn Albania lawmaker says the governing left-wing Socialist Party legislators have started the impeachment process against the country’s president who they accuse of violating the constitution during the last election.
2 days agoUK's Johnson voices optimism over lockdown easing routeBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson says there's a “good chance” that social distancing rules in England will be scrapped on June 21 if coronavirus infections and deaths stay low.
2 days agoBelarus opposition leader in Slovenia before EU presidencyThe exiled Belarusian opposition leader has called for sustained international focus on the struggle for democracy in her country against long-ruling authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.
2 days agoDenmark removes J&J from vaccination program over clot fearsDenmark's health authorities say they have removed the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 shot from its vaccination program to investigate reports of rare but potentially dangerous blood clots.
2 days agoGermany cancels Oktoberfest for 2nd year over virus fearsBavarian officials have canceled Oktoberfest festivities for a second year in a row due to concerns over the spread of the coronavirus, saying that there are too many risks in hosting the celebrations, which traditionally bring in visitors from around the world, during a global pandemic.
2 days agoEU drug regulator evaluating Pfizer vaccine for youngstersThe European Union’s drug regulator says it has begun evaluating a request by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech to extend approval of their coronavirus vaccine to include children ranging in age from 12 to 15.
2 days agoFrench prosecutors request end of Rwanda genocide probeParis prosecutors have requested the end of a years-long investigation on accusations of involvement of France’s peacekeeping force in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda in which an estimated 800,000 people were slaughtered.
2 days agoEU summons Russia envoy over blacklisting of its officialsThe European Union has summoned Russia’s ambassador after Moscow blacklisted eight EU officials.
