World Aug 31 U.N. sends inspectors to Ukraine nuclear plant threatened by war KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A team of U.N. inspectors made its way toward Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Wednesday on a perilous, long-sought mission to safeguard the site and prevent a catastrophe from the fighting raging around it.
World Aug 27 Ukraine, Russia trade more blame on shelling around embattled nuclear plant Concern about the potential for a radiation leak at Europe's largest nuclear power plant persisted as Ukrainian authorities said Saturday that Russian forces fired on areas just across the river and Russia claimed Ukrainian shelling hit a building where nuclear fuel is…
World Aug 24 Russian rocket kills 22 at Ukraine train station in Independence Day attack, Zelenskyy says Russian forces Wednesday launched a rocket attack on a Ukrainian train station on the embattled country's Independence Day, killing 22 people, Zelenskyy said after warning for days that Moscow might attempt “something particularly cruel” this week.
World Aug 18 Ukraine’s Zelenskyy holds talks with United Nations head and Turkey leader Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is meeting the U.N. chief and Turkey's leader in Lviv near Ukraine's border with Poland.
World Aug 14 Ship carrying grain for Ethiopia leaves Ukraine, as concerns grow over nuclear plant to the south As fighting steps up in southern Ukraine, concerns have grown sharply about the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is held by Russian forces and has been hit by sporadic shelling.
World Jul 20 Wildfires slow in southern Europe, but blaze now threatens Athens Nearly 500 firefighters are struggling to contain a large wildfire that is threatening hillside suburbs outside Athens for a second day, after hundreds of residents were evacuated overnight.
World Dec 05 Pope chides Europe, comforts migrants on return to Lesbos Pope Francis returned Sunday to the Greek island of Lesbos to offer comfort to migrants at a refugee camp and blast what he said was Europe’s indifference and self-interest “that condemns to death those on the fringes.”…
World Nov 30 Migrant crisis highlighted in pope’s Greece-Cyprus trip LESBOS, Greece (AP) — When Pope Francis visited the Greek island of Lesbos in 2016, he was so moved by the stories he heard from families fleeing war in Iraq and Syria that he wept and brought a dozen refugees…
Health Jun 01 Greece, Germany kick off EU vaccination travel certificates The certificates are being issued to people who are fully vaccinated as well as those have already contracted the virus and developed antibodies and others who have had a PCR test within the last 72 hours.
World May 31 In post-pandemic Europe, migrants will face digital fortress The European Union has poured 3 billion euros into security tech research following the refugee crisis in 2015-16, when more than 1 million people — many escaping wars in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan — fled to Greece and on to…