World Oct 07 EU summit struggles to form gas price cap plan European Union leaders are struggling to bridge significant differences over a natural gas price cap as winter approaches and Russia's war on Ukraine fuels an energy crisis.
World Aug 12 Unprecedented European drought dries up rivers, kills fish, shrivels crops An unprecedented drought is afflicting nearly half of Europe. It is damaging agriculture, forcing water restrictions, causing wildfires and threatening aquatic species.
World Aug 11 Amid severe drought in Europe, wildfires spread and fish die off More than 1,000 firefighters in France are struggling to contain a huge wildfire burning through pine forests.
World Aug 03 French lawmakers approve $20.3 billion package to help with rising prices French lawmakers have approved a 20 billion-euro ($20.3-billion) package of measures to help struggling households cope with rising energy and food prices.
World Jun 30 Secretary-General Stoltenberg vows to guard ‘every inch of NATO territory’ as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues Jens Stoltenberg said NATO had a "core responsibility" to stop the conflict in Ukraine spreading, by making clear it would "protect every inch of NATO territory."…
World Jun 29 NATO says Russia is ‘most significant and direct threat’ to members, security But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy chided NATO for not embracing his embattled country more fully and asked for more weapons to defeat Moscow's forces.
World Jun 20 French election emboldens far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, undercuts Macron Le Pen's National Rally party didn't win the two rounds of voting in the parliamentary election that ended Sunday. But it secured more than 10 times the seats it won five years ago.
World Jun 16 European leaders visit Kyiv to denounce Russian invasion in show of support for Ukraine Four European leaders are visiting Ukraine, denouncing the brutality of the Russian invasion in a high-profile show of support amid Kyiv's fears that Western resolve to help the embattled country could wane as the war grinds on…
World Jun 12 Macron’s centrist alliance expected to hold parliamentary majority Projections based on partial election results showed that at the national level, Macron’s party and its allies got about 25-26% of the vote. That made them neck-in-neck with a new leftist coalition composed of hard-left, Socialists and Green party supporters.
World Jun 06 Gen. Mark Milley says the U.S. will keep providing ‘significant’ support to Ukraine Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says the United States and allied countries will keep providing "significant" support to Ukraine, out of respect for the legacy of D-Day soldiers.