Copernicus: March extended record-breaking heat to 10 straight months
(CN) — A record-breaking stretch of heat was extended to 10 months after March came in as the warmest ever measured globally, the European Union’s climate agency said Tuesday. In March, the global...
View ArticleRights court finds Russia abusing ethnic Georgians at borders of breakaway...
(CN) — Europe’s human rights court on Tuesday found Russia guilty of committing a wide range of crimes, including killings, while policing the boundaries of the breakaway Georgian territories of South...
View ArticleEU lawmakers tighten borders with pact on migration, asylum
(CN) — The European Parliament on Wednesday narrowly passed a contentious set of laws to tighten the EU’s borders against migrants and spread the burden of handling asylum claims across the bloc. The...
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World leaders call for restraint with Middle East on brink of regional war
(CN) — The Middle East veered dangerously toward a multi-front war on Monday after Iran launched an unprecedented missile and drone attack on Israel over the weekend in retaliation for a deadly...
View ArticleEurope’s free speech debate intensifies after Belgian police shut down...
(CN) — Belgian police on Tuesday shut down an annual conference featuring high-profile, hard-right nationalist speakers, including Hungary’s prime minister and Brexit champion Nigel Farage, in what...
View ArticleCourt chides Brussels mayor for shutting down conference of far-right leaders
(CN) — A day after a high-profile far-right conference was shut down by a Brussels mayor, the event was back on Wednesday with its attendees, including Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, making...
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Croatian elections leave pro-NATO conservatives weakened
(CN) — In a blow to the European Union and NATO’s unity over Ukraine, conservative Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković was at risk of losing his parliamentary majority after national elections on...
View ArticleTurbulent world forces EU toward new industrial push, less Green Deal
(CN) — Move over European Green Deal. It’s time for the European Industrial Deal to get behind the wheel in Brussels. At a two-day summit that ended Thursday, the European Union rolled out ideas to...
View ArticleWorld on edge after US says Israel hit Iran with limited strike
(CN) — The world anxiously watched tensions escalate in the Middle East on Friday after U.S. officials said Israel launched a limited early-morning strike against Iranian military targets. Israel’s...
View Article2023’s climate extremes battered Europe, the world’s fastest-warming continent
(CN) — The dangerous effects of climate change hit Europe hard last year, with massive flooding, record-breaking heat waves and glacier melting, dire drought conditions and its largest-ever wildfire...
View ArticleGermany’s far-right party engulfed in China, Russia scandals as European...
(CN) — Ahead of European Parliament elections in June, European politics were rocked on Tuesday after Germany’s popular far-right party, the Alternative for Germany, was accused of harboring a Chinese...
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UK passes contentious bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda
(CN) — The United Kingdom will begin sending asylum seekers to the East African nation of Rwanda within 10 to 12 weeks, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Tuesday after Parliament finally...
View ArticleSocialist Spanish chief Sánchez mulls quitting amid corruption probe of wife
(CN) — Spain’s polarized politics turned even uglier Thursday after Socialist Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said he may resign in the face of what he described as a relentless right-wing...
View ArticleTop EU court delivers blow to Meta’s tracking ads business model
(CN) — A prominent Austrian lawyer and privacy activist on Thursday won a key round in his European Union court fight to restrict the use of personal data by Facebook and other digital advertising...
View ArticleSpain’s Sánchez to remain in office amid corruption probe of wife
(CN) — Socialist Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Monday said he would remain in office, ending five days of speculation after he hinted he might resign following the opening of a corruption...
View ArticleUN top court opts against blocking German military aid to Israel
(CN) — The top court of the United Nations on Tuesday decided to let Germany continue shipping weapons to Israel, though it will carry on considering whether those shipments are enabling acts of...
View ArticleEU sends $1 billion to Lebanon to stop migrants, shore up crisis-hit country
(CN) — In its latest controversial move to block asylum-seekers, the European Union on Thursday sought to shut off another migratory route into Europe by paying crisis-racked Lebanon to keep migrant...
View ArticleCaught between Russia and the West, Georgia turns volatile as antigovernment...
(CN) — Georgia, the small former Soviet republic in the South Caucus, was racked by another night of mass protests on Friday fueled by anger over the government’s drift toward what many fear is a...
View ArticleXi visits Europe amid growing tensions with the West
(CN) — Amid a sharp worsening of relations between China and the West, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday began in earnest a divisive European trip where he faced trade and military barbs from...
View ArticlePutin sworn in as Ukraine war drifts toward possible direct conflict between...
(CN) — Inside the gilded halls of the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin was sworn in Tuesday for another six-year term against a backdrop of battlefield gains by his troops in Ukraine, a...
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