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EU elections could shape future of European support for Ukraine 

EU elections could shape future of European support for Ukraine 

Citizens of 27 European Union countries are choosing new representatives starting Thursday. The voting could shape the state of democracy...

What is D-Day

What is D-Day

Thursday marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day landings on June 6, 1944, in Normandy by troops from the United States,...

Biden on D-Day: West won’t abandon Ukraine 

Biden on D-Day: West won’t abandon Ukraine 

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, FRANCE — U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday marked the solemnity of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landing of...

US pediatrician aids Ukraine’s traumatized children

US pediatrician aids Ukraine’s traumatized children

The war in Ukraine has left much of the population traumatized in some way. Children can have a rough time. That’s why US pediatrician and activist Irwin Redlener founded...

Trade union says UK’s Rwanda deportation policy makes officials break law

Trade union says UK’s Rwanda deportation policy makes officials break law

LONDON — Government officials would be acting unlawfully by implementing Britain’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda in breach of...

In Photos: D-Day 80th anniversary

In Photos: D-Day 80th anniversary

‘Unfailing gratitude’: Western leaders remember D-Day under Ukraine shadow

‘Unfailing gratitude’: Western leaders remember D-Day under Ukraine shadow

Omaha Beach, France — Western leaders Thursday on the beaches of northern France marked 80 years since the D-Day landings to...

Russia says Ukrainian drone attack hit oil refinery

Russia says Ukrainian drone attack hit oil refinery

Negotiator discusses the pathways of gaining release of wrongfully detained Americans

Negotiator discusses the pathways of gaining release of wrongfully detained Americans

Costs of World War II, Ukraine war fuse as Allies remember D-Day without Russia

Costs of World War II, Ukraine war fuse as Allies remember D-Day without Russia

UTAH BEACH, France — As the sun sets on the D-Day generation, it will rise again Thursday over the Normandy beaches...

Putin says Russia could use nuclear weapons if it is threatened

Putin says Russia could use nuclear weapons if it is threatened

Novo Nordisk braces for generic challenge to Ozempic, Wegovy in China

Novo Nordisk braces for generic challenge to Ozempic, Wegovy in China

SHANGHAI, China — Novo Nordisk is facing the prospect of intensifying competition in the promising Chinese market, where drugmakers are developing...

Turkish arms industry gains greater role in supporting Ukraine

Turkish arms industry gains greater role in supporting Ukraine

Turkey is supplying weapons to Ukraine as Kyiv works to resolve its ammunition shortage. A Turkish weapons manufacturer is teaming...

Poland launches investigation into Russian, Belarusian political influence

Poland launches investigation into Russian, Belarusian political influence

Slovak prime minister says he forgives his attacker

Slovak prime minister says he forgives his attacker

Refugees, migrants risk lives on dangerous routes from Africa to Europe

Refugees, migrants risk lives on dangerous routes from Africa to Europe

GENEVA — Every year, many of the hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants from sub-Saharan Africa seeking asylum or jobs...

European Union braces for foreign disinformation as voters head to polls 

European Union braces for foreign disinformation as voters head to polls 

Brussels, Belgium — Voters in the European Union are set to elect lawmakers starting Thursday for the bloc’s parliament, in a...

Biden, with France visit, looks to past and future of global conflicts 

Biden, with France visit, looks to past and future of global conflicts 

The White House; Paris — U.S. President Joe Biden landed Wednesday in France to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy...

Amanda Knox re-convicted of slander in Italy for accusing innocent man in roommate’s 2007 murder

Amanda Knox re-convicted of slander in Italy for accusing innocent man in roommate’s 2007 murder

FLORENCE — An Italian court re-convicted Amanda Knox of slander on Wednesday, even after she was exonerated in the brutal 2007...

NASA tries for third time Wednesday to launch first crewed flight of Boeing Starliner spacecraft to ISS

NASA tries for third time Wednesday to launch first crewed flight of Boeing Starliner spacecraft to ISS

Treasury: the West should stop China from supplying Russia’s war machine

Treasury: the West should stop China from supplying Russia’s war machine

Ukraine reports destroying 22 Russian drones

Ukraine reports destroying 22 Russian drones