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Copenhagen, Denmark — Pollution, habitat degradation, climate change and overuse of freshwater resources are putting a strain on Europe, with only...

Britain to allow drones to inspect power lines, wind turbines

10/15/2024 Newsmaker

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london — Britain’s aviation regulator said Tuesday that it would allow drones to inspect infrastructure such as power lines and wind...

German secret services alarmed by Russian threat

10/14/2024 Newsmaker

berlin — Increased acts of espionage and sabotage, possible direct military confrontation with NATO as early as 2030: German secret services...

Death toll in Bosnia’s floods reaches 26

10/14/2024 Newsmaker

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — The death toll from this month’s devastating floods and landslides in Bosnia has reached 26 people, while rescue...

Italy sends 1st migrant ship to Albania, rights groups warn of ‘dangerous precedent’

10/14/2024 Newsmaker

ROME — Italy is transferring the first group of migrants to Albania, the Interior Ministry said Monday, as part of a...

Paris Motor Show opens during brewing EV trade war between EU, China

10/14/2024 Newsmaker

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Paris — The Auto manufacturers competing to persuade drivers to go electric are rolling out cheaper, more tech-rich models at the...

Polish leader Tusk defends decision to suspend asylum law

10/14/2024 Newsmaker

Warsaw — Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Monday defended a plan to temporarily suspend the right to asylum as human...

EU targets Iran officials, airlines for supplying drones, missiles to Russia

10/14/2024 Newsmaker

BRUSSELS — The European Union on Monday imposed sanctions on Iran’s deputy defense minister, senior members of its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard...

French citizen convicted in Russia of collecting military information gets 3 years in prison

10/14/2024 Newsmaker

Moscow — A Russian court on Monday convicted a French citizen of collecting military information and sentenced him to three years...

With lessons from Ukraine, Syria uses Russian suicide drones on rebels

10/14/2024 Newsmaker

Syrian rebels are facing a new threat: suicide drones. Rebels say the Syrian government and Russian forces have hit military...

Pro-European President Maia Sandu: a force for change in Moldova

10/14/2024 Newsmaker

Chisinau, Moldova — For many Moldovans, President Maia Sandu has become a symbol of change as she seeks to chart a...

Russia says it seized village in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region

10/14/2024 Newsmaker

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International Wine Organization calls for ‘sustainable development’ of vines

10/14/2024 Newsmaker

dijon, France — The International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV), a sort of “U.N. of wine” which brings together experts...

Time with horses is helping some Ukrainian kids deal with war

10/14/2024 Newsmaker

Since May 2024, heavy fighting has been going on near the village of Hlyboke, some 30 kilometers from Kharkiv, and...

Iceland government collapses, new election set for November

10/14/2024 Newsmaker

Reykjavik, Iceland — Iceland’s three-party coalition government collapsed Sunday over disagreements on policy issues, Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson said, with new...

Lithuania’s center-left opposition says it will try to form government

10/13/2024 Newsmaker

VILNIUS/PANEVEZYS, Lithuania — Lithuania’s center-left opposition Social Democrats (SD) will attempt to form a majority coalition government together with two other...