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Norway to provide $242 million to strengthen Ukrainian navy
COPENHAGEN - Norway said on Monday it would provide 2.7 billion crowns ($242 million) to strengthen the Ukrainian navy and help it deter...
Dec 17, 20241 min read
Leader of Russia's Chechnya says he is ready to ensure wheat supplies to Syria if necessary
MOSCOW - Chechnya's Kremlin-backed leader Ramzan Kadyrov has said he is ready to step in if necessary and ensure that Syria gets the...
Dec 17, 20242 min read
Explainer-Which German coalition plans will still be implemented?
BERLIN - Germany's political parties haven't agreed on much since Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition collapsed in November, but some laws...
Dec 17, 20243 min read
Greece to scrap some bank fees for retail customers, parliament approves budget
ATHENS - Greece will scrap bank fees and charges for some retail transactions as part of measures to help households cope with a...
Dec 17, 20241 min read
Pope Francis, in Corsica, warns against religion that stokes divisions
AJACCIO, France - Pope Francis urged Catholic priests on Sunday to guard against spiritual groups that stoke political divisions,...
Dec 17, 20242 min read
Soccer-Celtic edge Rangers in shootout to lift League Cup after thriller
GLASGOW, Scotland - Celtic won the Scottish League Cup with a 5-4 shootout triumph over Rangers after a thrilling final ended 3-3...
Dec 17, 20241 min read
Lawmakers in Georgia elect hardline critic of West as new president
TBILISI - Georgian lawmakers elected Mikheil Kavelashvili, a hardline critic of the West, as president on Saturday, setting him up to...
Dec 15, 20243 min read
Exclusive-Russia pulling back but not out of Syria, sources say
TARTOUS, Syria - Russia is pulling back its military from the front lines in northern Syria and from posts in the Alawite Mountains but...
Dec 15, 20243 min read
Russian cargo plane departs Syria for Libya, more flights expected, official says
LATAKIA, Syria -A Russian cargo plane departed from Russia's air base in the Syrian port city of Latakia for Libya on Saturday, a Syrian...
Dec 15, 20241 min read
Analysis-Macron has a new prime minister but the same old problems
PARIS - When veteran centrist Francois Bayrou, France's new prime minister, was education minister in the 1990s, his plan to increase...
Dec 15, 20243 min read
Switzerland plans revamp of Cold War-era nuclear bunker network
GOLLION, Switzerland - Switzerland wants to update its network of ageing nuclear shelters, which are increasingly seen as an asset at a...
Dec 13, 20242 min read
Russian forces advance towards strategic city of Pokrovsk in Ukraine's east
MOSCOW - Russian forces are just 1.5 km (1 mile) outside the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk after Russian units pushed up from the south,...
Dec 13, 20242 min read
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