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Europe's leaders congratulate Trump, amid worries over trade, Ukraine
PARIS - European leaders congratulated Donald Trump on Wednesday on his U.S. presidential election victory, saying they were ready to...
Nov 6, 20243 min read


NATO's Rutte congratulates Trump, says allies spending more on defence
BRUSSELS - NATO chief Mark Rutte congratulated Donald Trump on Wednesday for being elected president of the United States, and emphasised...
Nov 6, 20241 min read


Soccer-Spain's first transgender soccer team makes debut in regional men's league
SANT FELIU DE LLOBREGAT, Spain - A soccer team consisting entirely of transgender men has made its debut in a regional league in Spain,...
Oct 5, 20242 min read


EU presses ahead with Chinese EV tariffs after divided vote
BRUSSELS - The European Union will press ahead with hefty tariffs on China-made electric vehicles, the EU executive said on Friday, even...
Oct 5, 20244 min read


New NATO chief Rutte reaffirms support for Ukraine on Kyiv trip
KYIV - NATO chief Mark Rutte told Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy "your security matters for ours" on Thursday during his first...
Oct 4, 20242 min read


UK cedes Chagos Island sovereignty to Mauritius, retains Diego Garcia airbase
LONDON/PORT LOUIS - Britain said on Thursday it would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal it said secured the...
Oct 4, 20243 min read


China's support to Russia should have implications, new NATO chief says
BRUSSELS - New NATO secretary general Mark Rutte said on Tuesday that China had become a decisive enabler of Russia's war in Ukraine....
Oct 1, 20241 min read


Putin's nuclear talk shouldn't stop NATO backing Ukraine, Stoltenberg says
BRUSSELS - NATO members should not be deterred from giving more military aid to Ukraine by Vladimir Putin's "reckless Russian nuclear...
Oct 1, 20242 min read


Analysis-Mark Rutte's NATO mission: rally West, reassure East, help Ukraine
BRUSSELS/AMSTERDAM - - NATO's next boss, Mark Rutte, will need all the coalition-building skills he honed as Dutch prime minister to hold...
Oct 1, 20243 min read


Austria's rightward shift puts immigration in crosshairs
VIENNA - Picknicking with friends in the park after prayers at a Vienna mosque, Saima Arab, a 20-year-old pedicurist originally from...
Oct 1, 20243 min read


Factbox-Austria election: An overview of political parties' immigration policies
Austria's far-right Freedom Party won on Sunday a parliamentary election for the first time after a campaign that leant heavily into...
Oct 1, 20243 min read


Far right wins Austria election, boosting European right-wing surge
VIENNA - Austrian voters handed a first-ever general election victory to the far-right Freedom Party on Sunday, preliminary results...
Oct 1, 20243 min read
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