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Poland's huge air hub plan to go ahead, says PM
WARSAW - Poland will go ahead with plans conceived by the previous government to build a huge air hub in the centre of the country, but...
Jun 27, 20242 min read


EU countries agree sanctions on Belarus to plug 'biggest loophole' in Russian measures
BRUSSELS - European Union countries agreed a sanctions package against Belarus on Wednesday, EU diplomats and Belgium said, to try to...
Jun 27, 20241 min read


Bank of Italy signals potentially illegal transfers from Italian accounts to Russia in 2023
MILAN - The Bank of Italy reported potentially illegal bank transfers last year from Italian accounts to Russia, channelled through...
Jun 27, 20241 min read


Italy's Meloni says EU top jobs deal ignores voters' wishes
ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni criticised on Wednesday plans to share out the top jobs in EU institutions, saying they...
Jun 27, 20242 min read


French PM refuses to 'promise the moon', clashes with far-right in debate
PARIS -French prime minister Gabriel Attal accused his far-right and leftwing political opponents of "promising the moon" in a three-way...
Jun 27, 20242 min read


French Jews caught between extremes in polarising snap election
PARIS - As French Jews, Maury and Alain Fischler feel trapped between equally unpalatable extremes as France rushes into a snap election...
Jun 27, 20243 min read


Factbox-Key party figures to know in the French election campaign
PARIS - France is the closest it has been to having a far-right government since World War Two, with the anti-immigrant National Rally...
Jun 26, 20244 min read


US swim great Phelps tells Congress that Olympic anti-doping efforts fall short
WASHINGTON - U.S. swimming great Michael Phelps told a congressional panel on Tuesday that anti-doping measures "have fallen short" in a...
Jun 26, 20243 min read


Ukraine starts EU membership talks in midst of war
BRUSSELS -The European Union opened membership talks with Ukraine on Tuesday, giving the country a political boost in the midst of its...
Jun 26, 20242 min read


Soccer-Age is but a number for Euro 2024's oldest volunteer
LEIPZIG, Germany - Luka Modric is the tournament's oldest goalscorer and Cristiano Ronaldo has now played at six European Championships...
Jun 26, 20241 min read


Ukraine inches closer to EU dream after decade of war
KYIV - A veteran of Ukraine's 2014 revolution who is now fighting Russian forces, Yehor Sobolev knows the price of Kyiv's decade-long...
Jun 26, 20243 min read


French alliance seeks to counter voter apathy, turn a Paris suburb leftward
LE PLESSIS-TREVISE, France - In a racially mixed suburb of Paris, left-wing parliamentary candidate Adel Amara campaigned door-to-door...
Jun 26, 20243 min read
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