11+ hour, 5+ min ago  (851+ words) PARIS - Adieu Didier. Bonjour Zinedine? Coach Didier Deschamps takes charge of his last game for France on Saturday (July 18) when Les Bleus face England at the World Cup in Miami. The winner gets third place, an anti-climactic award brought about…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (567+ words) KYIV, Ukraine — Hundreds of protesters gathered in downtown Kyiv on Thursday (July 16) after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy moved to dismiss his defence minister, as parliament appointed a new prime minister as part of a major government reshuffle. Ukraine's parliament approved…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1204+ words) KYIV, Ukraine — Russia unleashed waves of missiles and drones at Ukraine early Monday (July 6), killing at least 22 people in attacks that exposed widening gaps in the country's air defences more than four years into Moscow's full-scale invasion, authorities said. All…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (232+ words) KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched waves of missiles and drones targeting Kyiv early Monday (July 6) that killed at least 10 people, authorities said, hours after Ukraine's president warned that another large-scale attack was imminent. Another 46 were injured, according to local officials, as…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (888+ words) ROME — US President Donald Trump's attacks on Italy's premier have had an unintended consequence. After Trump questioned Italy's reliability as a wartime ally and claimed Giorgia Meloni had grovelled for his attention, European leaders rallied to Meloni's side, thawing what…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (657+ words) HONG KONG/SYDNEY — Asian airlines that gained passengers and charged higher fares on European routes after the start of the Iran conflict are seeing those advantages erode as Gulf carriers restore flights and offer lower ticket prices, industry data shows....

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (851+ words) MONACO — An explosion at an apartment building entrance in Monaco reportedly wounded a Ukrainian tycoon with ties to Russia and two other people, the chief prosecutor in the exclusive Mediterranean country said Tuesday (June 30). A search was underway for a…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (488+ words) BASEL, Switzerland — City fountains became impromptu rehearsal spaces this weekend as yodellers at a festival in Basel, Switzerland, squeezed in last-minute practice while cooling off during Europe's June heat wave. At one fountain, a folk band dipped their toes in…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (281+ words) PARIS — France's Senate passed a revised version of a bill on Monday (June 29) aimed at curbing online fast-fashion retailers such as Shein, Temu, which is owned by PDD Holdings, and AliExpress, after more than two years of debate and discussion…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (222+ words) A mysterious vigilante in Mexico, dubbed the 'Batman of Lagos de Moreno', has reportedly thwarted the criminal activities of several motorbike thieves in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco, according to Mexico Daily Post last Friday (June 26). It all started on June…...