France swelters under a heat wave as fire crews guard smoldering vineyards
PARIS — A blistering heatwave gripped southwest France on Monday, sending thermometers soaring to 43 degrees Celsius (109.4…
Ukrainian drone strike kills 1 in Russia ahead of the Trump-Putin summit
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian drone attack killed one person and wounded two others in a region…
Artist drowns sculpture in plastic waste in front of the UN during plastic pollution treaty talks
GENEVA (AP) — As nations began a second week of negotiations Monday for a global accord to end…
Trump’s trade tactics stir concerns about US-China relations
WASHINGTON (AP) — China, the adversary. China, the friend? These days, maybe a bit of both. From easing…
NATO to coordinate regular and large-scale arm deliveries to Ukraine. Most will be bought in the US
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO has started coordinating regular deliveries of large weapons packages to Ukraine after the Netherlands…
3 elves cycle from German town to Finland’s Santa Claus Village
Three postal workers have set off on a nearly 3000-kilometer bicycle journey from St. Nikolaus, Germany, to the…
‘Weapons’ horror film scores a box office victory
LOS ANGELES — It’s August, and horror and humor came to play. In a month that’s long been…
France’s top court strikes down pesticide clause in farming law
PARIS (AP) — France’s highest court on Thursday blocked a key part of a contentious farming law that…
US adults are stressed about grocery costs
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Russia ends its self-imposed moratorium on intermediate-range missiles
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has declared that it no longer considers itself bound by a self-imposed moratorium on…