France’s parliament approves emergency bill to prevent government shutdown
PARIS (AP) — France’s fractured parliament approved an emergency bill Tuesday designed to prevent a U.S.-style government shutdown…
Great Thunberg arrested in London during hunger-strike
LONDON (AP) — Greta Thunberg was arrested in central London on Tuesday while supporting pro-Palestinian activists who are…
Sudan’s prime minister takes his peace plan to the UN, but US urges humanitarian truce now
UNITED NATIONS — Sudan’s prime minister on Monday proposed a wide-ranging peace initiative to end a nearly 1,000-day…
Proposed changes to thalidomide survivors’ support program cause concern
The drug for pregnant women left more than 100 Canadians with a lifetime of disabilities. A decade after…
France will build a new aircraft carrier as it increases defense spending
PARIS — France will build a new aircraft carrier with a capacity for 30 fighter jets and 2,000…
Russia says talks on US peace plan for Ukraine ‘are proceeding constructively’
FILE – Russian Presidential foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov, left, U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, center,…
Artist’s battlefield collection captures the lived experience of Ukraine’s resistance to invasion
KYIV, Ukraine — Maxim Kilderov works among reminders of death — scorched metal, torn fabric, and the personal…
Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit will likely need lung transplant, palace confirms
Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit will likely need a lung transplant, the country’s royal household has announced. The 52-year-old’s…
Some animals have evolved extreme ways to sleep in precarious environments
Every animal with a brain needs sleep — and even a few without a brain do, too. Humans…
Lion and bear kept as pets in Albania find new homes in German wildlife sanctuaries
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A lion and bear rescued from captivity in northern Albania arrived in animal sanctuaries…