Europe

Italy declares state of emergency after deadly island landslide

  Casamicciola Terme, Italy | AFP) by Martina UCCI, Sonia LOGRE Italy declared a state of emergency on the southern…

Nurses join other striking UK staff in two December walkouts

by Joe JACKSON Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Nurses across most of Britain will next month hold the…

Nestle pours $1.8 billion into business in Saudi Arabia

ZURICH, Switzerland (AFP) - Swiss food giant Nestle said Thursday it will pour seven billion riyals ($1.8 billion) into Saudi Arabia…

UK clamps down on Chinese surveillance cameras

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- UK government departments were ordered Thursday to stop installing Chinese-made surveillance cameras at "sensitive sites",…

Journalists have much to lose if Twitter dies

PARIS, France (AFP) - Few will lose as much as journalists if Twitter dies, having grown reliant on its endless sources…

US announces $400 mn in security assistance for Ukraine

ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT, Undefined (AFP) - The United States announced Wednesday a new $400 million aid package to…

Ukraine’s Zelensky to address urgent UN meeting on Russian strikes

UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will address an urgent UN Security Council meeting Wednesday on Russian…

Gucci parts ways with star designer Michele

PARIS, France (AFP) - Italian designer Alessandro Michele on Wednesday left Gucci, where he has overseen a surge in sales at…

Russia, declared ‘terror’ state by EU lawmakers, batters Ukraine grid

by Ania TSOUKANOVA with Max DELANY in Strasbourg Agence France-Presse KYIV, Ukraine (AFP)  -- Fresh Russian strikes battered Ukraine’s already…

Air pollution killed 238,000 Europeans prematurely in 2020: EEA

Copenhagen, Denmark (AFP) Fine particle air pollution led to 238,000 premature deaths in the European Union in 2020, the bloc's…

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