Europe

Milan tower block goes up in flames

MILAN, Italy (AFP) -- Fire ripped through a 20-storey residential building in Milan, northern Italy, on Sunday, leaving rescue workers…

Greek police fire tear gas as 7,000 protest vaccine rules

ATHENS, Greece (AFP) -- Around 7,000 people protested in Athens on Sunday against a new rule obliging health workers to…

160,000 protest in France against Covid rules

PARIS, France (AFP) -- A total of 160,000 people protested across France on Saturday, the interior ministry said, angered at…

Macron to attend Baghdad summit amid fears over IS

by Laurence Benhamou BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- French President Emmanuel Macron is among leaders set to attend a regional summit…

New Zealand’s Ardern defends virus elimination policy

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern defended her "Covid zero" elimination strategy Thursday amid fears…

France seeks to evacuate ‘several hundred’ more from Kabul: Macron

DUBLIN, Ireland (AFP) -- France is still seeking to evacuate hundreds more people from Afghanistan ahead of a looming deadline,…

Spain working to evacuate ‘as many as possible’ from Afghanistan: PM

MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Thursday condemned the deadly attack outside Kabul airport and said…

WHO experts say urgent search for Covid origins ‘stalled’

by Natalie HANDEL PARIS, France (AFP) -- The search for the origins of the Covid pandemic that has killed millions…

G7 demands Taliban ‘guarantee’ safe passage from Kabul after Aug 31

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- The Taliban must "guarantee" safe passage for those fleeing Afghanistan beyond the current August 31…

Kabul evacuation flight arrives in Belgium

MELSBROEK, Belgium (AFP) -- A charter flight arrived at a Belgian air base outside Brussels on Monday carrying 193 people…

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