6 European nations report virus cases with Italy link
BERLIN (AP) — Six European countries announced cases of COVID-19 disease Tuesday in people who had recently traveled fro...
Ludwig of Germany, Cauce of Latvia win World Cup luge races
Johannes Ludwig of Germany was the men’s winner and Eliza Cauce of Latvia got her first women’s World Cup luge win Satur...
US, others pull out of Luge World Cup, citing safety
The U.S. has pulled its entire team out of this weekend’s series of World Cup luge races in Winterberg, Germany, while a...
Gut-Behrami ends 2-year wait for win in a World Cup downhill
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Lara Gut-Behrami won a World Cup downhill race on Friday for her first victory in more...
EU agrees to end Med anti-smuggler mission off Libya
BRUSSELS — European Union foreign ministers agreed Monday to end Operation Sophia, the bloc’s naval mission in the Mediterranean Sea, and launch a new...
Ferocious storm in Europe kills 8, causes travel disruptions
BERLIN — Ferocious winds, with gusts over 200 kph (125 mph), lashed Corsica and whipped up a forest fire that flared overnight on the French Mediterra...
Suter wins 1st super-G, month after maiden downhill triumph
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany — Corinne Suter got her first win in a women’s World Cup super-G on Sunday, a month after winning her first downhill.
Germany, Austria at odds on European financial trade tax
BERLIN — Germany and Austria are at odds over plans for a new tax on financial transactions, raising more questions about the chances of the levy beco...
Austria’s Greens clear final hurdle for government with Kurz
BERLIN — Members of Austria's Green party voted Saturday to join a new government led by conservative former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, clearing the f...
Ski star Shiffrin goes the extra step to help teammate
LIENZ, Austria — Even when she has just nailed a first run, Mikaela Shiffrin is not only thinking about getting the victory.
Shiffrin will skip World Cup races in France to rest, train
VAL D'ISERE, France — Mikaela Shiffrin is starting her Christmas racing break early by skipping a World Cup meeting in France this weekend.
EU court boost for activist in Facebook data transfer fight
LONDON — EU regulators must block tech companies from transferring data outside the bloc in cases in which privacy rules are broken, an advisor to the...
The Beat goes on: Feuz defends downhill Birds of Prey title
BEAVER CREEK, Colo. — For a second straight year, weather forced the relocation of the downhill start to a lower spot on the hill.
Odermatt takes Beaver Creek super-G for 1st World Cup win
BEAVER CREEK, Colo. — Swiss racer Marco Odermatt has broken Austria’s grip on the Birds of Prey super-G.
Art show seeks the ‘real Moscow’ in grim suburbs
MOSCOW — As sleet falls on a cold November day, communist-era apartment blocks dominating Moscow’s suburban skyline look bleak and forbidding. But it’...
Bosnian war survivors protest Peter Handke’s Nobel prize win
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Several dozen survivors of Bosnia's 1992-95 war have protested in Sarajevo, urging the Nobel Committee to reverse its d...