UK’s Johnson seeks to rule out Brexit trade pact delay
LONDON — Buoyed by a Conservative majority in Parliament, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson signaled Tuesday he won’t soften his Brexit stance, rul...
Stocks rise on Wall Street as rally stretches to fourth day
NEW YORK — U.S. stocks rallied in morning trading on Monday, rising with European and several Asian markets after China reported surprisingly strong s...
Turkey deploys surveillance drone in northern Cyprus
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey has dispatched a surveillance and reconnaissance drone to the breakaway north of ethnically divided island nation of Cyprus am...
WWII allies, Germany mark 75 yrs since Battle of the Bulge
BASTOGNE, Belgium — Side by side, the Allies and former enemy Germany together marked the 75th anniversary of one of the most important battles in Wor...
French pension reform architect resigns as strikes drag on
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron's government suffered a blow Monday when the key architect of the pension overhaul resigned over alleged conf...
The substituted substitute: Kean humiliated by cruel call
Moise Kean trudged along the touchline, his head facing the ground and never moving, after what for many soccer players is the ultimate indignity.
Sackler-owned opioid maker pushes overdose treatment abroad
The gleaming white booth towered over the medical conference in Italy in October, advertising a new brand of antidote for opioid overdoses. “Be prepar...
Standing ovation in Milan for Domingo’s 50th anniversary
MILAN — Opera star Placido Domingo received a standing ovation for his 50th anniversary gala concert at La Scala on Sunday and returned the appreciati...
Arsenal loses to City as Spurs go 5th with win; United held
LONDON — Tottenham is enjoying a resurgence in the Premier League, while Arsenal and Manchester United are wilting.
Disappointment as marathon climate talks end with slim deal
MADRID — Marathon U.N. climate talks ended Sunday with a slim compromise that sparked widespread disappointment, after major polluters resisted calls ...
75 years on, Battle of the Bulge memories bond people
THIMISTER-CLERMONT, Belgium — As a schoolboy three quarters of a century ago, Marcel Schmetz would regularly see open trucks rumble past to a makeshif...
Anna Karina, the icon of French New Wave cinema, dies at 79
PARIS — Anna Karina, the French New Wave actress who became an icon of the cinema in the 1960s and was the muse of Jean-Luc Godard, has died. She was ...
No letup for UK lawmakers: Johnson presses ahead with Brexit
LONDON — There will be no letup for U.K. lawmakers worn out after Britain’s bruising election campaign. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to begin “...
Greta Thunberg, German railway company in tweetstorm
BERLIN — Climate activist Greta Thunberg and Germany's national railway company created a tweetstorm Sunday after she posted a photo of herself sittin...
White gold: Cyprus’ halloumi cheese entangled in politics
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Dairy farmers on Cyprus refer to halloumi as “white gold.” The salty, rubbery cheese made from goats' and sheep's milk and prized fo...
Disagreement drags UN climate talks into a 2nd extra day
MADRID — U.N. climate talks in Madrid dragged into a second day of extra time Sunday, with officials from almost 200 countries unable to break the dea...
Greta Thunberg apologizes for ‘against the wall’ comment
MADRID — Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has apologized for saying politicians should be put “against the wall” after critics took it to mean ...
Houses of worship attacked with deadly frequency in 2019
On Dec. 1, a band of assailants opened fire on worshippers at a small-town Protestant church in Burkina Faso, an impoverished West African country whe...
Johnson’s win may deliver Brexit but could risk UK’s breakup
LONDON — Leaving the European Union is not the only split British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has to worry about.
Cries of abuse in Catholic Church start to be heard in Japan
TOKYO — During Pope Francis’ recent visit to Japan, Harumi Suzuki stood where his motorcade passed by holding a sign that read: “I am a survivor.”
After UK election, Trump sees ‘harbinger’ of things to come
WASHINGTON — After a tumultuous tenure in office, a controversial candidate expanded his grip on power, surpassing a weak opponent and drawing support...
Johnson claims Brexit mandate with new conservative majority
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged Friday to heal Britain's divisions over Brexit after his gamble on early elections rewarded him with a c...
‘Simplicity is genius’: Joshua boxes smart to reclaim titles
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Anthony Joshua jumped up and down in the ring with his massive entourage, celebrating being around $70 million richer and havin...
Trump: Giuliani wants to take information to Barr, Congress
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump indicated Saturday that his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani wants to take the information he has gathered from his...
Gala evening at La Scala celebrates culture over extremism
MILAN — The gala season premiere of Puccini’s “Tosca” starring Russian soprano Anna Netrebko and conducted by Riccardo Chailly received 15 minutes of ...
Man United players targeted with racist abuse at Man City
MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United players were targeted with racist abuse and had objects thrown at them by Manchester City fans during Saturday...
French protest retirement changes, travel disruptions abound
PARIS — Paris police skirmished Saturday with yellow vest activists who joined a wave of protests against the government's overhaul of France's retire...
Protests erupt as Russia seeks closer ties with Belarus
MINSK, Belarus — The leaders of Russia and Belarus spent more than five hours Saturday in sensitive talks on deepening ties between the two allies — a...
Nobel literature winner dreams of a new narrative style
STOCKHOLM — Nobel Literature Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk says she thinks a new sort of fiction may be needed to counteract the modern era's tendency t...
Reddit bans accounts, suspects possible UK vote interference
LONDON — The prospect of Russian interference in Britain's election flared anew Saturday after the social media platform Reddit concluded that people ...