PARIS, France - President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday sought to breathe new life into his final term with a promise for a "stronger and fairer" France, at a rare news conference peppered with a string of announcements aimed at forging greater civic responsibility and security. With over three years...
OTTAWA, Canada - The Canadian government unveiled Tuesday restrictions on research funding to prevent the sharing with China, Iran and Russia of advanced technologies developed by Canadian universities, citing national security concerns. It also published a long list of sensitive research it does...
ATKINSON, United States - Donald Trump steamrolled toward New Hampshire Tuesday after his crushing win in Iowa cemented him as the likely Republican presidential nominee -- stopping on the way for a defamation trial that underscores how the road to November's election remains in uncharte d...
NEW YORK, United States - Donald Trump went straight from his victory in the Republican Iowa caucuses to a New York courtroom Tuesday for the start of a defamation trial brought by writer E. Jean Carroll after an earlier jury found he had sexually assaulted her in the 1990s. Alina Habba, lawyer of...
PARIS, France - France will deliver to Ukraine a new batch of around 40 SCALP long-range cruise missiles as well as hundreds of bombs as Kyiv fights the Russian invasion, President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday. Macron told reporters at a news conference that Europe's priority must be to "not let...
MONTPELLIER, France - A French court on Tuesday sentenced a man to 30 years in jail for the murder of his partner, after her body was found in 2021 buried under a concrete slab in their home. Samire Lymani, 41, had reported Aurelie Vaquier, 38, missing on February 23 that year, around a month after...
KYIV, Ukraine - At least 16 people were injured in a Russian rocket strike on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Tuesday evening, the regional governor said. In a post on social media, Governor Oleg Synegubov said Russian strikes hit residential buildings in the city centre, injuring at least 16,...
WASHINGTON, United States - US President Joe Biden has invited Congressional leaders for talks Wednesday on continuing "critical" aid for Ukraine, the White House said, as concerns mount over Western support against Russia. Washington's military assistance for Ukraine has dried up, with Republicans...
LONDON, United Kingdom - A 31-year-old man has been charged in connection with an alleged plot to disrupt the London Stock Exchange, police said on Monday. London's Metropolitan Police said Sean Middleborough, from Liverpool, is accused of conspiracy to cause public nuisance. Five other people...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The EU plans to be carbon neutral by 2050, but to get there it needs to pass two decadal milestones -- each implying massive adaptation by industry and consumers. The first of those has already been set: achieving at least a 55 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - European Union economy commissioner Paolo Gentiloni on Monday warned that violence in the Red Sea sparked by Huthi attacks on shipping could push up energy prices and inflation in the bloc. This US Navy handout photo taken on April 29, 2015 shows the USS Laboon (DDG-58)...
BERLIN, Germany - Thousands of angry farmers descended on Berlin with their tractors and loudly booed a government minister on Monday, rounding off a week of nationwide protests against plans to roll back tax breaks for agriculture. A demonstrator wears a sticker on his jacket reading: "Too...
