Europe

Ukraine scrambling for clarity as U.S. downplays halt to arms shipments

By Agence France-Presse On Wednesday, July 2, U.S. officials downplayed a White House announcement that Washington was pausing some weapons shipments to Ukraine, after the war-battered country was caught off-guard and appealed...

UN aid meeting seeks end to Global South debt crisis

By Agence France-Presse More than 100 nations attending a UN aid conference pledged this week to help defuse the ticking time bomb of developing countries' ballooning debt, but deciding how is proving...

UN chief urges aid surge in world of ‘climate chaos, conflicts’

By Agence France-Presse UN chief Antonio Guterres urged the world to "rev up the engine of development" at an aid conference in Spain on Monday, June 30, as U.S.-led cuts jeopardize the...

Southern Europe roasts as temperatures soar

By Agence France-Presse A punishing heatwave gripped southern Europe on Monday, June 30, prompting authorities to issue health and wildfire warnings as temperatures are expected to soar again. France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain...

Putin tells Trump Russia is ready for next round of Ukraine talks

By Agence France-Presse By Agence France-Presse In a statement on Saturday, June 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin told his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump that Moscow was ready to hold a fresh round of...

Greenland ice melted much faster than average in May heatwave: scientists

By Agence France-Presse Greenland's ice sheet melted 17 times faster than the past average during a May heatwave that also hit Iceland, the scientific network World Weather Attribution (WWA) said in a...

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