Europe

EU chided for not ensuring improved social rights at summit

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<p>PORTO, Portugal &mdash; Hardship felt during the COVID-19 pandemic has spurred European Union leaders to add muscle to the bloc's safeguards for its 450...

Carbon emissions from energy dropped 10% in the EU last year

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BRUSSELS — Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion dropped 10% in the European Union last year amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to estimates...

UK to offer under-40s alternative to AstraZeneca shot

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<p>LONDON &mdash; People under 40 in Britain will not be given the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine if another shot is available because of a link...

EU chided for not ensuring improved social rights at summit

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PORTO, Portugal — Hardship felt during the COVID-19 pandemic has spurred European Union leaders to add muscle to the bloc's safeguards for its 450...

EU says patent waiver idea misses point of vaccine shortage

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<p>PORTO, Portugal &mdash; European Union leaders said Friday that the most pressing impediments to COVID-19 vaccine supplies are not intellectual property rights but export...

High-level talks resume on returning US to Iran nuclear deal

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VIENNA — World powers began a fourth round of high-level talks in Austria aimed at bringing the United States back into the nuclear deal...

London high-rise blaze raises new concerns about cladding

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<p>LONDON &mdash; Fire broke out Friday in a London apartment tower which has cladding similar to that used on another housing block in the...

EU says patent waiver idea misses point of vaccine shortage

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PORTO, Portugal — European Union leaders said Friday that the most pressing impediments to COVID-19 vaccine supplies are not intellectual property rights but export...

Ukraine says 2 soldiers killed in east amid Russia tensions

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<p>KYIV, Ukraine &mdash; The Ukrainian military said Friday two soldiers were killed and another was wounded under fire from Russia-backed separatist rebels in the...

Police from 3 EU nations to join Slovenia border control

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LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — Slovenia's government on Friday said that police officers from three other European nations will help patrol the border with Croatia that...