Europe

New UK aircraft carrier to set sail for Asia next month

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LONDON — A fleet of British warships and military aircraft billed as the “largest concentration of maritime and air power to leave the U.K....

German held after racist attack on Syrian caught on video

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<p>BERLIN &mdash; A 39-year-old German man has been arrested in connection with a racist attack on a teenage refugee in the eastern city of...

2 German soldiers die after truck crashes into convoy

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BERLIN — Two German soldiers died early Monday after a tractor-trailer crashed into the vehicle they were driving in on a highway near Berlin. ...

Germany, China to increase cooperation on climate change

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<p>BERLIN &mdash; Germany and China agreed Monday to step up their cooperation in combating climate change in an effort to help keep global temperatures...

EU finalizing plans to allow US tourists back this summer

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BRUSSELS — The European Union is finalizing plans to allow tourists from the United States to travel to the 27-nation bloc this summer, officials...

France’s Macron presses Putin over Navalny, Ukraine

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PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron urged Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday to cool tensions with Ukraine, and expressed “grave concern” about the...

France reopens schools as virus patients numbers peak

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<p>PARIS &mdash; Nursery and primary schools reopened on Monday across France after a three-week closure in the first step out of the country's partial...

Packed parks, lurking virus? Worries mount as Italy reopens

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MILAN — Italy’s gradual reopening on Monday after six months of rotating virus lockdowns is satisfying no one: Too cautious for some, too hasty...

Ukrainian president hopes for meeting with Putin

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<p>KYIV, Ukraine &mdash; Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy voiced hope Monday for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to help defuse tensions in the...

UK leader denies saying 1000s of bodies better than lockdown

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LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday denied a press report which quoted him as allegedly saying he would rather see “bodies...