France to impose entry restrictions on travelers from India
PARIS — France will impose new entry restrictions on travelers from India to fight a contagious coronavirus variant spreading in that country, an official...
Greece to reopen tourism services on May 15
<p>ATHENS, Greece — Greece's prime minister says the country's tourism industry will open on May 15 when a ban on travel between different regions...
Pandemic ‘exposed’ UK households’ finances, report finds
LONDON — Households in Britain, especially poorer ones, are far more likely to have suffered a severe income shock during the coronavirus pandemic over...
Facebook says it halts hackers tied to Palestinian security
JERUSALEM — Facebook said Wednesday it has broken up a hacker network used by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' intelligence service in an attempt to...
EU reaches major climate deal ahead of Biden climate summit
BRUSSELS — The European Union reached a tentative climate deal that should make the 27-nation bloc climate-neutral by 2050, with member states and parliament...
Cyprus president in Athens before Geneva talks
<p>ATHENS, Greece — The president of the ethnically divided island nation of Cyprus met with Greece’s prime minister on Wednesday before informal talks to...
Germany vows to boost cycling as part of climate effort
BERLIN — Germany, home to the Autobahn and a powerful motor industry, wants its citizens to spend less time driving and more time cycling...
Senior UN migration official visits migrant camps in Bosnia
<p>BIHAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina — A senior U.N. migration official visiting Bosnia on Wednesday called for an end to abuse against migrants and refugees trying to...
First batch of COVID vaccines lands in opposition-held Syria
IDLIB, Syria — Syria's last rebel-held enclave received its first batch of COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday, with a refrigerated truck offloading over 50,000 of...
Suspect linked to 2016 Nice attack arrested in Italy
ROME — Italian media say a 28-year-old Albanian wanted in connection with a 2016 truck attack in the French city of Nice that killed...