Ex-owners of polluting Italian steel plant convicted
MILAN — Two former owners of a troubled steel plant in southern Italy were convicted Monday of toxic pollution that prosecutors say cost hundreds...
Russia to form 20 new military units in west to counter NATO
MOSCOW — The Russian military will form 20 new units in the country's west this year to counter what it claims is a growing...
Head of defunct Russian opposition group pulled off flight
MOSCOW — The head of a Russian opposition group that announced its shutdown last week said he was pulled off an airliner and detained...
UK offers mass jabs in rugby arena to counter virus variant
LONDON — British health authorities were aiming to vaccinate 15,000 people at London’s Twickenham rugby stadium on Monday as part of a race to...
UN says bodies of 3 migrant children wash ashore in Libya
CAIRO — The bodies of three children who apparently were among Europe-bound migrants drowned in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya washed ashore in the...
Czech police call for premier’s indictment in fraud case
PRAGUE — Czech police recommended again on Monday that Prime Minister Andrej Babis should be indicted over alleged fraud involving European Union subsidies.
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18th century graveyard found at former Caribbean plantation
An 18th century burial ground has been discovered at a former sugar plantation on the Dutch Caribbean island of St. Eustatius, officials said Monday,...
In post-pandemic Europe, migrants will face digital fortress
PEPLO, Greece — As the world begins to travel again, Europe is sending migrants a loud message: Stay away!
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Germany, Slovakia arrest 2 in raids on trafficking ring
BERLIN — Two suspects were arrested in Germany and Slovakia in raids Monday on a group accused of smuggling Vietnamese into Germany and other...
Christie’s to sell Isaac Newton’s notes for greatest work
LONDON — Handwritten notes that show one of history’s greatest scientific minds in action are going up for auction in London.
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