Europe

EXPLAINER: Why ‘world’s pharmacy’ India is short on shots

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NEW DELHI — Last year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the United Nations his country would make enough COVID-19 vaccines “to help all...

Migrants with children sleep rough in Bosnia border village

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BOSANSKA BOJNA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Dozens of migrant families with small children have been sleeping rough in a village by Bosnia’s border with Croatia while...

1 killed, 4 wounded in Amsterdam stabbings; suspect arrested

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AMSTERDAM — One person was killed and four were injured in a stabbing late Friday night in Amsterdam and police said they arrested a...

Austria, Slovenia, Czech Republic want North Macedonia in EU

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SKOPJE, North Macedonia — The foreign ministers of Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovenia voiced unanimous support Saturday for North Macedonia and Albania to...

Cardinal Pell eyes a Vatican scandal he suspected long ago

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ROME — Cardinal George Pell is enjoying his first Roman spring since being exonerated of sex abuse charges in his native Australia: He receives...

Get the party started! Live audience for Eurovision final

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ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — After more than a week of rehearsals, two semifinals and 53,000 COVID-19 tests for fans, staff and performers, the Eurovision Song...

Activists blockade McDonald’s distribution centers in UK

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LONDON — Animal rights protesters are blockading four McDonald's distribution centres in the U.K. in an attempt to get the burger chain to commit...

Food, shelter, beatings: Border city divided over migrants

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CEUTA, Spain — Residents of Spain's multi-ethnic city of Ceuta are used to being in the news every time the fragile alliance between Spain...

Firefighters battle flames at Poland’s largest lignite mine

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WARSAW, Poland — Firefighters in central Poland say 13 units are fighting flames that have engulfed a conveyer belt at Poland’s largest brown coal...

UN envoy: Failure to get rid of Libya mercenaries a threat

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UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. special envoy for Libya warned the Security Council on Friday that progress on the key issue of withdrawing mercenaries...