International

EU’s anti-fraud body warns against COVID-19 vaccine scams

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BRUSSELS — The EU's anti-fraud office, OLAF, is urging member states to be vigilant against scammers offering to sell fake COVID-19 vaccines as the...

In a blow to Ryanair, EU court approves state help measures

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BRUSSELS — A top court has ruled that measures introduced by France and Sweden to help some airlines weather the fallout of coronavirus restrictions...

Denmark: Man charged with planning terror attack

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<p>COPENHAGEN, Denmark &mdash; A naturalized Danish man was charged Monday with planning to commit an act of terror in an unknown location in Denmark...

Palestinians say Israel blocks shipment of vaccines to Gaza

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RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian Authority said Monday that Israel was preventing it from sending coronavirus vaccines to the Gaza Strip that are...

China steps up online controls with new rule for bloggers

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<p>TAIPEI, Taiwan &mdash; Ma Xiaolin frequently wrote about current affairs on one of China's leading microblogging sites, where he has 2 million followers. But...

US Navy seizes large cache of smuggled weapons off Somalia

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. Navy seized a large cache of weapons being smuggled by two small ships off the coast of...

Google fined $1 million for misleading French hotel rankings

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PARIS — Google has agreed to pay a fine of 1.1 million euros ($1.3 million) after French authorities concluded the search engine displayed “misleading”...

French Caribbean fights to keep pesticide case alive

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Agricultural workers who have long sought compensation for contamination from a pesticide banned in France but used in the...

Germany ekes some fun out of a quiet Carnival

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<p>DUESSELDORF, Germany &mdash; A few Carnival floats poking fun at the likes of Russian President Vladimir Putin, former U.S. President Donald Trump, German politicians...

S. Korean sexual slavery survivor wants UN court judgment

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SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean woman who was sexually enslaved by Japan’s World War II military called for the leaders of both...