Police at nerve center in The Hague share Euro 2020 intel
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Policing a 24-team soccer tournament in 11 cities scattered across 10 countries was always going to be tough even before...
Biden to lay out vax donations, urge world leaders to join
MAWGAN PORTH, England — One year ago, the U.S. was the deadliest hotspot of the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing the cancellation of the Group of...
Met Opera $31M in black in 2019-20 as pandemic starts
The Metropolitan Opera showed a tax return revealing it is $31 million in the black during the fiscal year that ended last July 31,...
N. Carolina Senate considers banning Down syndrome abortions
RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina senators are set to consider a proposal Tuesday that would bar women from getting abortions on the basis of...
EU lawmakers OK virus pass, boosting summer travel hopes
BRUSSELS — European Union lawmakers on Wednesday endorsed a new travel certificate that will allow people to move between European countries without having to...
Biden moves to restore clean-water safeguards ended by Trump
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration began legal action Wednesday to repeal a Trump-era rule that ended federal protections for hundreds of thousands of small...
UK court rules government acted unlawfully in contract award
LONDON — Britain's High Court ruled Wednesday that the U.K. government acted unlawfully in awarding a contract to a company run by friends of...
EU court annuls approval of aid for German airline Condor
BERLIN — A top European Union court on Wednesday annulled the EU's approval of 550 million euros ($670 million) in state aid for German...
Report claims Russian agents tailed journalist who fell ill
MOSCOW — The investigative organization Bellingcat claimed Wednesday that Russian agents who had tailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny before his poisoning also shadowed a...
France is back: Borders reopen to American tourists, others
PARIS — After “a very bad year,” Paris tour operator Marc Vernhet sees a ray of light with the promised return of tourists from...