Tag: Europe
Get the party started! Live audience for Eurovision final
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...
National teams wait on NBA stars for Olympic qualifier games
MIES, Switzerland — With the NBA playoffs starting Saturday, national team coaches are watching and waiting to get star players back for last-minute qualification...
Activists blockade McDonald’s distribution centers in UK
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...
Defending champ Finland beats US 2-1 in world championship
RIGA, Latvia — Jussi Olkinuora made 29 saves, Iiro Pakarinen and Atte Ohtamaa scored and defending champion Finland beat the United States 2-1 on...
UN envoy: Failure to get rid of Libya mercenaries a threat
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. special envoy for Libya warned the Security Council on Friday that progress on the key issue of withdrawing mercenaries...
Food, shelter, beatings: Border city divided over migrants
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...
World Athletics approves 23 Russians to compete as neutrals
MONACO — World Athletics has declared 23 Russian track and field athletes eligible to compete under a neutral flag ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.
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Verstappen tops 3rd practice for Monaco GP before qualifying
MONACO — Red Bull driver Max Verstappen posted the fastest time in the third and final practice for the Monaco Grand Prix ahead of...
Romania’s biggest Catholic service offers faith, vaccines
MIERCUREA CIUC, Romania — More than 35,000 Roman Catholic pilgrims congregated Saturday at an open-air shrine in Romania for a centuries-old procession that was...
Firefighters battle flames at Poland’s largest lignite mine
WARSAW, Poland — Firefighters in central Poland say 13 units are fighting flames that have engulfed a conveyer belt at Poland’s largest brown coal...