Tractors at the Arc de Triomphe and France against a free trade agreement with Mercosur
French farmers have blocked roads leading to Paris in protest, prompting France to vote against a free trade agreement that the European Union…
Category: World
US withdraws from major international entities, saying membership is no longer in national interest
US President Donald Trump has withdrawn the country from dozens of major international organizations, including many that work on climate issues, BBC reports….
Italy: Meloni’s party activists beaten; PM condemns political hatred
After four members of the youth wing of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s Fratelli d’Italia party were beaten, the prime minister condemned what…
Talks in Paris on ending the war; meanwhile Ukraine’s southeast plunges into darkness after strikes
Russian strikes have left the southeastern regions of Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia almost completely without electricity, the BBC reports. Russia has recently stepped up…
French judge: Sanctions on French justice system would be unacceptable interference
The US is reportedly planning to sanction representatives of the French justice system, and Paris court judge Peimane Ghaleh-Marzban has warned that such…
Russian propaganda machine corrects Wikipedia entries; Estonians try to fight back
The English-language pages of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia are being regularly edited to present Estonian history in a light friendly to supporters of…
Western Europe in snow and cold; Amsterdam airport running out of de-icing fluid
The first major storm of the year has hit Europe’s Atlantic coast, and it is expected to bring more snow and ice, Reuters…
US monitors Russian tanker; Moscow sends naval ships to guard it
Russia has sent naval ships to guard an oil tanker after it was reported that US forces were tracking it in the Atlantic…
US pledges support for security guarantees for Ukraine in Paris
US representatives, meeting in Paris with members of the Coalition of Willing, have pledged to provide Ukraine with security guarantees, which would also…
