When Russia invaded Ukraine three years ago, the United States helped whip Europe into a staunchly unified response. Now U.S. leaders may be splitting Europe into pieces as President Donald Trump seeks to end the war, European leaders and policymakers say.
SEE MORESeven French families have filed a lawsuit against social media giant TikTok, accusing the platform of exposing their adolescent children to harmful content that led to two of them taking their own lives at 15, their lawyer said on Monday. The lawsuit alleges TikTok's algorithm exposed the seven teenagers to videos promoting suicide, self-harm and eating disorders, lawyer Laure Boutron-Marmion told broadcaster franceinfo.
SEE MORELONDON — In a groundbreaking civil case, the British government settled out of court Thursday with the mother of a 9-year-old girl who was the first to have “air pollution” recorded as a cause on her death certificate. Environment Minister Emma Hardy met with the family and apologized on the behalf of the government, although she did not offer any new policy commitments.
SEE MOREUnited Nations report released Thursday said that nothing short of a “quantum leap in ambition” will suffice at a time when the world is on course to blow past all targets for limiting warming.
SEE MOREKAZAN, Russia — Russian President Vladimir Putin cut a confident figure as he took the stage Thursday to give a closing news conference with hundreds members of the foreign press — a rare event since his invasion of Ukraine — to conclude a three-day summit designed to show the world that Russia is not a global pariah.
SEE MOREIsraeli forces pounding targets in northern Gaza and Lebanon despite U.S. objections, Secretary of State Antony Blinken embarked Monday for the Middle East to try to bring about a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas amid signs of Washington’s limited influence over Israeli policy.
SEE MOREThe warning appeared online last week in Arabic beneath pictures of U.S. warplanes: “Do not take up arms against the United States or its partners,” it said, noting that America “will protect its partners in the face of threats from the Iranian regime and its proxies.”
SEE MOREChinese government-backed hackers have penetrated deep into U.S. internet service providers in recent months to spy on their users, according to people familiar with the ongoing American response and private security researchers.
SEE MOREThe United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on former Haitian president Michel Martelly, accusing him of abusing “his influence to facilitate drug trafficking” and of sponsoring several of the gangs.
SEE MOREDivers were searching Tuesday for six passengers missing after their yacht sank in a ferocious storm off the northern coast of Sicily.
SEE MORElsraeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip and southern Lebanon killed at least 25 civilians Saturday, according to Lebanese and Palestinian health authorities, as the United States and allies were racing to conclude delicate cease-fire negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
SEE MOREInitially,During more than 19 months in power, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government has dramatically expanded Israel’s footprint in the occupied West Bank — accelerating a long-term campaign by the country’s settler movement to thwart the creation of a Palestinian state.
SEE MORE