France’s government sounded the alarm Monday about the growing risk of forest fires because of climate change, as hundreds of firefighters in the country’s parched south wrestled with their biggest woodland-destroying blaze so far this year. The fire erupted Sunday and burned
Finland’s President Sauli Niinistö on Thursday warned that the country’s new status as a NATO member “doesn’t solve every problem,” and said Helsinki should not let down its guard on security issues. “We still bear the main responsibility for our own security.
The German government dismissed calls Wednesday for a last-minute delay in shutting down the country’s last three nuclear power plants this weekend. Opposition politicians and even some members of the Free Democrats, a libertarian party that’s part of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s governing
Italy’s deputy prime minister criticized the country’s Data Protection Authority for implementing an immediate ban on AI chatbot ChatGPT over privacy concerns. “I find the decision of the Privacy Watchdog that forced #ChatGPT to prevent access from Italy disproportionate,” Matteo Salvini, leader
Police made the largest-ever cocaine seizure in Norway when they discovered 1,760 pounds of the drug in boxes of fruit in Oslo, officials said. Norwegian news agency NTB said late Thursday that the drugs were found this week following a tipoff from
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad replaced several Cabinet ministers Wednesday amid a sharp increase in prices and worsening economic conditions during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, state media reported. The state news agency said Assad replaced the ministers of oil, internal trade,
A group of Swiss retirees took their government to a top European court Wednesday over what they claim is its failure to take stronger action on climate change. Lawyers and members of the group Senior Women for Climate Protection appeared before the
Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca has made the controversial decision to officially employ an artificial intelligence assistant to help inform him of what voters want for the future of the country. This decision has been met with mixed reactions, with some applauding
Israeli lawmakers on Tuesday repealed a 2005 act that saw four Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank dismantled at the same time as Israeli forces withdraw from the Gaza Strip. The development could pave the way for an official return to
A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid Somalia’s longest drought on record last year and half of them likely were children under 5 years old. It is the first official death toll announced in the drought withering large parts