Europe

Olympic Flame Lands in Rome, Sparking 12,000-km Torch Relay

The Olympic flame for Milan Cortina 2026 arrived in Rome, initiating a nationwide torch relay across Italy. The flame, carried in a lantern and flown on an ITA Airways...

Alert: EU Reparations Loan To Ukraine Sparks Belgian Backlash

In a move that could reshape how Europe finances war recovery, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen...

EU energy shakeup Hungary challenges; Brussels phaseout Russian energy

Europe is bracing for a new and potentially volatile energy confrontation as Hungary signals it will challenge the...

Breaking: Trans-Caspian Corridor Upgrades Trigger EU Trade Shakeup

At the Tashkent Investors Forum, officials laid out a bold, multi-year plan: new rail alignments threading the Trans-Caspian...

Stoppard Passes Away at 88, British Theatre Faces Irreparable Loss

Tom Stoppard, widely regarded as one of the most influential dramatists of his generation, has died at the...

Sardinia’s Secret Cash Rush to Fill Empty Villages

In March 2024, Bianca Fontana traveled from Australia to Sardinia for what she thought would be a short three-week visit. That trip ended with...

Pumas Star Aims to Upset England at Allianz Stadium

From the shadow of the Andes to the shadow of the Allianz Stadium, a distance of about 7,000 miles, Rodrigo Isgro’s journey reads like...

Germany fines JPMorgan for serious anti money laundering failures

Germany’s financial regulator BaFin has fined JPMorgan's Frankfurt subsidiary €45 million for anti-money-laundering failings, marking the largest penalty BaFin has ever handed to a...

Louvre Security Debacle Exposes Hidden Risks Behind Lavish Renovations

The latest French audit of the Louvre reads like a warning siren: successive directors steered scarce resources toward prestige-addled renovations rather than practical security...

Hazard: Narco-submarine intercept shocks Iberian drug corridor

Portugal’s coast just hosted a dramatic demonstration of how far drug-smuggling networks will go to reach Europe. A narco-submarine, loaded with a massive cocaine...

Where do Paris attack memories haunt survivors a decade later?

The tenth anniversary of the Paris attacks casts a familiar shadow: time can heal, yet trauma lingers in the same breath as public ritual....