When Czechoslovaks cracked jokes in the face of Soviet tanks
AFP | Even when Soviet tanks invaded their country on August 21, 1968, to wipe out a pro-democracy movement, Czechoslovaks managed to maintain their unique...
European countries reach deal to share Aquarius migrants
AFP| Five European countries on Tuesday offered to take in the 141 migrants marooned on board the Aquarius rescue vessel after it was given permission...
France to set penalties on non-recycled plastic
AFP | France plans to introduce a penalty system next year that would increase the costs of consumer goods with packaging made of non-recycled plastic,...
Cows help rehabilitate prisoners in Sweden
AFP | It's barely 6:00 am and Alfred is already busy milking cows. But when his chores on the farm are done, he won't be...
Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia claimed over 400 lives
AFP | The day that Soviet-led armies rolled into communist Czechoslovakia to put an end to a pro-democracy movement changed Milan Tesar's life. "I saw...
Ten ways climate change can make wildfires worse
AFP | As out-of-control wildfires ravage large swathes of Portugal, Spain and northern California, AFP talked to scientists about the ways in which global warming...
Theresa May, Prince William commemorate ‘Entente Cordiale’ in Amiens
FP | Britain's Prince William and Prime Minister Theresa May took part in commemorations Wednesday marking the centenary of the Battle of Amiens, which heralded...
Portuguese wildfires encircle Algarve resort town
AFP | Hundreds of Portuguese firefighters and soldiers battled ferocious forest fires that threatened to engulf an Algarve resort town Tuesday as meteorologists warned of...
Iraq sentences two Europeans to life for IS membership
AFP | An Iraqi court on Monday sentenced a French man and a German woman to life in prison in the latest punishments handed down...
Spanish paedophile jailed in Germany for ‘buying’ boy online
AFP | A German court on Monday jailed a Spanish man for 10 years for repeatedly sexually abusing a young boy whose mother and stepfather...
European losers in new Iranian sanctions game
AFP | US President Donald Trump's decision to pull the United States out of the 2015 nuclear accord with Iran and reimpose a raft of...
WWII vintage plane crashes into Swiss mountainside, 20 dead
AFP | Twenty people died when a vintage World War II aircraft crashed into a Swiss mountain at the weekend, police said Sunday, as an...