Europe

World economy faces more pain in 2023 after a gloomy year

PARIS, France (AFP) - This was supposed to be the comeback year for the world economy following the Covid pandemic. Instead, 2022…

Poland to receive Patriot missiles from Germany

Warsaw, Poland (AFP) -- Poland's Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak on Tuesday said the EU member would accept Patriot missiles from…

US says has not ‘enabled’ Ukraine strikes inside Russia

by Stanislav DOSHCHITSYN Agence France-Presse KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) -- The United States said Tuesday it hadn't "enabled" Ukraine to carry…

Zelensky, Ukraine’s comic turned war-time leader

KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) - Dark circles under his eyes, his beard closely cropped and dressed ubiquitously in khaki, President Volodymyr Zelensky…

Invasion of Ukraine revives nuclear warfare nightmare

by Cecile FEUILLATRE Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Banished from public consciousness for decades, the nightmare of nuclear warfare…

Ukraine races to restore power grid post-Russia strikes as winter comes

  KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) -- Ukraine worked to restore power on Tuesday after Russia's latest wave of missile strikes caused…

Pres. Putin visits Crimea bridge after October blast

Moscow, Russia (AFP) President Vladimir Putin on Monday visited a bridge that links Moscow-annexed Crimea to the Russian mainland weeks…

Armageddon to wet lettuce: The phrases that defined 2022

Paris, France (AFP) A year of extraordinary upheaval, from the war in Ukraine to catastrophic natural disasters, AFP looks at…

Russian President Putin briefed about airfield incidents: Kremlin

Moscow, Russia (AFP)  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday was briefed about incidents at airfields in the central Saratov and…

Russia says oil price cap will not stop Ukraine offensive

Moscow, Russia (AFP) Russia shrugged off a Western-imposed price cap on its oil exports on Monday, warning that it would…

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