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France suffers 1,000 additional deaths in just the past week amid record heat wave—and 85% involved people aged 65 and above

France suffers 1,000 additional deaths in just the past week amid record heat wave—and 85% involved people aged 65 and above

By Kirsten Grieshaber, John Leicester and The Associated PressJune 28, 2026

It’s so hot in Germany the Autobahn literally burst open at the seams and had to be closed down

By Kirsten Grieshaber, Sylvia Hui, John Leicester and The Associated PressJune 27, 2026

IEA

Europe has (maybe) 6 weeks of jet fuel left, IEA chief says. It reminds him of the ’80s band Dire Straits

By John Leicester and The Associated PressApril 16, 2026

strait

First, Iran and Hormuz, second, China and Taiwan? The dangerous implications of a tollbooth on the open sea

By David McHugh, John Leicester and The Associated PressApril 9, 2026

trump

Trump has to choose between ‘suicidal or dangerous’ choices on Iran’s Strait of Hormuz

By John Leicester and The Associated PressMarch 11, 2026

louvre

France exhales as Louvre director finally resigns after stolen jewels, burst pipe near Mona Lisa, $11.8 million ticket fraud scandal

By Thomas Adamson, John Leicester and The Associated PressFebruary 24, 2026

macron

‘You can’t have fun if you don’t drink alcohol in France’: Paris wine show tackles a teetotal era

By John Leicester and The Associated PressFebruary 12, 2026

powell

The shortest flight path for a nuclear missile between China or Russia and the United States goes directly over Greenland

By John Leicester and The Associated PressJanuary 22, 2026

trump, macron

European leaders’ text messages to Trump reveal a very different tone than their Greenland saber-rattling

By John Leicester and The Associated PressJanuary 20, 2026

trump

Major U.S. allies in western Europe warn of ‘dangerous downward spiral’ as Trump threatens tariffs over his lust for Greenland

By Stefanie Dazio, John Leicester, Lorne Cook and The Associated PressJanuary 18, 2026

zelensky

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan endangered by his launch of a new war in the western hemisphere, saber rattling over Greeland

By John Leicester, Sylvie Corbet and The Associated PressJanuary 6, 2026

Eurostar

Travelers from London to Paris stranded as power problems, stuck train shut down Channel Tunnel

By Alex Turnbull, John Leicester and The Associated PressDecember 30, 2025

Emmanuel Macron

French government collapses again as Macron loses yet another prime minister

By John Leicester and The Associated PressOctober 7, 2025

Sails are making a triumphant comeback as cargo shipping looks to slash its huge carbon footprint with the power of wind

Sails are making a triumphant comeback as cargo shipping looks to slash its huge carbon footprint with the power of wind

By John Leicester and The Associated PressDecember 4, 2024

Sail-powered cargo ships make comeback to dent shipping’s huge carbon footprint

Sail-powered cargo ships make comeback to dent shipping’s huge carbon footprint

By John Leicester and The Associated PressDecember 2, 2024

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By Preston ForeJune 27, 2026

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