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How Russia’s grab of Crimea 10 years ago led to war with Ukraine and rising tensions with the West
A decade ago, President Vladimir Putin seized Crimea from Ukraine, a bold land grab that set the stage for Russia to invade its neighbor in 2022.
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Putin hails electoral victory that was preordained, after harshly suppressing opposition voices
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Commenting on Navalny’s death for first time, Putin says he supported prisoner swap for his foe
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In Germany, the far right is on the rise again. How did it happen?
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The European Union announces an $8 billion aid package for Egypt as concerns mount over migration
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Iceland’s latest volcanic eruption is decreasing in power, and defenses are holding
Lava from a volcanic eruption in Iceland is flowing toward defenses around the town of Grindavik. So far they have held the molten rock back from the evacuated community.
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Wales’ first Black leader is a testament to Britain’s political diversity, but racism persists
Vaughan Gething’s election as the next leader of Wales marks a milestone: For the first time, none of the U.K.’s four main governments is led by a white man.
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Boston celebrates St. Patrick’s Day; Biden holds White House brunch with Irish leader
While some American cities celebrated St. Patrick’s Day a day early, others, including Boston, one of the most Irish cities in the country, kicked off parades and festivities on Sunday.
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Officials in Moldova’s breakaway Transnistria blame Ukrainian drone strike after military site blast
A drone strike at a military installation in Moldova’s breakaway republic of Transnistria has destroyed a helicopter and ignited a fire.
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Prominent European far-right figure prevented from speaking at an event in Switzerland
A prominent European far-right figure has been prevented from giving a speech at an event in Switzerland and thrown out of the region where it was taking place.
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Russia says Ukraine launched far-ranging drone attacks on final day of Russia’s presidential vote
Russia says Ukraine has launched a new wave of attacks as Russians cast ballots on the final day of a presidential vote set to extend President Vladimir Putin’s rule for another six years.
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Putin basks in electoral victory that was never in doubt even as Russians quietly protest
Russian President Vladimir Putin is basking in a victory that was never in doubt, as partial election results showed him easily securing a fifth term after facing only token challengers and harshly suppressing opposition voices.
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Latvia starts criminal proceedings against an EU Parliament lawmaker suspected of spying for Russia
Media reports in Latvia say that the country’s state security service has started criminal proceedings against an European Parliament lawmaker and a citizen of the Baltic country who is suspected of cooperating with Russian intelligence and security services.
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Bulgarians line the streets of the capital to bid farewell to Orthodox Patriarch Neophyte
Bulgarians have lined the streets of Sofia to bid farewell to the late Orthodox Patriarch Neophyte. The spiritual leader of Bulgaria’s Orthodox Christians died on Wednesday at the age of 78 after a long illness.
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Wales will get its first Black leader after Vaughan Gething wins a Welsh Labour Party contest
Vaughan Gething has won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest and is set to become the first Black leader of Wales’ semi-autonomous government.
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German railway operator resumes talks with train drivers’ union in a long dispute
A union representing many German train drivers and the main national railway operator have resumed negotiations in a bitter dispute over working hours and pay.
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Russia says Ukrainian shelling killed 2 in a border city while it thwarted an incursion
A Russian regional governor says two people have been killed in Ukrainian shelling of the city of Belgorod, close to the border with Ukraine. Three others were wounded.
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Thousands rally in Slovakia to condemn a government plan to overhaul public broadcasting
Thousands Slovaks have rallied in the capital to condemn a plan by the new government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to overhaul the country’s public broadcasting amid a wave of anti-government protests.
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As the rumble of tractor protests grows, the EU offers more environmental concessions to farmers
The European Union’s executive arm has proposed weakening even more climate and environmental measures in the bloc’s latest set of concessions to farmers apparently bent on continuing disruptive tractor protests until the June EU elections.
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Serbian prosecutors charge 10 for stealing 43,000 state decorations of honor
Serbian prosecutors say that 10 people are facing charges for stealing as many as 43,000 state decorations of honor from a government building.
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European charity ship rescues 135 migrants but is assigned to distant port in Italy with 359 aboard
The European charity ship Ocean Viking says it has rescued another 135 migrants, including a pregnant woman and eight children, from a double-decker boat in Maltese search-and-rescue waters.
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An AP photographer on what motivates her as a woman in her profession
Andreea Alexandru, a photographer with The Associated Press based in Bucharest, Romania, still faces comments from family members that her job is not one for a woman.
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Bulgarians pay their last respects to the late Orthodox patriarch
Thousands of Orthodox Christians from across Bulgaria have flocked to Sofia’s Alexander Nevski Cathedral to pay their respects to their late spiritual leader, Patriarch Neophyte, who passed away on Wednesday.
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Russian missiles kill at least 16 people in the latest strike on southern Ukraine’s Odesa
A Russian missile attack blasted homes in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa, followed by a second missile that targeted first responders who arrived at the scene.
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A trove from Pattie Boyd’s life with George Harrison and Eric Clapton is up for sale at Christie’s
Pattie Boyd was at the epicenter of the Swinging 60s, but not always the center of attention. The model and photographer was often in the shadow of her rock icon husbands George Harrison and Eric Clapton.
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Hungary’s Orbán rails against the EU and ‘the Western world’ in a speech on a national holiday
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has sought to mobilize support for his brand of right-wing populism, urging his supporters in a speech to help him “occupy Brussels” in European Union elections this summer.
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Former prime minister Kaczyński says Poland needed spyware but he wasn’t interested in the details
Former Polish prime minister Jarosław Kaczyński has told a special parliamentary committee that he believes Poland needed advanced spyware but he wasn’t interested in how or against whom it was used.
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A migrant boat sinks off the Turkish coast, killing at least 22 people
An official says a rubber dinghy carrying migrants has sunk off Turkey’s northern Aegean coast, leaving at least 22 people dead. Gov.
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German greenhouse gas emissions dropped sharply last year, raising hopes of meeting 2030 target
Official data shows Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions dropped by one-tenth last year as renewable energy grew in importance, the use of coal and gas diminished and economic pressures weighed on businesses and consumers.
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UN-backed human rights experts decry new evidence of torture of Ukrainian POWs by Russia
U.N.-backed human rights experts say they have gathered new evidence of “horrific” torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war by their Russian jailers, saying such practices could amount to war crimes.
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Germany, France and Poland vow to procure more weapons for Ukraine in a show of unity
Germany, France and Poland are vowing to procure more weapons for Kyiv and step up production of military equipment along with partners in Ukraine.
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AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa
March 8–14, 2024
An Honor Guard gives a little girl flowers on International Women’s Day in St. Petersburg, Russia, and women wear masks during a Women’s Day protest in Madrid, Spain.
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Russia forces Ukrainians in occupied territories to take its passports – and fight in its army
Russia has successfully imposed its passports on nearly the entire population of occupied Ukraine by making it impossible to survive without them, coercing hundreds of thousands of people into citizenship.
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Polish Catholics get a new leader as the church struggles to reckon with sexual abuse
The leaders of Poland’s influential Catholic Church have chosen moderate Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda to be their new principal, at a time when the church is struggling to reckon with the abuse of minors by some Polish clergy.
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US official says Kosovo’s ban on dinar use may spark a ‘humanitarian issue’ for ethnic Serbs
A senior U.S. official has said he was “very concerned” that Kosovo’s decision to ban the use of Serbian dinar in the north could cause “an emerging humanitarian issue” for the ethnic Serb minority.
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Madrid judge hears arguments for and against Super League
A Madrid judge has heard arguments for and against the Super League. The hearing comes less than three months after the European Union’s top court said UEFA and FIFA acted unlawfully to block the rebel competition.
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A young Belarusian woman who died after attack in Warsaw is laid to rest
A young Belarusian woman who died after being attacked and raped in central Warsaw has been laid to rest.
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Nearly 500 victims of church sex abuse in France have received financial compensation
An independent French body in charge of a reparation program for victims of child sexual abuse by priests or church representatives says that nearly 500 people have so far received financial compensations from France’s Catholic Church.
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Survivors of Mediterranean rescue say about 60 people died on the trip from Libya, aid group reports
A humanitarian rescue group says survivors aboard a deflating rubber dinghy rescued in the central Mediterranean Sea have reported that some 60 people who departed Libya with them more than a week ago perished during the journey.
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Europe asks Google, Facebook, TikTok and other platforms how they’re reducing generative AI risks
European Union regulators are ratcheting up scrutiny of big tech companies including Google, Facebook and TikTok by looking into how they’re dealing with risks from generative artificial intelligence, such as the viral spread of deepfakes.
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