Europe

Biden met Dutch leader about restricting China's access to cutting edge micro chips

4:27pm January 17, 2023

by John Ruwitch

President Biden met Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Tuesday, as the administration lobbies the Netherlands to join tough restrictions on China's ability to acquire microchips and equipment.

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Foreign businesses in Ukraine, such as Uber, look ahead to a post-war Ukraine

8:14am January 17, 2023

by Tim Mak

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi visited Ukraine to imagine how the company might eventually operate after peace is established, and the economic opportunities that might create.

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholtz accepts his defense minister's resignation

5:09am January 17, 2023

The resignation of Germany's defense minister has renewed the debate on the country's lackluster support of Ukraine in the war with Russia.

Europeans accuse Putin of weaponizing energy but a mild winter has helped

5:09am January 17, 2023

by Eleanor Beardsley

Predictions of rolling blackouts across Europe this month have not come to pass — so far. It's not only because of the mild winter.

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Germany's defense minister resigns after missteps during her short term

6:39pm January 16, 2023

by Rob Schmitz

The resignation of Germany's defense minister is shining a spotlight on what many see as the country's lackluster support of Ukraine.

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France's new far right

6:39pm January 16, 2023

by Eleanor Beardsley

For decades, France's far right party has been led by a Le Pen: first father, then daughter. Marine Le Pen's replacement hails from a younger generation, and party supporters hope he attracts voters.

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Flowers lay on the seat of a children's swing just outside the apartment building.

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Amid the rubble in Dnipro, Ukraine, a frantic search grows increasingly desperate

4:45pm January 16, 2023

Rescuers have been racing to find survivors at an apartment complex attacked by Russian forces on Saturday. At least 40 people were killed, and more than 25 others are missing and feared dead.

Then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street, in London, in May 2022. Johnson has signed a deal to write a memoir of his tumultuous time in office.

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Boris Johnson lands a deal to write memoir of his turbulent time as prime minister

2:49pm January 16, 2023

by The Associated Press

It will be a prime ministerial memoir "like no other," publisher HarperCollins said. The former U.K. leader's time in office began with a vow to "get Brexit done" and ended in scandal and resignation.

Romanian officials are backdropped by a luxury vehicle which was seized in a case against media influencer Andrew Tate on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023.

Andrew Tate's cars and watches, worth $4 million, are confiscated by Romanian police

12:28pm January 16, 2023

by Emily Olson

Romanian authorities hauled away a $3.9 million trove of luxury cars, watches and cash as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation involving into the self-styled male dominance influencer.

Christine Lambrecht rides in a tank during her visit to Tank Training Brigade 9 in Munster, Germany, Feb. 7, 2022.

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Germany's defense minister steps down after a string of widely criticized missteps

11:42am January 16, 2023

by The Associated Press

Christine Lambrecht said "media focus on my person" had clouded the debate about Germany's security policy. Her exit comes as Berlin faces mounting pressure to step up military aid to Ukraine.