Europe

FILE PHOTO: Pope Leo XIV looks on during a meeting promoted by the Dicastery for the Clergy in Rome, Italy, June 26, 2025.
Pope Leo on Saturday named a French archbishop to lead the Vatican's commission on clergy sexual abuse, his first public move to confront an issue that has damaged the global Church's credibility.
People swim in the River Seine at the Bras Marie site, opened to swimmers marking the first public bathing session in the capital's historic waterway, in Paris, France, July 5, 2025.
Parisians swam in the Seine on Saturday as authorities opened the river to public swimming for the first time since 1923, after a major cleanup ahead of its use in last year’s Paris Olympics.
FILE PHOTO: A banner depicting an European Union flag is reflected in a window outside the EU Council headquarters in Brussels, Belgium March 18, 2025.
The EU plans to stockpile critical minerals as a precaution against potential supply disruptions due to geopolitical tension, the Financial Times reported on Saturday, citing a draft.
FILE PHOTO: British Foreign Secretary David Lammy talks during a meeting with Cyprus Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos at the Foreign Ministry in Nicosia, Cyprus, July 4, 2025.
Britain said it had restored diplomatic relations with Syria after the country's years-long civil war, as Foreign Minister David Lammy visited Damascus, pledging £94.5 million in support.
FILE PHOTO: A Reform UK party poster is seen outside a house ahead of the forthcoming Runcorn and Helsby parliamentary by-election in Frodsham, Britain, April 25, 2025.
Reform UK lawmaker James McMurdock stepped down from the party pending the outcome of an investigation into allegations about his business conduct, the party said on Saturday.
FILE PHOTO: People cross the street in Rome Italy, August 29, 2019.
The number of Italians leaving the country and foreigners arriving has soared to the highest level in a decade, fueling national concerns over brain drain, the economy, and immigration.
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