Europe
Low water levels hamper shipping in Germany’s Rhine River as heat wave continues
A heat wave in western Europe has lowered water levels on Germany’s Rhine River, hampering shipping and raising freight costs for cargo ...Major turnout as Budapest Pride defies Orban’s ban in Hungary
By Blaise GAUQUELIN AFP With rainbow flags flying high, tens of thousands of people began marching Saturday for the Budapest Pride parade, ...Russian drone strike kills 2, wounds 14 in Ukraine’s Odesa
Two people were killed and at least 14 wounded when a Russian drone smashed into a residential high-rise in Ukraine’s Black Sea ...Belarus opposition leader’s husband Sergei Tikhanovsky freed from prison
By Yuras Karmanau and Joanna Kozlowska, Associated Press Belarus has freed Siarhei Tsikhanouski, a key dissident figure and the husband of exiled opposition ...Putin says ‘the whole of Ukraine is ours’ – in theory
By Guy Faulconbridge and Vladimir Soldatkin Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin quipped on Friday that in his view the whole of Ukraine ...Russia attacks Kyiv with waves of drones, missiles
Waves of Russian drones and missiles struck districts across the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Tuesday, damaging an apartment building, sparking fires ...Tens of thousands protest in Netherlands over Israel’s actions in Gaza
Tens of thousands of protesters, including families with children, gathered in the Netherlands on Sunday to oppose Israel’s siege of Gaza and ...Ukraine repatriates another 1,200 soldiers’ bodies from Russia
Ukraine said on Friday it had received the bodies of 1,200 Ukrainian soldiers killed in the war with Russia as part of ...Russia and Ukraine exchange prisoners of war
By Aleksandar Vasovic Reuters Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners of war under the age of 25 on Monday in emotional homecoming scenes, ...Low turnout thwarts Italian referendums, deals blow to opposition
By Angelo Amante and Alvise Armellini Reuters Low voter turnout on Monday sank Italian opposition referendum proposals to ease citizenship laws and tighten job ...














