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Environment
Brutal heatwave in France is killing 2,000 people per week, undertakers are overwhelmed, and health agency says there’s worse to come
By John Leicester and The Associated PressJuly 3, 2026
France suffers 1,000 additional deaths in just the past week amid record heat wave—and 85% involved people aged 65 and above
Europe
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
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Europe
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
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Energy
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
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Energy
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
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Energy
Trump has to choose between ‘suicidal or dangerous’ choices on Iran’s Strait of Hormuz
By John Leicester and The Associated PressMarch 11, 2026
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Europe
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
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Europe
‘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
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North America
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
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Europe
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
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Europe
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
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Politics
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
Europe
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
Europe
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
Environment
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
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Cybersecurity
OpenAI says its AI models secretly broke out of a secure test environment and hacked into AI company Hugging Face in order to cheat on an evaluationplaceholder alt text
By Jeremy Kahn and Emily ForliniJuly 21, 2026
Success
Mark Cuban says he has the solution to growing income inequality, and it's to reward every employee—from CEO to janitor—with company stockplaceholder alt text
By Sasha RogelbergJuly 20, 2026
AI
Mathematicians grapple with a ‘very rapid and very unsettling change’ as AI cracks yet another century-old problemplaceholder alt text
By Eva RoytburgJuly 21, 2026
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