Europe
Prime minister says Greece back on road to economic recovery
Thessaloniki, Sep 9 (AP/UNB) — Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras painted an optimistic vision Saturday night of a Greece that has emerged from eight years of financial austerity imposed by creditors and is on the road to economic recovery.
Global marches seek urgent action on climate change
Paris, Sep 9 (AP/UNB) — More than 18,000 people marched Saturday in Paris as part of an international mobilization to show popular support for urgent measures to combat climate change in advance of a San Francisco summit.
EU says no breakthrough in Serbia, Kosovo talks
Presevo, Sep 7 (AP/UNB) — The European Union's top diplomat says she's concluded separate talks with the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo but that there has been no breakthrough in normalizing their strained relations.
UK charges 2 Russians in absentia in nerve agent attack
London, Sep 5 (AP/UNB) — Britain deepened its diplomatic feud with Moscow on Wednesday, charging two men it says are Russian military intelligence officers with the nerve-agent poisoning of Sergei Skripal, a double agent who betrayed the service by spying for the West.
Romania: mayor urges powerful party leader to resign
Bucharest, Sep 5 (AP/UNB) — The mayor of Bucharest has launched an attack on the powerful leader of Romania's ruling party, saying he should resign for the good of "the party and country."
Body of 1 person found after boats crash on Colorado River
Moabi Regional Park, Sep 4 (AP/UNB) — The body of a California woman who was among four people missing after two boats collided on the Colorado River was found Monday, authorities said.
Phone ban at school: French children forced to hang up
Paris, Sep 3 (AP/UNB) — French children who are going back to school Monday after summer vacation will have to do so without their mobile phones.
Dutch terror threat level stays at 4 of 5
Amsterdam, Sep 2 (AP/UNB) — The Netherlands' counter-terror chief says the country's threat level will remain at four on a scale that tops out at five following a double stabbing at the city's main railway station that officials say had a "terrorist motive."
UK prime minister says no, again, to second Brexit vote
London, Sep 2 (AP/UNB) — Britain's prime minister has again spoken out against calls for a second referendum on Britain's decision to split with the European Union.
Russians rally against change in pension age
Moscow, Sep 2 (AP/UNB) — Russians are holding rallies throughout the country to protest a government plan to raise the age for receiving state pensions.