Mercedes sketches out all-electric scenario by decade’s end
FRANKFURT, Germany — Daimler AG's luxury car brand Mercedes-Benz says it is stepping up its transition to electric cars, doubling the planned share of...
EXPLAINER: What is fueling Russia’s ‘unprecedented’ fires?
MOSCOW — Thousands of wildfires engulf broad expanses of Russia each year, destroying forests and shrouding territories in acrid smoke.
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EU pledges 200 million COVID vaccine doses to poor countries
BRUSSELS — The European Union said Thursday it will donate more than 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to middle and low-income countries before...
Rights groups take French racial profiling case to top body
PARIS — Leading rights organizations and grassroots groups are taking France’s first class-action lawsuit targeting the nation’s powerful police machine to the highest administrative...
London mayor issues message of support to Hong Kong migrants
LONDON — London’s mayor on Thursday sent a message of support to Hong Kong people fleeing China’s crackdown on democracy to seek a new...
Heavy rain forecast to hit German flood regions at weekend
BONN, Germany — Germany's national weather service said Thursday that regions hit by deadly floods last week could again see heavy rain at the...
Priest outed via Grindr app highlights rampant data tracking
When a religious publication used smartphone app data to deduce the sexual orientation of a high-ranking Roman Catholic official, it exposed a problem that...
Ping pong: Spat over tracing app as shelves empty in England
LONDON — In scenes reminiscent of the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, supermarket shelves across England were looking a tad empty on Thursday....
Belarus leader vows to keep up raids of NGOs, media outlets
KYIV, Ukraine — The longtime leader of Belarus vowed Thursday to continue a crackdown on civil society activists he regards as “bandits and foreign...
G20 environment ministers meet in Italy amid floods, fires
NAPLES, Italy — With forest fires raging in the U.S. and Russia and floods devastating parts of Western Europe, environment and energy ministers from...