First rise in six months for German industrial orders
Frankfurt, Germany — German factory orders rose more strongly than expected in June, official data showed Tuesday, boosting hopes that a recovery in Europe’s top economyчитати
France beats Egypt, will face Spain in men’s soccer final at Paris Olympics
Lyon, France — Jean-Philippe Mateta scored twice as France advanced to the final of the men’s soccer tournament at the Paris Olympics with a 3-1 winчитати
Kremlin-backed TV channel woos Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa — Billboards and videos popping up in several African cities show 20th-century independence leaders and anti-colonial quotes as part of a drive toчитати
Turkey to meet Instagram officials after access ban, minister says
ISTANBUL — Turkey’s government will hold talks with Instagram officials on Monday after blocking access to the social media platform last week, Transport and Infrastructure Ministerчитати
Shah Rukh Khan to be honored at Locarno Film Festival
Geneva — Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival opens on Wednesday with Shah Rukh Khan, Jane Campion, Alfonso Cuaron and Irene Jacob set to be honored with specialчитати
Emotional Mahuchikh dedicates Olympic gold to slain Ukrainian athletes
Paris, France — Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh dedicated her Olympic high jump gold medal on Sunday to the nearly 500 athletes and coaches who have been killedчитати
Russian ‘neutrals’ at Paris Olympics are politically isolated and rarely in the spotlight
Paris — Rarely on the podium and barred from the opening ceremony, the 15 Russians competing at the Paris Olympics have an uneasy status as “Individualчитати
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy displays new F-16s to combat Russia in the air
Somewhere in Ukraine — Ukraine’s newly arrived F-16 fighter jets were put on display Sunday by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who said the planes will boost theчитати
Ukraine intensifies its long-range strikes, sinking Russian submarine and striking airfield
Kyiv — Ukraine has sunk a Russian submarine and hit a Russian airfield in the past 24 hours, in line with a surge of long-range attacksчитати
UK police face far-right rioters seeking to enter hotel thought to be housing asylum seekers
London — Police in the north of England town of Rotherham were struggling to hold back a mob of far-right rioters Sunday who were seeking toчитати
Italian coast guard: 2 migrants dead after rescue at sea
rome — Italy’s coast guard said Sunday two migrants died after they were rescued along with more than 30 others in the Mediterranean off the easternчитати
Ukraine now has F-16s; here’s what to know about the possible impact
KYIV, Ukraine — The American-made F-16 is an iconic fighter jet that’s been the front-line combat plane of choice for the NATO alliance and numerous airчитати
Al-Qaida affiliate says it has 2 Russian hostages in Niger, shows video
DAKAR, Senegal — Two men claiming to be Russian nationals and saying they were taken captive in Niger by militants linked to al-Qaida appeared in aчитати
Former Ukrainian tennis star puts sports training to use on front lines
Ukrainian tennis player Alex Dolgopolov was once ranked 13th in the world. But shortly after Russia invaded his homeland in 2022, he volunteered to fightчитати
Ukrainian military says it attacked Russian airfield, oil depots
KYIV, UKRAINE — Ukraine’s military said on Saturday it had attacked Russia’s Morozovsk airfield and several oil depots and fuel storage facilities in three Russian regionsчитати
French judo icon Teddy Riner wins 3rd individual Olympic gold
PARIS — The stands at Champs de Mars filled up quickly. One fan dressed in a white martial arts uniform waved a French flag back andчитати
Russian drone hits bus in Kharkiv region, injuring six, official says
KYIV — A Russian drone hit a bus in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region early on Friday, injuring six construction workers, including one who was in aчитати
Historic prisoner swap frees Americans imprisoned in Russia
Americans Paul Whelan, Alsu Kurmasheva, Evan Gershkovich, and others are freed from Russian prisons in a deal involving 16 political prisoners exchanged for eight individualsчитати
For Ukraine’s Olympic athletes, war backdrops Paris Games
The war in Ukraine has killed hundreds of the country’s most promising athletes. But that hasn’t stopped Kyiv from sending a 140-member Olympic team toчитати
Ukraine in her heart, world-record high jumper goes for Paris gold
SAINT-DENIS, France — The best high jumper in Ukraine, and maybe the world, hasn’t spent much time at home the last few years. Home for Yaroslavaчитати
Critics question Beijing-friendly donor’s ties to UK-China institute
London — A British organization that focuses on bringing more transparency to ties between China and the United Kingdom says one of the country’s biggest Chinaчитати
Poland marks 80th anniversary of Warsaw Uprising, honoring heroes of doomed fight for freedom
Warsaw — The Polish and German presidents bowed their heads to the cadence of a military drum as they paid tribute Thursday to Poles slaughtered byчитати
Online misinformation fuels tensions over deadly Southport stabbing attack
LONDON — Within hours of a stabbing attack in northwest England that killed three young girls and wounded several more children, a false name of aчитати
Analysts question if Russian political prisoner movements signal imminent swap
Washington — The movement inside Russia of several high-profile political prisoners in recent days is fueling speculation that a prisoner swap with Western countries may beчитати
Advocates sound alarm over Kosovo’s new media law
Pristina, Kosovo/Washington — Journalists and media advocates are concerned that a new law in Kosovo could give the government greater control. The new law seeks toчитати