Europe

French company to light Eiffel Tower with renewable hydrogen

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PARIS — The Eiffel Tower is set to be illuminated Tuesday using electricity produced from certified renewable hydrogen. ...

Pope mourns Italy cable car dead, prays for ‘little Eitan’

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ROME — Pope Francis offered prayers Tuesday for “little Eitan,” the lone survivor of the cable car disaster in northern Italy that left 14...

Pope moves youth seminary out of Vatican amid abuse trial

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ROME — Pope Francis has decided to move a youth seminary outside Vatican City, taking action before the Vatican’s criminal tribunal renders a verdict...

UK accused of reintroducing virus restrictions on the sly

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LONDON — The British government faced criticism Tuesday that it was introducing local lockdowns by stealth after it published new guidelines for eight areas...

Social media heavyweights wooed for Pfizer smear campaign

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LE PECQ, France — Social media influencers in France with hundreds of thousands of followers say a mysterious advertising agency offered to pay them...

Report says UK Conservatives seen as insensitive to Muslims

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LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson helped create an impression that his Conservative Party is “insensitive” to Muslims with a newspaper column comparing veil-wearing...

Mafia fugitive among Italy’s most-wanted arrested in Brazil

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MILAN — Authorities in Brazil have arrested one of Italy’s most-wanted fugitives, a drug boss inside the Calabrian ‘ndrangheta organized crime network who escaped...

Germany: Large cocaine haul thrown in garbage bins

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BERLIN — Staff at a logistics company in Germany threw cocaine with a street value of up to 1 million euros ($1.2 million) in...

Boris Johnson’s former ally Cummings slams UK virus response

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LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is being accused of overseeing a chaotic government whose failure to act quickly against the coronavirus caused...

Polish, Czech leaders seek to resolve spat over coal mine

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WARSAW, Poland — Intensive talks were being held Tuesday between leaders of Poland and neighboring Czech Republic in an attempt to solve a years-long...