The deadly flooding in Valencia Spain is just the latest in a spate of climate extremes that seem to have shifted into overdrive, especially in rain-weary Europe.

The European Union has finalized its sharply higher customs duties on electric vehicles imported from China.

Atletico Madrid is trying to bring a record number of spectators with disabilities to a Champions League match to raise awareness about inclusion and the need to promote better access to sport for disabled fans in venues across Europe.

The U.N. envoy to Western Sahara is suggesting that dividing the territory between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front could be one way to settle the decades-long conflict.

An annual report says the rising number of injuries to top soccer players came at a cost of nearly $800 million across Europe’s leading leagues last season.

Auto manufacturers competing to persuade drivers to go electric are rolling out cheaper, more tech-rich models at the Paris Motor Show.

U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley wants the New York crowd to be loud and proud.

The new head of NATO is vowing to help shore up Western support for war-ravaged Ukraine and says he can work with whoever is elected president of the United States, the alliance’s most powerful member.

A new initiative is underway by European, Arab and Islamic nations to strengthen support for a Palestinian state and its institutions and prepare for a future after the war in Gaza and escalating conflict in Lebanon.

The money that many young Gambian men who left as migrants seeking jobs in Europe send back home every month is a lifeline for their families.

Rory McIlroy believes it will be difficult for Ian Poulter or Lee Westwood to be a future Ryder Cup captain because they no longer have a connection with Europe’s emerging stars after defecting to LIV Golf.

Top-ranked Nelly Korda improved to 3-0 in this year's Solheim Cup and helped the Americans maintain a four-point advantage over Europe heading into Sunday singles.

A European business group says China must reprioritize economic growth and reforms and boost investor confidence by leveling the playing field for all companies in the country.

The European Union’s top court has rejected Apple’s final legal challenge against an order from the bloc’s executive commission to repay 13 billion euros ($14.34 billion) in back taxes to Ireland, bringing an end to the long-running dispute.

Hyperloop has achieved significant liftoff in the northern Netherlands.

A long-awaited report on how to rescue Europe’s economy from weak growth and red tape is in.

European Union countries are buying too much of their defense equipment abroad, much of it U.S.-made, and failing to invest in joint military projects, a landmark report is warning.

Volkswagen says it's not getting the cost reductions that it needs - and won't rule out plant closings in its home country Germany.

Real Madrid will have rematches of the final from its past three Champions League title wins, against Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund, in its eight-game schedule in the new format of European soccer’s signature event.

How can the U.S. solve its growing maternal mortality crisis.

Two weeks after organizers scrubbed Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna amid a foiled terror plot, the singer issued her first statement on the cancellation.

European milk and cheese producers have become the latest target in a simmering trade war with China.

It might sound improbable, but Europe is still importing Russian natural gas through pipelines in Ukraine.

The NBA is ramping up talks with FIBA, basketball's global governing body, on how to best increase its competitive footprint in Europe either through an annual tournament or an NBA-operated league, according to Commissioner Adam Silver.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has praised a tentative deal between the European Union and Serbia that paves the way for the disputed excavation of lithium.

Lawmakers at the European Parliament have reelected Ursula von der Leyen to a second 5-year term as president of the European Union’s executive commission.

Leaders from across Europe are gathering at an English country mansion for a summit of the European Political Community.

European allies in NATO are stepping up their military spending, just as Donald Trump wanted.

New Zealand, Japan, South Korea and Australia are sending leaders or their deputies to the NATO summit in Washington this week as the military alliance shows growing interest beyond Europe and the Western Hemisphere.

Far-right parties from 12 countries, including France’s National Rally and Hungary’s ruling Fidesz, have joined forces to form a new bloc in the European Parliament.

Leaders across Europe and from the United States have reacted with relief mixed with concern to the result of the French legislative election.

The European Union is moving to sharply increase customs duties on electric vehicles made in China.

Inflation is on the way down in Europe.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has made his first visit to neighboring Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion.

European Union regulators have accused social media company Meta Platforms of breaching the bloc’s new digital competition rulebook by forcing Facebook and Instagram users to choose between seeing ads or paying to avoid them.

The European Union has slapped new sanctions on Russia over its war on Ukraine.

French President Emmanuel Macron has joined African leaders to kick off a planned $1 billion project to accelerate the rollout of vaccines in Africa.

Hungary’s populist government says its presidency of the European Union will be held under the motto “Make Europe Great Again.”.

The European Union is moving to hike tariffs on electric vehicles made in China.

The far right racked up wins across much of Europe in the EU Parliamentary elections that just concluded.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday he was dissolving the National Assembly and calling a snap legislative election after his party suffered a heavy defeat in elections for the European Parliament.

Voters in Ireland and the Czech Republic are going to the polls on the second day of the elections for the European Paraliament.

Voters in the European Union are set to elect lawmakers starting Thursday for the bloc’s parliament, in a major democratic exercise that’s also likely to be overshadowed by online disinformation.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is likely to emerge as a big winner at the weekend's European Parliament elections even though she isn't even on the ballot.

An unpopular government with a reputation for constant infighting.

Teens as young as 16 from five countries will be able to vote in the June 6-9 European Union elections.

Olympiakos has won Greece’s first European club title by beating Fiorentina 1-0 after extra time in the Europa Conference League final.

Belgium’s federal prosecutor’s office says police have searched the residence of an employee of the European Parliament and his office in the Parliament’s building in Brussels over suspected Russian interference.

Shares have advanced in Europe and Asia ahead of Monday's Memorial Day holiday in the United States.

It was a night of celebration for Barcelona after another Women’s Champions League title, and for the women’s game in general after another season with significant growth in the sport.

Atalanta has beaten previously unbeaten Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 in the Europa League final.

Morocco has grown its automotive industry from virtually non-existent to Africa’s largest in less than two decades.

European carmaker Stellantis says it will begin selling electric vehicles from its Chinese partner Leapmotor in nine European countries later this year.

Booking Holdings, the U.S. company that owns Booking.

Britain says it is expelling Russia’s defense attaché after accusing him of being a spy.

The pharma giant AstraZeneca has requested that the European authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine be pulled.

Thousands of Taylor Swift fans are following her across the pond after missing out on her U.S. concert tour last year or being put off by marked-up ticket prices.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to European ally Serbia falls on a symbolic date: the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Chinese Embassy during NATO’s air war over Kosovo.

The Ukrainian Olympic Committee says two-time European weightlifting champion Oleksandr Pielieshenko has died on the front line in the war in Ukraine.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is kicking off a three-country trip to Europe with the continent divided over how to deal with Beijing’s growing power and the U.S.-China rivalry.

Leaders of top European soccer leagues say have no plans to take games to the United States.

There could be a surprising team from each of Europe’s “big five” leagues when the new-look Champions League debuts next season.

Authorities in Europe have recovered bodies of people who attempted to migrate across both the English Channel and the Mediterranean Sea this week.

Two top climate monitoring organizations are reporting that Europe is the fastest-warming continent and its temperatures are rising at roughly twice the global average.

The Pentagon can get weapons moving to Ukraine quickly once Congress passes a long-delayed aid bill.

The leaders of Belgium and the Czech Republic are warning their European Union partners to take urgent action to prevent Russian interference in June’s Europe-wide elections.

Europe wants two things from China: First, a shift in its relatively pro-Russia position on the war in Ukraine.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is urging voters to reject mainstream political parties in European Union elections in June for their failure of leadership.

Gianluca Scamacca struck twice as visiting Atalanta upset Liverpool 3-0 in the first leg of the Europa League quarterfinals.

The top general for U.S. forces in Europe has told Congress that Ukraine will be outgunned 10 to one by Russia within a matter of weeks if Congress does not find a way to approve sending more ammunition and weapons to Kyiv soon.

Lawmakers have approved a major revamp of the European Union’s migration regulations.

Six northern Europe countries bordering the North Sea have signed an agreement to work together to protect underwater infrastructure in the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean from an increased risk of sabotage.

The Israeli military’s killing of seven aid workers in Gaza has triggered unprecedented criticism from European leaders.

European Union regulators have opened investigations into Apple, Google and Meta, in the first cases under a sweeping new law designed to stop Big Tech companies from cornering digital markets that took effect earlier this month.

The European Commission wants to prevent Russia from using agriculture products as a tool to wreak havoc on the EU market and will impose tariffs on grain imports from Russia and Belarus.

McDonald’s will become the title sponsor of the French soccer league from July for the next three seasons.

A Dutch court says the government has systematically put the interests of the aviation sector above those of people who live near Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport.

European Union lawmakers have agreed to renew Ukraine’s import rates, which have been in place since shortly after Russia invaded while adding protective measures for agricultural products such as grain and honey to address the concerns of farmers across the 27-nation bloc.

Legislators in at least two U.S. states are citing a recent decision by England's public health service to restrict puberty blockers for transgender youths as support for their own related proposals.

A report by a European business group says that uncertainty and “draconian regulations” have drastically raised risks for foreign businesses in China.

Polish President Andrzej Duda used a joint White House visit with his political rival, Prime Minister Donald Tusk, to call on NATO allies to significantly increase defense spending.

The divide between China and Europe over the war in Ukraine was on display this week.

A top European Union official is calling for a new defense industry strategy to respond to security challenges posed by Russia’s war on Ukraine.

European heavyweights Germany and Poland insist that they will not send troops to Ukraine.

French President Emmanuel Macron says sending Western troops on the ground in Ukraine is not “ruled out” in the future after the issue was debated at a gathering of European leaders in Paris, as Russia’s full-scale invasion grinds into a third year.

An old Earth-observing satellite has fallen out of orbit and harmlessly burned up.

Airbus says it plans to deliver more aircraft to customers in 2024 even as supply chain headaches continue to afflict the European airplane maker.

NATO's chief is warning member countries not to allow a wedge to be driven between the United States and Europe.

The Munich Security Conference has been long regarded as a celebration of the U.S.-led post-World War II international order.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says European allies and Canada have ramped up defense spending to record levels.

France condemned “hostile” disinformation maneuvers from Russia.

President Joe Biden says the Republican holdup on sending new U_S_ aid to Ukraine for its war with Russia was “close to criminal neglect."

Thousands of farmers in Spain have staged a second day of tractor protests across the country.

Attacks on shipping in the Red Sea by Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels are disrupting a key trade route for energy supplies to Europe.

A diplomatic rift between Ecuador and Russia appeared to intensify over the weekend after the European nation decided to ban some imports of bananas from Ecuador.

Inflation is headed down in Europe.

Farmers burned bales of hay, threw eggs and firecrackers at police and wrested some promises of relief from European leaders.

The U.N.’s weather agency has confirmed a reading of 48.8 degrees Celsius (119.8 degrees Fahrenheit) in Sicily two years ago as the hottest temperature ever recorded in Europe.

The European Central Bank has kept its key interest rate unchanged at a record high.

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