Own part of a French castle for just $55
Struggling for a last-minute holiday season gift idea for the person who has everything except their own ancient castle in France?
western europe
COP25 ends quietly on watered-down deal
The message from climate activists was passionate, the warning from the scientific community and countries already experiencing the effects of climate change, urgent. The action from world powers has been excruciatingly slow and inadequate.
Thunberg, German railway trade tweets about 'overcrowded trains'
Greta Thunberg's tweet about riding on the floor of a train didn't sit well with German railway company Deutsche Bahn, which said she had a seat in first class.
UNESCO removes 'anti-Semitic' Belgian carnival from heritage list
A Belgian carnival has been removed from UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list after officials found the
100 Jewish graves desecrated in France
Guillaume Debré didn't know how to break it to his young daughters and has yet to show them a photograph of the swastika. "They are markings on sacred stones, that spell out hate and in this country, we understand what that means and what it can lead to," he says.
Aung San Suu Kyi to defend Myanmar against genocide charges
She was a global human rights and democracy icon, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and a political prisoner who spent 15 years under house arrest. But this week, Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi will personally defend her country from accusations of genocide against the Rohingya community at the United Nation's top court.
In Paris, Putin and Zelensky take hesitant steps toward peace
Ukraine and Russia have managed to inch forward on a long-dormant peace process, taking cautious new steps toward ending the conflict in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region.
Merkel speaks of 'deep shame' on 1st Auschwitz visit as German leader
Standing in front of Auschwitz survivors at a building in the Nazi death camp where prisoners were stripped naked, disinfected and made to wear uniforms, German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke of the
St. Nicholas: The story behind Santa Claus
Don't tell the kids, but we've got Santa Claus all wrong.
OPEC poised to cut production further to shore up prices
OPEC and its allies have reportedly agreed to deepen its production cuts by 500,000 barrels per day in an attempt to support crude oil prices in the face of booming U.S. output.
