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Police dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment at MIT, move to clear Philadelphia and Arizona protests
Police early Friday dismantled a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and moved to clear protesters from University of Pennsylvania’s campus in Philadelphia, just hours after police tear-gassed protesters and took down an encampment at the University of...
Croatia conservative leader Plenkovic appointed as prime minister-designate for third term
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian conservative leader Andrej Plenkovic was formally appointed prime minister-designate on Friday for a third consecutive term after he forged an alliance with an extreme right party following an inconclusive election. Plenkovic's ruling Croatian...
Poland's prime minister reshuffles Cabinet to release ministers running for European Parliament
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Friday announced a reshuffle of his Cabinet to replace four ministers running for the European Parliament next month. The changes are also seen as a chance to bring new energy into Tusk’s government, which took office in...
AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa
May 3-9, 2024 Crowds of people welcomed the Olympic torch on its arrival to France before the Summer Olympics in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron hosted Xi Jinping at a remote mountain pass in the Pyrenees on the Chinese leader's visit to European countries. The mother of a...
Several people detained as protesters block parking garage at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Police detained several people Thursday at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after demonstrators blocked a parking garage in their ongoing protest movement connected to the Israel-Hamas war. Tensions have ratcheted up in standoffs with protesters on...
14-year-old Cavan Sullivan signs deal with Philadelphia Union that will land him with Man City at 18
Cavan Sullivan shrugs off words like prodigy, phenom or even wonderkid, all things he's been called at just 14. But there's no doubt Sullivan is talented. On Thursday, the Philadelphia Union formally announced that they've signed their academy prospect to a Homegrown contract that...
Tent camps razed and activists arrested as Tunisia clamps down on migrants
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tensions in Tunisia ratcheted up as demonstrators seeking better rights for migrants staged a sit-in before European Union headquarters on Thursday, capping a week in which Tunisian authorities targeted migrant communities from the coast to the capital with arrests and the...
A Ukrainian gymnast carried the Paris Olympic torch with an EU team, in a sign of support
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Ukrainian gymnast Mariia Vysochanska led a group of European athletes carrying the torch for the Paris Olympics through the Mediterranean city of Marseille on Thursday, in an important symbolic moment for her war-ravaged country. The torch relay in...
Polish defense minister fends off criticism after he says he keeps an emergency backpack ready
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's defense minister said Thursday that since early in Russia's war against Ukraine he has kept an emergency backpack ready, drawing detractors who said his comments did not send a reassuring message about the country's safety. The comment from a high...
Europe Day marks 1 month till EU elections. Rise of hard right, wilting of Green Deal are possible
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union marks its annual Europe Day on Thursday, but instead of the humdrum celebrations, all eyes are on the EU elections in a month's time, which portend a steep rise of the extreme right and a possible move away from the bloc's global trendsetting climate policies. ...
