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Cyprus to rely more on desalination plants as arid winters leave dams dry

Dec. 11, 2024 07:14 AM EST

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus will depend more on desalination plants to meet its water needs as a string of dry winters has reduced amounts in 108 dams to just a quarter of their capacity, the country's agriculture and environment minister said Wednesday. Minister Maria Panayiotou...

Romania's pro-Western parties agree to form a majority government after political turmoil

Dec. 11, 2024 06:05 AM EST

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s pro-European parties agreed Wednesday to form a majority government made up of groupings that were traditionally on opposite sides and shutting out far-right nationalists who made significant gains in the election on Dec. 1. Pro-Western parties...

Mbappe, Vinicius and Bellingham all on target in Real Madrid's 3-2 win over Atalanta

Dec. 10, 2024 17:31 PM EST

Real Madrid's big stars turned on the style to revive the Spanish giant's faltering Champions League title defense on Tuesday. Galacticos Kylian Mbappe, Vinicius Junior and Jude Bellingham all scored in a thrilling 3-2 win at Italian league leader Atalanta. But Madrid still had to...

Citizens against smog: Protesters in North Macedonia demand action against pollution

Dec. 10, 2024 14:56 PM EST

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Thousands of protesters across North Macedonia took part in demonstrations Tuesday to demand better air quality in cities that are among the most polluted in Europe. In the capital, Skopje, demonstrators gathered outside the Environment Ministry, some...

Negotiations over the war in Ukraine could start 'in the winter,' Poland's leader Tusk says

Dec. 10, 2024 10:42 AM EST

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister said Tuesday that negotiations over Russia's war in neighboring Ukraine could start “in the winter,” as his country prepares to take over the rotating presidency of the European Union on Jan. 1. “Our presidency will have, among...

PGA Tour and LPGA Tour get together for mixed team. Europe stays in South Africa

Dec. 10, 2024 09:22 AM EST

PGA Tour and LPGA Tour GRANT THORNTON INVITATIONAL Site: Naples, Florida. Course: Tiburon GC (Gold). Yardage: 7,382 (men), 6,700 (women). Par: 72. Prize money: $4 million. Winner's share: $500,000 per player. Television:...

Riviera gems: Monaco's renowned soccer academy keeps churning out some of France's biggest stars

Dec. 10, 2024 09:12 AM EST

MONACO (AP) — Years before a statue in his honor was erected in the south-east corner of the Emirates Stadium, a young and ambitious Thierry Henry was honing his skills hundreds of miles from London, in a warmer, sunnier place on the French Riviera. The AS Monaco training academy....

Serbia's president says he won't flee his country like Syria's Assad did despite growing protests

Dec. 10, 2024 08:52 AM EST

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's president accused Tuesday foreign intelligence services of trying to unseat him in the wake of spreading protests in the Balkan state and that he wouldn't flee the country like the ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad. President Aleksandar Vučić...

China's CATL forms joint venture with Stellantis to build electric vehicle battery factory in Spain

Dec. 10, 2024 06:10 AM EST

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Chinese electric battery giant CATL and automaker Stellantis announced Tuesday that they will build a major battery factory in northern Spain. The partners said the plant will be located in Zaragoza and start producing lithium iron phosphate batteries by the...

UK and Germany sign deal against people smugglers as Europe struggles to halt Channel crossings

Dec. 10, 2024 07:32 AM EST

LONDON (AP) — The U.K. and Germany pledged Tuesday to share intelligence and expertise against the people-smuggling gangs that send migrants across the English Channel in small boats, the latest effort by European countries to stop the dangerous journeys. Home Secretary Yvette...