France Approves Social Media Ban For Children Under 15-Years-Old
French lawmakers approved a bill banning social media for children under 15, allowing the ban to begin at the start of the next school year.

French lawmakers approved a bill banning social media for children under 15, allowing the ban to begin at the start of the next school year.

A heavy Russian drone bombardment of Ukraine´s southern city of Odesa killed at least two people and wounded 23.

An explosion and fire at a cookie factory in central Greece killed at least four workers and left one person unaccounted for.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that a U.S. security guarantees document for Ukraine is “100% ready” after two days of talks involving representatives from Ukraine, the U.S. and Russia.

The British government said Sunday that it will unveil plans this week to create a new national police force, dubbed the “British FBI,” to take charge on complex investigations such as counterterrorism, fraud, online child abuse and criminal gangs.

French President Emmanuel Macron says he wants his government to fast-track the legal process to ensure that a ban on social media for children under the age of 15 can enter into force in September at the start of the next school year.

Ukraine and Russia ended two days of US-brokered direct talks on Saturday and agreed to hold more next week in Abu Dhabi, even as Kyiv accused Moscow of undermining the negotiations towards ending the war by launching fresh strikes.

The European Union is willing to implement a sweeping free trade agreement with the Mercosur group of South American countries on a provisional basis, the head of the EU’s executive commission said Friday, despite a vote by the EU parliament to delay ratification for legal review.

Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least one person and wounded 31 overnight into Saturday as negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States were to meet in the United Arab Emirates for a second day of talks to end Russia´s nearly four-year full-scale invasion.

Commuter rail service in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region was suspended Wednesday after a Barcelona commuter train crashed.

Australia´s Parliament on Tuesday passed anti-hate speech and gun laws proposed after two shooters killed 15 people at a Jewish festival.

Russia bombarded Ukraine with more than 300 drones and ballistic and cruise missiles in its latest nighttime attack on the Ukrainian power grid, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday, as Moscow gives no public sign that it’s willing to end the invasion of its neighbor anytime soon.

A shooting at a town hall in northern Czech Republic on Monday left one dead and six others wounded, including a police officer, police said.

Hundreds of thousands in Russian-occupied parts of southern Ukraine were left without power on Sunday, according to Kremlin-installed authorities there. Meanwhile, Moscow has kept up its hammering of Ukraine’s energy grid in overnight attacks that killed at least two people, according to Ukrainian officials.

Hundreds of people on Saturday rallied in London against Beijing’s controversial new “mega” embassy, days ahead of a decision on the plan.

The European Union and the Mercosur bloc of South American countries formally signed a long-sought landmark free trade agreement on Saturday, capping more than a quarter-century of torturous negotiations to strengthen commercial ties in the face of rising protectionism and trade tensions around the world.

Thousands of people demonstrated in the capital of Greenland on Saturday against President Donald Trump’s plans for the US to annex the Danish autonomous territory.

US President Donald Trump on Friday gave a key role in post-war Gaza to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and appointed a US officer to lead a nascent security force.

A Ukrainian delegation arrived in the United States for talks Saturday on a U.S.-led diplomatic push to end the nearly 4-year-old war as Russian attacks again took aim at Ukraine’s power grid, cutting electricity and heating in freezing temperatures.

Denmark provided U.S. forces support as they intercepted an oil tanker for violations of sanctions, a Danish government official confirmed.

Thousands of tourists were stranded in northern Finland on Sunday after flights at Kittilä airport were canceled due to severe cold.

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.

A protester briefly replaced the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran on its London embassy with a former flag, flown before 1979, during a demonstration Saturday, witnesses told AFP.

Greenland’s party leaders have rejected President Donald Trump’s repeated calls for the U.S. to take control of the island, saying that Greenland’s future must be decided by its people.

For only the second time in the nearly 4-year-old war, Russia used a powerful, new hypersonic missile to strike Ukraine.

Switzerland held a national day of mourning on Friday for the 40 people who died in an Alpine bar fire during a New Year´s Eve celebration.

Thousands of homes and businesses across northern France and southern England were without power Friday morning.

More than 1,000 stranded passengers spent the night at Amsterdam’s international airport amid snow and ice pummeling parts of Europe.

The vote for the 90-member assembly is seen as a test for the liberal government that is facing a challenge from populist right-wing parties.

Ukraine allies meeting Tuesday for key talks that could help determine the country´s security after a potential ceasefire with Russia.

Swiss police said they’ve identified all the people who were injured in the fire that tore through a New Year’s celebration in a crowded bar.

Two people were killed in Ukrainian drone strikes in Russian border regions, local officials said Sunday.

LONDON –Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, the stepsister of teenage diarist Anne Frank and a tireless educator about the horrors of the Holocaust, has died. She was 96.

One person was killed and two others wounded when a Ukrainian drone struck a car in the Russian border region of Belgorod, local officials said Sunday.

Swiss authorities have opened a criminal investigation into the managers of the bar where a fire at a New Year’s party left 40 people dead, authorities said Saturday.

Dozens are missing after a boat carrying more than 200 migrants on their way to Europe capsized off the coast of Gambia, the West African nation’s leader said late Friday, setting off a frantic search and rescue operation.

Finnish authorities have arrested two members of a cargo ship’s crew in connection with damage to an undersea telecommunications cable.

Zelenskyy had dismissed his previous chief of staff after anti-corruption officials began investigating alleged graft in the energy sector.

On New Year’s Day, Bulgaria will achieve its decades-old goal of joining the euro currency union and deepening ties with the more prosperous countries of Western Europe.

Russian drones blasted apartment buildings and the power grid in the southern Ukraine city of Odesa in an overnight attack that injured six people, including a toddler and two other children, officials said Wednesday
