Angela Charlton

This photo provided by the fire brigade of the Gironde region (SDIS 33) shows a Canadair plane fighting wildfire near La Teste-de-Buch, southwestern France, Saturday, July 16, 2022. Strong winds and hot, dry weather are frustrating French firefighters’ efforts to contain a huge wildfire that raced across pine forests in the Bordeaux region Saturday for a fifth straight day, one of several scorching Europe in recent days. (SDIS 33 via AP)

Fires scorch Spain and France, where flames reach the beach

July 17, 2022 at 11:18 a.m.

PARIS (AP) — Firefighters battled wildfires raging out of control in Spain and France, including one whose flames reached two popular Atlantic beaches on Sunday, as Europe wilted under an...

Modeling agent close to Epstein found dead in French jail

February 19, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.

A modeling agent who was close to disgraced U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein was found dead Saturday in his French jail cell, where he was being held in an investigation into...

Pandemic haunts new year as coronavirus growth outpaces vaccines

January 5, 2021 at 7:39 a.m.

Despite growing vaccine access, January is looking grim around the globe as the virus resurges and reshapes itself from Britain to Japan to California, filling hospitals and threatening livelihoods anew...

Holiday amid pandemic: Americans divided on how to respond

May 23, 2020 at 11:28 a.m.

President Donald Trump visited one of his golf clubs Saturday at the start of Memorial Day weekend as he urges U.S. states to reopen after coronavirus-related lockdowns. Yet many Americans...

Relatives mourn at the roadside while ...

The second coronavirus wave: How bad will it be as lockdowns ease?

May 6, 2020 at 7:13 a.m.

From the marbled halls of Italy to the wheat fields of Kansas, health authorities are increasingly warning that the question isn鈥檛 whether a second wave of coronavirus infections and deaths...

Elderly residency workers Celia, left, ...

Nations seek to ease nursing home loneliness yet keep safe amid coronavirus pandemic

April 20, 2020 at 7:45 a.m.

Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes just wanted to do the humane thing.

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May speaks ...

Britain points at Putin in poisoning attack as gulf widens

March 16, 2018 at 1:40 p.m.

Russia said Friday that it will expel British diplomats and halt high-level meetings with the U.K. in an increasingly global standoff over the nerve agent attack on an ex-spy —...

Secretary General of Reporters without Borders ...

France vs. fake news offers test case for democratic dilemma

January 14, 2018 at 8:14 p.m.

Can a democratic country outlaw fake news?

French President Emmanuel Macron signs documents ...

France: Macron’s party suffers hit in French Senate election

September 24, 2017 at 9:00 p.m.

French President Emmanuel Macron's upstart centrist party suffered its first electoral blow Sunday, as traditional conservatives dominated Senate elections amid mounting disenchantment with Macron's leadership.

People pay respect at a memorial tribute

From age 3 to 80, Barcelona victims represent a wide world

August 19, 2017 at 5:54 p.m.

An Italian father who saved his children's lives but lost his own. An American celebrating his first wedding anniversary. A Portuguese woman celebrating her birthday with her granddaughter.

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