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By Michel Rose PARIS, Sept 8 (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron has urged the European Commission to back a European Union-wide ban on social media for children under 15 after France failed to enact its own legislation, his office said on Tuesday. In a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen dated Aug. 29 and seen by Reuters and other media, Macron said it had become urgent to […]

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two people were killed and at least 10 injured after Russia struck the Ukrainian capital Kyiv with drones and missiles overnight on Tuesday, local authorities said. The attack comes after a pause over the weekend as U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff arrived in Kyiv for their first official visit in a renewed push to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. The main targets […]

For three days this summer, teachers converged at the Flight 93 National Memorial in remote western Pennsylvania to talk about 9/11. How best to educate a new generation about the attacks 25 years ago? Which details are appropriate for young kids? What do victims’ families want students to be told about the dead? “Even worse than getting started wrong or using inappropriate language is the total omission of telling the […]

By Inti Landauro PARIS, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Thieves stole three paintings from the Renoir Museum on the French Riviera early on Tuesday, the local mayor said. The raiders broke into the museum a little before 6 a.m. and took four paintings, Cagnes-sur-Mer mayor Bryan Masson said on his Facebook page. Police spotted the thieves and gave chase, during which they dropped one painting but escaped with the other three, […]

KATHMANDU, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Rescuers in Nepal are focusing on three hydropower project tunnels where they believe dozens of workers could be trapped, authorities said on Tuesday, two weeks after a devastating flood killed hundreds and left thousands missing in the Himalayan country and in neighbouring China’s Tibet region. At least 11 hydropower projects were engulfed when a glacier collapsed into a river on the Nepal-China border on August […]

BRUSSELS, Sept 8 (Reuters) – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday that the images of the large turnout for the funeral of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic were “shocking”, and added they could undermine Serbia’s plans for accession to the EU. “The images from Ratko Mladić’s funeral yesterday in Belgrade were shocking,” von der Leyen wrote on X, in comments that were also echoed by European […]

By Juliette Jabkhiro and Layli Foroudi PARIS, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Fourteen men face trial in Paris on Tuesday on smuggling charges related to the drowning of more than 30 people in the Channel five years ago, the worst disaster on record involving migrants in the narrow seaway separating France and Britain. The migrants perished after their overloaded dinghy deflated as they made the perilous crossing across one of the […]

BUENOS AIRES, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Argentina’s government said on Monday it will file criminal charges against energy company Navitas Petroleum and its executives for operating in the Falkland Islands. The move follows remarks on Friday by Argentine President Javier Milei, who vowed to sanction oil companies drilling in the British overseas territory as he stepped up the South American nation’s sovereignty claims. According to a statement from the presidency, […]

STOCKHOLM, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Slovenia has approved Tesla’s FSD driver-assistance system for use on its roads, the U.S. automaker said, becoming the sixth European country to do so ahead of a potential EU-wide vote. • “FSD Supervised now approved in Slovenia. Rollout will begin soon,” Tesla wrote in a post on X on Monday that was reposted by CEO Elon Musk. • Slovenia’s Energy and Infrastructure Minister Jernej Vrtovec […]