All Europe
How Greece's economic crisis filled the Athens sky with smogOn bad days this winter, urban air-pollution levels have topped those deemed safe 鈥� and it's at least partially due to government taxes.
With Olympian pride, Russia asks teachers to ease up on homeworkRussia's ruling party wants students to watch the Sochi Games, and has suggested that teachers cut back on homework assignments so they can see all the action.
After wooing DC, Hollande faces tougher task: winning over Silicon ValleyThe French president, who once said he didn鈥檛 'like the rich,' hopes to convince US tech leaders, including Facebook and Google, that they should bring their investments and ideas to France.
Britain's wettest January on record yields severe flooding 鈥� and blamePrime Minister Cameron is facing harsh criticism for his response to flooding in which thousands have been evacuated, the Thames burst its banks, and neighbors have battled over sandbags.聽
Putin sees 'containment' in West's Sochi criticism. Does he have a point?The foreign coverage of Sochi has been full of reports of ephemeral foibles, spurring Putin's complaints. But the media have also raised serious issues that Russia has yet to address.
Could Swiss vote spur a rethink on EU barriers to migration?Much of Europe has been weighing ways to reduce so-called welfare tourism from poorer EU nations. Switzerland's support for quotas on EU migrants may spur a new debate on labor mobility.
Proposed Islamic art museum divides VeniceRight-wing politicians say they plan to protest the museum. Others say it would broaden the cultural life of a city that is frequently reduced to a tourist postcard.
'Freedom fries' forgotten, Hollande visits Obama amid warming tiesThe first full state visit to Washington by a French president in 20 years comes amid tight Franco-American relations, both diplomatically and militarily.
By razor-thin margin, Swiss voters back tighter curbs on immigrationSunday's referendum was a close-run race that has raised questions over the European Union's push for flexible labor markets.聽
Can Germany help divided Ukraine find a middle ground?A more assertive Germany may prove best positioned to secure Russian cooperation and help Ukraine accommodate both East and West.
Why can't the French stop smoking?France has tougher smoking laws and taxes than it did 20 years ago, when smoking was everywhere. But the French are still lighting up at rates more than double that of the US.
In Ukraine's political deadlock, rumors fly fast and furiousAccording to word on the street, antigovernment protesters are gay US contractors, communists are stealing statues of Lenin, and Russian stormtroopers are about to deploy.
As world watches Sochi, Russia watches the watchersReports suggest neither guests' laptops nor their bathrooms are safe from the eyes of Russian security.
In Kiev's small shops, even Valentine sales fall on hard timesSwamped by protest tents, stores on what used to be prime turf are struggling. Protesters could at least buy a cappuccino, laments one merchant.
Why are Ukraine's protesters so angry at President Yanukovych's 'Family'?The president's closest political and business allies have benefited during his term 鈥� as has his son, a dentist who's become a multimillionaire businessman.
Real-life Philomena presses Pope to open Ireland's forced adoption filesPhilomena Lee, whose story inspired the movie 'Philomena,' met yesterday with Pope Francis. She has launched a project to help other Catholic women find their lost children.
Never mind the baguettes: Burgers storm the BastilleThe burger's rise in popularity in France is stunning. In 2000, only one of every nine sandwiches sold was a hamburger. Today it is one of every two.聽
Mayor of 'Ukraine's soul' looks to heal country's dividesAndriy Sadovyy, mayor of the westward-leaning city of Lviv, refused to enforce the central government's short-lived anti-protest laws. But he believes in a united Ukraine.
UN slams Vatican's cover-up of sex abusers, posing dilemma for Pope FrancisA UN committee of experts urged the Catholic Church to turn over pedophile priests. Pope Francis's papacy could be tested by the fallout from a scathing report.
Spotlight on Russian homophobia on eve of Sochi OlympicsA new report says that authorities are condoning, or even encouraging, homophobic violence in Russia, a charge brushed aside by the IOC president and the Kremlin.