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As France's experience shows, there are myriad obstacles when the benefits of staving off climate change are felt long term, while the costs hit home now. On Monday, servicemembers and Defense Department employees in Italy can start buying gasoline debit cards, which will replace the gas coupons used here since World War II. The Ukrainian parliament on Thursday voted to withdraw from a wide-ranging treaty on friendship with Russia, the latest step in escalating tensions between the two neighbors.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg that security conditions could worsen in Afghanistan, where casualty rates have increased in a war that is now in its 18th year. A long-range artillery unit was reactivated on Friday, just two days after the Army added a new air defense battalion to its inventory in southern Germany.

Army Air Forces Capt. Three high-profile contenders are vying to lead Angela Merkel's party as the longtime German chancellor makes way after 18 years for a successor who could shape the European Union's most populous country for the next generation.

The "yellow vests" in France are worrying greens around the world. The worst riots in Paris in decades were sparked by higher fuel taxes, and French President Emmanuel Macron responded by scrapping them Wednesday. But taxes on fossil fuels are just what international climate negotiators, meeting in Poland this week, say are desperately needed to help wean the world off of fossil fuels and slow climate change.

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A key British lawmaker alleged Wednesday that Facebook maintained "whitelisting agreements" that gave select companies preferential access to valuable user data, echoing a key claim from an app developer that has been embroiled in a lawsuit with the social network in a California court. Yemen's warring sides agreed to a broad prisoner swap Thursday, sitting down in the same room together for the first time in years at U.

European Union authorities want internet companies including Google, Facebook and Twitter to file monthly reports on their progress eradicating "fake news" campaigns allegedly backed by Russia from their platforms ahead of elections next year. Russia has 60 days to come into compliance with a key nuclear treaty or else Washington will begin the process of quitting the landmark accord, U.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday.

Serbia sought support from allies Russia and China on Tuesday in opposing the formation of a Kosovo army, warning that a military in its former province could lead to renewed clashes in the Balkans. Protesting MPs ejected from state broadcasting HQ. Head of top Albanian court fired over unaccounted-for income The nine-member Constitutional Court is currently unable to function as eight of its judges have been removed from duty in the vetting process.

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Decision to form army 'irreversible' The decision to transform Kosovo's security force into an army is "irreversible," the country's president said Sunday while offering assurance that a new national military does not threaten ethnic Serbs living in the former Serbian province.

Catalan separatists in third week of prison hunger strike speak out Separatist politicians from Spain's Catalonia region who are entering the third week of a prison hunger strike say their upcoming rebellion trial will give them a platform to peacefully promote the cause of Catalan independence. Nations at climate talks back universal emissions rules The talks in Poland took place against a backdrop of growing concern among scientists that global warming on Earth is proceeding faster than governments are responding to it.

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Landstuhl hospital employee investigated over suspected threat to blood supply An employee at the U. Well-armed police will guard German Christmas markets after Strasbourg attack Servicemembers have to get flu shots. Soldiers put driverless vehicles to the test Guardrail narrowly prevents Army truck from plummeting off foot-high bridge US Army Europe tax centers reduce assistance for US military conducts Open Skies observation flight over Ukraine. Strasbourg remembers victims of the Christmas market attack According to the local newspaper DNA, more than 1, people attended the memorial, which ended with a minute of applause and a rendition of France's national anthem, "La Marseillaise.

Croatia denies abusing migrants at Bosnian border Croatia's Interior Ministry said officers were not expelling migrants but legally "deterring" them from illegally entering Croatia. Germany sees notable drop in asylum applications in The Bild newspaper reported Sunday on a preliminary report it obtained showing about , asylum applications will have been filed by year's end, including 30, babies born to migrants in Germany.

Police, anti-migration protesters clash at EU headquarters About 5, people gathered for a protest march on Sunday that local authorities initially banned for fear of violence. Yellow vest protesters still block French traffic circles Some protesters remained Sunday despite a call by Interior Minister Christophe Castaner to free the traffic roundabouts. Putin says rap should be controlled in Russia, not banned Alarmed by the growing popularity of rap among Russian youth, President Vladimir Putin wants cultural leaders to devise a means of controlling, rather than banning, the popular music.

Ukraine Orthodox leaders approve break with Russian church Ukrainian Orthodox leaders on Saturday approved the creation of a unified church independent of the Moscow Patriarchate and elected a leader to head that new church — a move that could exponentially raise tensions with neighboring Russia. Russia claims US ignoring outreach on nuclear disagreement Russia wants to sit down with Pentagon officials for "open and specific" talks on alleged violations of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday.

Ukrainian fighter jet crashes on landing, pilot is killed Ukraine's military says a Ukrainian air force pilot has died when his Sukhoi Su fighter jet crashed while attempting to land at a base in the northern region of Zhytomyr. Hundreds of soldiers thought they had holiday leave. USO to end popular Discover free tour program in Germany The program will end in the Kaiserslautern, Stuttgart and Wiesbaden military communities at the end of December. Macron urges calm, Paris police brace for more violence French President Emanuel Macron called Friday for calm as authorities prepared to deploy armored vehicles and thousands of security forces for a possible fifth-straight weekend of violent protests on the streets of Paris.

Climate talks extended as island nations demand action Bleary-eyed after almost two weeks of negotiations, officials from almost countries on Friday discussed the first comprehensive draft agreement to emerge at the U. Dutch suspect kept in custody in slaying of US student A suspect in the slaying of a year-old American psychology student living in the Dutch port of Rotterdam appeared before a judge Friday and was ordered detained for two more weeks while the investigation continues.

Belarus' leader slams Russian talk of taking over his nation Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Friday accused some politicians in Russia of floating the prospect of incorporating his nation, and vowed that he wouldn't let it happen. Serbia talks up armed intervention as Kosovo OKs new army Serbia threatened a possible armed intervention in Kosovo after the Kosovo parliament on Friday overwhelmingly approved the formation of an army. Video French hunt for possible accomplices of Strasbourg attacker A fourth person died Friday from wounds suffered in an attack on the Christmas market in Strasbourg, as investigators worked to establish whether the main suspect had help while on the run.

Historian lays out vision for new Holocaust museum in Warsaw The Warsaw Ghetto Museum should be an ambitious state-of-the art facility —"the major Holocaust museum in Poland" — when it opens in , its newly appointed chief historian said Friday. Well-armed police will guard German Christmas markets after Strasbourg attack Police throughout Germany and especially near U. Servicemembers have to get flu shots.

German city where Elvis served features him in new crosswalk lights A red-colored Elvis singing with a microphone means stop; a green Elvis doing his famous hip-shaking dance means proceed. French police kill man thought to be Christmas market shooter A man suspected of being the gunman who killed three people near a Christmas market in Strasbourg died in a shootout with police Thursday following a two-day manhunt. US troops in Europe told to check in after deadly Christmas market attack So far there is no sign that any members of the American military community were among those killed or injured in the attack that killed three and injured at least 12 in Strasbourg, France.

In plea deal, Russian woman admits to being a secret agent In a proposal, Butina argued it was unlikely Russia would be able to exert influence using official channels and, as an alternative, suggested using back channel communications to build relationships with Republicans, according to court papers.

Serbia warns Kosovo army will substantially worsen tensions Tensions soared in the Balkans a day before Kosovo's parliament is set to approve the formation of an army, with Serbia warning Thursday that the move would threaten peace in the war-scarred region. Suspected gunman named, had long police record Police union officials identified the suspected assailant as Frenchman Cherif Chekatt, a year-old with a thick police record for crimes including armed robbery and monitored as a suspected religious radical by the French intelligence services.

Russia says it's willing to keep key arms treaty with US A top Russian diplomat says Moscow is willing to preserve a landmark arms treaty with the United States. Italy arrests Somalian on terror charges Italian news agency ANSA is reporting that anti-terrorism agents have arrested a Somalian citizen on terrorism-related charges in the southern city of Bari. Air defense artillery unit is activated in Germany for the first time in decades The Army has activated a new short-range air defense unit in Germany, the first such unit stationed in the country since the end of the Cold War drawdown.

UN chief calls for compromise, sacrifice at climate talks In his second dramatic appeal at the talks in Poland in the space of 10 days, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told ministers and senior diplomats from almost countries they should consider the fate of future generations. Clashes as yellow vest protests grow in Belgium, Netherlands Belgian police fired tear gas and water cannons at yellow-vested protesters calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Charles Michel after they tried to breach a riot barricade, as the movement that started in France made its mark Saturday in Belgium and the Netherlands.

Milan's ambitious plans to be cleaner, greener The Italian city has ambitious plans to plant 3 million new trees by — a move that experts say could offer relief from the city's muggy, sometimes tropical weather. Israeli military delegation to hold talks in Moscow The Russian Defense Ministry says it will host an Israeli military delegation for talks focusing on the situation in Syria. Italian police probing deadly stampede find pepper spray can Italian media reported that a year-old boy had been identified as the sprayer of an irritating substance that triggered the mad rush by the crowd to flee.

Ukraine to send naval ships through Kerch Strait soon, official says Ukraine's defense ministry warned Russia on Friday that it will soon send navy ships through the Kerch Strait where Russia fired on and seized three Ukrainian vessels two weeks ago. US loses to Russia in case of 2 arms trafficking suspects The Russian father and son were in a Hungarian jail, charged in an elaborate plot to ship weapons to Mexican drug cartels and cocaine to the U.

Video France gears up for weekend protests, fearing more violence Nationwide, about 89, police will fan out in the streets, an increase from 65, last weekend, when more than people were injured and over arrested as the protests degenerated into the worst street violence to hit the French capital in decades. Russia says , Syrian refugees repatriated in Nearly , Syrian refugees have been repatriated this year, the Russian military said Tuesday, a fraction of the estimated 6 million who have fled since the start of the conflict.

Brexit in turmoil as UK's May postpones Parliament vote on it British Prime Minister Theresa May's move averted a humiliating defeat for the government in a vote that had been scheduled for Tuesday. Climate talks pause as battle over key science report looms Negotiators took time out Sunday to rest after the first week of talks ended on a sour note the previous night, when the U. Macron to break silence, address French nation amid protests French President Emmanuel Macron will consult in the morning with an array of national and local officials as he tries to get a handle on the ballooning and radicalizing protest movement triggered by anger at his policies and a growing sense that they favor the rich.

Refugee teens in Austrian schools straddle different worlds School is where the nearly 10, school-age children who arrived in Austria during Europe's largest modern influx of refugees must learn to bridge different worlds. Paris cleans up after latest riot; pressure builds on Macron Police and protesters also clashed in other French cities, notably Marseille, Toulouse and Bordeaux, and in neighboring Belgium. Rioting engulfs Paris as anger grows over high French taxes The rumble of armored police trucks and the hiss of tear gas filled central Paris on Saturday, as French riot police fought to contain thousands of yellow-vested protesters venting their anger against the government in a movement that has grown more violent by the week.

Ship saves British sailor after storm in Southern Ocean A cargo ship on Friday rescued a British sailor after a violent storm ripped off her mast and flung her yacht end over end in the Southern Ocean as she competed in a solo round-the-world race. Cyprus rejects Russian claims of US military build-up Cyprus' foreign minister has rejected Russian claims that the U.

Don't mess with France's masses: Lesson for kings, president French workers riot in the streets over tax hikes, economic inequality and perceptions that the country's rulers are out of touch. Aviano identifies airman who died on base An airman found dead on base early Monday has been identified as Airman 1st Class Owen Little, a member of the 31st Maintenance Squadron. Russian warplanes, navy ships to visit Venezuela Russia's defense minister says the country's aircraft and navy ships will make visits to Venezuela.