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Speaking to CNN's Christiane Amanpour from her exile in Ukraine on Monday, Tikhanovskaya said: "At the moment, members of the Coordinated Council I created are chased, kidnapped and harassed. And it's worrying me a lot, because at the moment we still don't know where Maria Kolesnikova is." … [Read more...] about These three women stood up to Europe’s longest-serving dictator. Here’s what happened to them

The Moria encampment extends out of the main UN camp into olive groves where thousands live in makeshift wooden huts they built out of wooden pellets and tarpaulin, hammered down with nails. The inhabitants say they wait for hours to use a bathroom, and sometimes spend an entire day queuing for food. … [Read more...] about Fire ‘destroys’ Europe’s largest migrant camp on Lesbos

The spat over Freytag von Loringhoven’s appointment is just one of a series of recent ugly disputes partly rooted in the past that has brought German-Polish relations to an alarming low. Poland’s ruling nationalist conservative Law and Justice Party, known as PiS, has accused Germany of seeking to recover territory it lost to Poland after 1945, and it has repeatedly declared that Germany should compensate Poland for the damage wrought on the country during World War II, a conflict triggered by Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland. … [Read more...] about Europe’s Wartime Memories Aggravate Resentment of Germany

But as European Council President Charles Michel pointed out during previous EU-China talks in June, there are key areas the two global powers do not agree on. He noted European concerns on issues such as human rights, climate change and cyberattacks.   … [Read more...] about Expectations Lowered Ahead of Europe-China Summit

The French Open is normally the second major in the tennis calendar year, traditionally beginning in late May and ending in early June. This year's tournament was moved because of the coronavirus and now starts later this month. Wimbledon was canceled because of the pandemic earlier this year. … [Read more...] about Ashleigh Barty will not defend her French Open title, announces she will not travel to Europe