Trump election elicits fears, some cheers around the globe
By JIM HEINTZ and GREGORY KATZ World leaders struggled Wednesday to come to grips with a new reality — Donald Trump will be the next U.S. president — and an…
Europe
Colombia embarks on path to peace with historic accord
By JOSHUA GOODMAN and ANDREA RODRIGUEZ After a half-century of bloody combat and four years of tense peace negotiations, now the hard work begins. With the signing of a historic…
Germany: Small-town clash exposes tense mood toward migrants
By FRANK JORDANS Standing on a hillside near this ancient town in eastern Germany, Firas al-Habbal winces as he explains why he doesn’t go “there” anymore. “There” is the center…
EU increases aid to migrants in Greece ahead of winter
By COSTAS KANTOURIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS The European Union will add 115 million euros ($129 million) in funding to humanitarian organizations in Greece to assist programs for refugees and migrants…
UK: Work to begin on Calais wall to stop Channel migrants
By JILL LAWLESS Britain hopes a 4 meter-high (13 foot-high) concrete wall will succeed where security guards and barbed wire have failed, and stop migrants reaching the U.K. from the…
Tensions mount as record numbers crowd French migrant camp
By ELAINE GANLEY Tempers are rising among migrants squeezed in record numbers into a shrinking slum camp in France’s port city of Calais, where they spend hours in line waiting…
EU says Apple must pay up to 13B euros in back taxes
By JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG Apple will have to pay up to 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) plus interest in back taxes to Ireland after the European Union found Tuesday that the…
German economy minister says E U-US trade talks have failed
By FRANK JORDANS Free trade talks between the European Union and the United States have failed, Germany’s economy minister said Sunday, citing a lack of progress on any of the…