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After threatening to ban U.S. exports of diesel fuel, Trump admits ‘we were never going to do it’
Energy
After threatening to ban U.S. exports of diesel fuel, Trump admits ‘we were never going to do it’
By Collin Binkley, John Leicester and The Associated PressOctober 3, 2026
As soaring energy prices crush businesses, France rolls out a new $500 million aid package, including help with commuting and heating costs
Energy
As soaring energy prices crush businesses, France rolls out a new $500 million aid package, including help with commuting and heating costs
By John Leicester and The Associated PressSeptember 27, 2026
Hikers on the Tour du Mont Blanc look towards the looming Mont Blanc.
Environment
‘It hits us in the gut’: Mont Blanc faces defrosting and rock falls from climate change as communities ‘weep’ for the mountain peak
By The Associated Press, Alex Turnbull and John LeicesterSeptember 9, 2026
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Environment
‘It looked like the apocalypse’: France’s summer of deadly heat turns into a wildfire that is making its own lightning
By Mark Carlson, Emma Da Silva, John Leicester and The Associated PressJuly 27, 2026
France deploys giant military cargo plane to dump tons of flame retardants as European wildfires displace more than 250,000
Environment
France deploys giant military cargo plane to dump tons of flame retardants as European wildfires displace more than 250,000
By Mark Carlson, Emma Da Silva, John Leicester and The Associated PressJuly 25, 2026
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Environment
Brutal heatwave in France is killing 2,000 people per week, undertakers are overwhelmed, and health agency says there’s worse to come
By John Leicester and The Associated PressJuly 3, 2026
France suffers 1,000 additional deaths in just the past week amid record heat wave—and 85% involved people aged 65 and above
Europe
France suffers 1,000 additional deaths in just the past week amid record heat wave—and 85% involved people aged 65 and above
By Kirsten Grieshaber, John Leicester and The Associated PressJune 28, 2026
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Europe
It’s so hot in Germany the Autobahn literally burst open at the seams and had to be closed down
By Kirsten Grieshaber, Sylvia Hui, John Leicester and The Associated PressJune 27, 2026
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Energy
Europe has (maybe) 6 weeks of jet fuel left, IEA chief says. It reminds him of the ’80s band Dire Straits
By John Leicester and The Associated PressApril 16, 2026
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Energy
First, Iran and Hormuz, second, China and Taiwan? The dangerous implications of a tollbooth on the open sea
By David McHugh, John Leicester and The Associated PressApril 9, 2026
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Energy
Trump has to choose between ‘suicidal or dangerous’ choices on Iran’s Strait of Hormuz
By John Leicester and The Associated PressMarch 11, 2026
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Europe
France exhales as Louvre director finally resigns after stolen jewels, burst pipe near Mona Lisa, $11.8 million ticket fraud scandal
By Thomas Adamson, John Leicester and The Associated PressFebruary 24, 2026
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Europe
‘You can’t have fun if you don’t drink alcohol in France’: Paris wine show tackles a teetotal era
By John Leicester and The Associated PressFebruary 12, 2026
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North America
The shortest flight path for a nuclear missile between China or Russia and the United States goes directly over Greenland
By John Leicester and The Associated PressJanuary 22, 2026
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Europe
European leaders’ text messages to Trump reveal a very different tone than their Greenland saber-rattling
By John Leicester and The Associated PressJanuary 20, 2026
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