Europe

Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump hosts a bilateral meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida U.S., April 17, 2018. More and more democratically-elected world leaders have openly sought to fuel a climate of hatred towards the media over the last …

Christopher Furlong | Gety Images News | Getty Images Philip Hammond, U.K. chancellor of the exchequer. The U.K. budget deficit has shrunk to its smallest level in more than 10 years. The shortfall between how much Prime Minister Theresa May’s government spent and how much it earned from taxes in …

Reuters | Hannah McKay UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson (2nd R), his Zimbabwean counterpart Sibusiso Moyo (R) and other politicians pose at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London, U.K., on April 20, 2018. Mnangagwa has promised a free and fair election in Zimbabwe in July, and has said …

Jonathan Brady | WPA Pool | Getty Images Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, attend the formal opening of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting at Buckingham Palace on April 19, 2018, in London, England. Prince Charles was approved as the successor to Queen Elizabeth as head …

Dursun Aydemir | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images New Eurogroup President Portuguese Finance Minister Mario Centeno gestures during a press conference on his election as new Eurogroup chief at the European Council in Brussels, Belgium on December 4, 2017. Greece and its creditors appear to be one step closer to …

Abdalrhman Ismail | Reuters Free Syrian Army fighters fire an anti-aircraft weapon in a rebel-held area of Aleppo, Syria December 12, 2016. And Israel’s military actions are unlikely to abate, as its fundamental aim is to prevent Syria from being used as a base to threaten its interest. “To that …

Damien Meyer | AFP | Getty Images Police use water cannons and tear gas to clear protesters during a demonstration in support of the Notre-Dame-des-Landes ZAD (Zone a Defendre – Zone to defend) anti-airport camp on April 14, 2018, in Nantes, western France. French authorities say 63 people have been …

Simon Dawson | WPA Pool | Getty Images Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May attends a press conference in 10 Downing Street, London, April 14, 2018. British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Saturday that it was right and legal to order cruise missile strikes against Syria after a chemical attack …

STRINGER | AFP | Getty Images A picture taken on April 8, 2018, shows Syrian Army soldiers gathering in an area on the eastern outskirts of Douma, as they continue their fierce offensive to retake the last opposition holdout in Eastern Ghouta. The Russian military said that an alleged chemical …

David McNew | AFP | Getty Images Herbert Deiss, upcoming VW CEO. VW’s share price plunged by around 40 percent in September 2015 when the news broke. However, shares have rebounded 92 percent from that trough, and are now even 8 percent higher than the time immediately before the crisis. …