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Thousands gathered in London to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s diamond jubilee with an extravagant river pageant.

A flotilla of 1,000 boats in celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s diamond jubilee set off down the Thames on Sunday in an extravagant royal pageant of a kind last seen 350 years ago.

Artisanal food trucks have been making inroads in Paris, adding a new twist in culinary culture to a city where diners rarely eat on the go, much less with their hands.

An investigative reporter’s book offers glimpses of behind-the-scenes spats and power struggles as the Roman Catholic Church again moves to manage a crisis.

Europe’s historical markers, ignored a decade ago, have resurfaced, shifting the focus away from the bloom of euro unity 10 years ago toward the seeds of chaos.

With all the attention to the so-called fiscal cliff, it is equally important to ask whether collective inaction has us barreling toward a cybercliff.

Saturday was the start of a four-day celebration marking 60 years on the throne for Queen Elizabeth II.

For nearly two weeks now, Italians have been charting the extent of earthquake damage to historic buildings in the Emilia-Romagna region on a disaster map that continues to grow.

Is it the pomp and circumstance? The celebrities? Or something else? Why are Americans so obsessed with the British monarchy?

Beyond the human cost of two earthquakes last month, concerns are turning to the looming economic uncertainties for an area that is a center for production of medical devices.

London’s River Thames is a sea of red, white and blue as thousands of well-wishers brave the elements to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth.

Jorge Lorenzo extended his MotoGP series lead to 20 points after winning the Catalunya Grand Prix for the second time in his top-level motorcycling career.

While Rafael Nadal was celebrating his 26th birthday, the two biggest threats to his hopes of a record seventh French Open title were battling to stay in the tournament.

World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka plans to take a break from tennis following her shock fourth-round defeat at the French Open on Sunday.

Our world today is almost unrecognizable compared with 1952, the year Queen Elizabeth took her coronation oath. Since the UK’s queen ascended to the throne, man has taken his first steps on the moon and the internet has connected the world on a previously…

Americans love the queen.

Three matches and three comfortable wins. Rafael Nadal has made the perfect start to his bid for a record seventh French Open title, but the Spaniard will not face his first serious test until the clay-court grand slam enters its second week.

When Queen Elizabeth II and the Royal family glide down the Thames at the head of a flotilla, it won’t be the first time the monarchy has celebrated a big event by messing about on the river. The 2012 celebration is inspired by an 18th century Canaletto…

Dragon boats, a floating belfry and the royal barge are among more than 1,000 vessels preparing to transform London’s River Thames into a spectacular floating tribute to the 60-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II.

Our world today is almost unrecognizable compared with 1952, the year Queen Elizabeth took her coronation oath. Since the UK’s queen ascended to the throne, man has taken his first steps on the moon and the internet has connected the world on a previously…

With insurance companies asking patients to pay a greater portion of medical bills, America may need to rethink the annual physical exam.

A flotilla of 1,000 boats in celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s diamond jubilee set off down the Thames on Sunday in an extravagant royal pageant of a kind last seen on the river 350 years ago.

Saturday was the start of a four-day celebration marking 60 years on the throne for Queen Elizabeth II.

For nearly two weeks now, Italians have been charting the extent of earthquake damage to historic buildings in the Emilia-Romagna region on a disaster map that continues to grow.

Is it the pomp and circumstance? The celebrities? Or something else? Why are Americans so obsessed with the British monarchy?

Beyond the human cost of two earthquakes last month, concerns are turning to the looming economic uncertainties for an area that is a center for production of medical devices.

A European Union treaty on the ballot is designed to stabilize the euro by punishing member states who fail to adhere to strict budgetary constraints.

The Human Rights Council was preparing to call on Friday for an international inquiry into last week’s massacre of more than 100 Syrian civilians at Houla.

Vladimir V. Putin has emerged as the fulcrum in efforts by Western nations and Arab foes to force President Bashar al-Assad of Syria to step down.

Fazil Say, who has said he is an atheist and has criticized Turkey’s pro-Islamic government, is accused of “publicly insulting religious values.”

Is it the pomp and circumstance? The celebrities? Or something else? Why are Americans so obsessed with the British monarchy?

Beyond the human cost of two earthquakes last month, concerns are turning to the looming economic uncertainties for an area that is a center for production of medical devices.

A European Union treaty on the ballot is designed to stabilize the euro by punishing member states who fail to adhere to strict budgetary constraints.

The Human Rights Council was preparing to call on Friday for an international inquiry into last week’s massacre of more than 100 Syrian civilians at Houla.

Vladimir V. Putin has emerged as the fulcrum in efforts by Western nations and Arab foes to force President Bashar al-Assad of Syria to step down.

Fazil Say, who has said he is an atheist and has criticized Turkey’s pro-Islamic government, is accused of “publicly insulting religious values.”

For nearly two weeks now, on-site teams have been charting the extent of the damage to historic buildings caused by two strong earthquakes in the Emilia-Romagna region on a disaster map that continues to grow.

The clash revived tensions in the Serb-controlled area, where Kosovo Serbs set up roadblocks last year to stop the ethnic Albanian government from extending control over the region.

The White House said Friday that President Obama had written a letter to the Polish president expressing “regret” for using the term “Polish death camp” this week while honoring a Polish World War II resistance hero.

Alexis Tsipras, leader of the Syriza party, laid out specific economic policy proposals that, if followed, would seem to put the country on a collision course with its foreign creditors.

Never before in Britain has it been so fashionable — and financially smart — to fly the flag.

A 31-year-old Oklahoma woman helped make medical history and started a chain of “paying it forward” when she decided to donate her kidney to a stranger halfway around the world, a man in Athens, Greece, officials announced Friday.

Collapse of Spain’s housing market has hurt banks balance sheets. CNN’s Al Goodman reports.

Americans love the queen.

Our world today is almost unrecognizable compared with 1952, the year Queen Elizabeth took her coronation oath. Since the UK’s queen ascended to the throne, man has taken his first steps on the moon and the internet has connected the world on a previously…

Second seed Maria Sharapova continued her quest for a career grand slam with a convincing win at the French Open on Friday, while world No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska and former champion Ana Ivanovic crashed out of the Paris tournament.

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Votes are being counted in Ireland in a referendum on the ratification of a treaty aimed at ensuring fiscal discipline in Europe, as it struggles to overcome a debt crisis.

A 30-meter- turbine anchored to the seafloor off the Scottish coast is proving that tidal farms are a turn closer to being a viable renewable energy source.

UK Culture Minister Jeremy Hunt defended his conduct over a bid by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. to take over British satellite broadcaster BSkyB at a hearing Thursday.

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A state appellate court in Brooklyn has ordered the family to return an ancient artifact to a German museum, turning on its head the familiar scenario of Holocaust survivors suing to reclaim property.

Vladimir V. Putin has emerged as the fulcrum in efforts by Western nations and Arab foes to force President Bashar al-Assad of Syria to step down.

What’s the weather going to be like? It’s going to get harder to predict, which could well spell disaster for us all.

Mr. Faber, a Nazi collaborator, was convicted of taking part in killings at three Dutch locations. He escaped prison and lived in Germany for nearly 60 years.

The black market in human kidneys, traditionally based in China, India, Brazil and the Philippines, is expanding to crisis-hit Western countries like Greece, Spain, Italy and poor Balkan nations.

Jeremy Hunt, the culture minister, told a British panel that he had been personally sympathetic to a bid by Rupert Murdoch to take over British Sky Broadcasting but that he did not act with any favorable bias.

Leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church say protecting Syria’s Christians means supporting the rule of Bashar al-Assad. It’s a position the government cannot ignore.

The Human Rights Council was preparing to call on Friday for an international inquiry into last week’s massacre of more than 100 Syrian civilians at Houla.

Spain negotiated their freedom from prison and gave them a new homeland, but they’re living conditions have become precarious amid the country’s economic downturn.

The retired officer, Col. Vladimir Lazar, was charged with espionage for selling what officials said were classified topographical maps to a man they said was a Pentagon agent.

UK Culture Minister Jeremy Hunt defended his conduct over a bid by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. to take over British satellite broadcaster BSkyB at a hearing Thursday.

If Greece was the focus of markets’ angst last week, attention this week has shifted to Spain, where a worsening banking crisis threatens to deepen an already painful recession and endanger the future of the eurozone.

Pope Benedict XVI’s spokesman has denied the pontiff will resign over the arrest of his butler on suspicion of leaking confidential documents, the Vatican press office said.

The Epsom Derby is the most famous horse race in Britain — and, arguably, the world.

Sixty decades, 2,868 diamonds and … zero driver’s license? On this 60th anniversary year of her coronation, check out the numbers behind Queen Elizabeth II’s reign.

One of Turkey’s biggest clubs will not play European football next season after being found guilty of breaching UEFA’s financial fair play rules.

Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso fears Formula One is in danger of becoming a “lottery” and is in danger of losing its credibility.

The first former head of state to be convicted of war crimes since World War II was sentenced to 50 years in prison by an international court in The Hague, Netherlands.

With all the fuss in the media at the moment about Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee anyone could be forgiven for thinking that the British are united in their adoration of their monarch. The reality is that while a large swathe of public opinion is…

In one of the largest political rallies since 2003, protesters demonstrated in the capital, Tbilisi, to campaign for a fall parliamentary election.

Research shows that the closer bonds between young adults and their parents should be celebrated, and do not necessarily compromise the independence of the next generation.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk denounced President Obama for using the term instead of “Nazi death camps” while conferring a Presidential Medal of Freedom on a Polish resistance hero.

A European Union treaty on the ballot is designed to stabilize the euro by punishing member states who fail to adhere to strict budgetary constraints.

Jeremy Hunt, the culture minister, told a British panel that he had been personally sympathetic to a bid by Rupert Murdoch to take over British Sky Broadcasting but that he did not act with any favorable bias.

With a bailout of Spain becoming a more distinct possibility, European policy makers are questioning who will provide the money that Madrid needs to stay in business.

A kind of pub on wheels, the beer bike has grown in popularity, spreading beyond the Dutch border to other European countries and the United States.

Beyond the human cost of two earthquakes this month, concerns are turning to the looming economic uncertainties for an area that is a center for production of medical devices.

The European Commission said Hungary had made enough progress to correct its deficit that aid, which had been suspended in March, should resume.

Chancellor Angela Merkel has acknowledged that her ambition for a Germany that runs on renewable energy is falling behind schedule and faces a range of obstacles.

CNN’s Richard Quest talks to Richard Bruton, Irish Min. for Jobs, on the Ireland voting on EU deficit fighting agreement.

The death toll from a 5.8-magnitude earthquake in northern Italy rose to 17 after the discovery of another body, officials said Wednesday, as questions were asked about why factory buildings collapsed.

A former editor of Rupert Murdoch’s disgraced News of the World tabloid was detained Wednesday on perjury charges over court testimony about phone hacking.

The first former head of state to be convicted of war crimes since World War II was sentenced to 50 years in prison by an international court in The Hague, Netherlands.

CNN’s Richard Quest gets to the bottom of a cup of tea as Britain prepares to toast the Queen’s jubilee.

Some of Queen Elizabeth II’s acquaintances describe their view points of her to CNN’s Max Foster.

The Vatican expressed rare public anger Wednesday in blasting the leaking of secret papers from the pope’s apartment, a scandal which lifts the lid on a secret power struggle going on behind the closed doors of the Catholic Church.

The English Premier League has retained its place as European football’s most lucrative competition after revenues for the 2010/11 season increased by 12% to top £2.27 billion ($3.5 bn), according to a new report.

English Premier League club Liverpool are close to appointing Swansea City’s Brendan Rodgers as their new manager.

US benchmark borrowing costs plunged to levels last seen in 1946 and those for Germany and the UK hit all-time lows as investors took fright at what they see as a disjointed policy response to the debt crisis in Spain and Italy.