Category: Europe
U.K.’s Revered NHS Is in Deep Trouble, Darzi Report Finds
New York Times A government-commissioned review into the National Health Service laid bare the challenge Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces after years of underinvestment. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/11/world/europe/nhs-starmer-darzi-report.html
Read More4 Climbers Are Found Dead on Mont Blanc in the French Alps
New York Times The climbers from Italy and South Korea were found on Tuesday after they went missing three days earlier during a period of bad weather on the peak. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/11/world/europe/mont-blanc-climber-deaths.html
Read MoreDonald Sheppard, British D-Day Veteran, Dies at 104
New York Times He helped liberate Bergen-Belsen, the Nazi concentration camp where Anne Frank had died. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/11/world/europe/donald-sheppard-dead.html
Read MoreGreener Steel at Britain’s Largest Plant Comes With Heavy Job Losses
New York Times The British government and Tata of India said they would invest 1.25 billion pounds in a plan to convert the steel mill at Port Talbot in Wales to an electric furnace. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/11/business/steel-britain.html
Read MoreNorth Korean Missiles Rain Down on Ukraine Despite Sanctions
New York Times Russia has received new shipments of Hwasong-11 short-range ballistic missiles, according to a new report. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/11/us/russia-north-korea-missiles-ukraine.html
Read MoreFrench Prime Minister Barnier Takes Out Differences With Macron
New York Times President Emmanuel Macron’s newly picked prime minister wasted no time in putting a pointed distance between himself and France’s beleaguered leader. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/11/world/europe/france-macron-barnier-prime-minister.html
Read MoreBlinken Visits Kyiv During Precarious Moment in Ukraine War and U.S. Politics
New York Times The U.S. secretary of state and his British counterpart, David Lammy, arrived in Kyiv on a trip aimed at showing solidarity for Ukraine as the American presidential elections loom. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/11/world/europe/ukraine-war-blinken-visit-kyiv.html
Read MoreWhite House and WADA in Bitter Fight Over Chinese Doping Cases
New York Times World Anti-Doping Agency officials, furious at U.S. investigations into the handling of positive tests, have sought to exclude a Biden administration representative from its board meetings. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/10/world/europe/white-house-china-doping-wada.html
Read More‘You Do Need to Tell a Story’: Prime Minister Keir Starmer Survives Revolt Over Winter Fuel Aid
New York Times Prime Minister Keir Starmer survived a test of his authority, but more than 50 Labour lawmakers did not back his plan to reduce fuel aid. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/10/world/europe/britain-starmer-critics-fuel-aid.html
Read MoreVolkswagen Quits Labor Agreement, Paving Way for Job Cuts
New York Times A week after it announced it was considering closing factories in Germany, the automaker said it was exiting a labor contract that protected workers from layoffs. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/10/business/volkswagen-labor-layoffs-germany.html
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