The Associated Press

In his inaugural address to parliament, the new French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has warned that “colossal” and spiraling debts are a “sword of Damocles” hanging over the country’s finances

In his inaugural address to parliament, the new French Prime Minister Michel Barnier has warned that “colossal” and spiraling debts are a “sword of Damocles” hanging over the finances of the European Union’s second-largest economy and announced belt-tightening and more taxes to reverse the trend

New French Prime Minister Michel Barnier faced a rough ride at parliament as he laid out his proposed policies in an inaugural speech that highlighted how difficult governing will be for his minority government

Desperate residents of the storm-battered mountains of western North Carolina lined up for water and food, hunted for cellphone signals and slogged buckets from creeks to flush toilets days after Hurricane Helene’s remnants deluged the region

Desperate residents of the storm-battered mountains of western North Carolina lined up for water and food, hunted for cellphone signals and slogged buckets from creeks to flush toilets days after Hurricane Helene’s remnants deluged the region

Palestinian militants in Gaza and Lebanon fired waves of rockets into Israel as the nation mourned the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that killed 1,200 people and set off a war that has engulfed Gaza and parts of Lebanon and threatened to ignite a wider regional conflict