Without substantial action now, we are destined to continue our take-make-use-waste cycle, Tahmid Chowdhury writes.

President Zelensky said he wants a clear signal that his country can eventually join NATO. Those comments from the Ukrainian president come ahead of a major summit the military alliance is holding in Lithuania next week. FRANCE 24’s International Affairs commentator Douglas Herbert tells us more.

Secondary schools in the Netherlands are preparing for a government ban on all mobile phones amid fears they distract students

Europe’s workhorse Ariane 5 rocket blasted off for a final time on Wednesday, with its farewell flight after 27 years of launches coming at a difficult time for European space efforts.

Authorities on Wednesday probed the death of a man who may have been felled by a police rubber bullet during riots in Marseille, as France counts the cost of its most intense urban violence in nearly two decades.

President Emmanuel Macron’s government faced a backlash Wednesday after the centrist leader called for powers to “cut off” social media in case of widespread violence like riots over the past week.