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But if it misses the boat, it could cease to be relevant. “If Europe doesn’t do this right, it will become a very small continent abandoned for a few generations,” he told the Financial ...

Europe's largest desert has “spread black dust” across the continent. Iceland is home to the largest and most active desert in Europe. But instead of warm sandy dunes, they are made of black ...

(Axel Heimken/AFP via Getty Images) ROME — As the war in Ukraine boosts arms spending across Europe, the continent’s defense industry grew by 16.9 percent last year, reaching revenue of nearly ...

Flowing from its source in the Swiss Alps, the Rhine is the venerable grandfather of Europe’s rivers, bearing witness to the ...

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TALLINN — On the eve of another European winter, one of Russia’s most skilled, stealthy hacking groups is targeting the Continent’s energy infrastructure ... re interested in the energy sector across ...