France bans fracking
The French parliament voted to ban fracking - a worrisome technique used to extract gas from rock deposits.
750,000 walk off jobs in Britain
Hundreds of thousands of public-sector workers the length and breadth of Britain defied slurs and threats Thursday to mount one of the biggest walkouts since the country's 1926 General Strike.
Controversy over Israel and anti-Semitism embroils German left
Heated debate that had been tearing at Germany's Left Party seems to have abated after June 28, when its Bundestag members modified a controversial position on Israel.
