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Aug. 28, 2024, 3:53 AM ET (AP)
Drying lakes and thirsty trees: In drought-hit Greece, water trucks are keeping crops alive
Aug. 28, 2024, 3:00 AM ET (AP)
Having Orbán in charge of EU's presidency raises key question: Is Hungary for or against the EU?
Aug. 28, 2024, 1:28 AM ET (AP)
As the far right rises in eastern Germany, companies struggle to attract skilled foreign workers
Aug. 28, 2024, 12:01 AM ET (AP)
Ukraine's Russia offensive is risky. To get a boost, it wants less US caution on weapons
Aug. 27, 2024, 4:00 PM ET (AP)
Smugglers throwing migrants off speedboats in Aegean Sea to avoid arrest, says Greek coast guard
Europe, second smallest of the world’s continents, composed of the westward-projecting peninsulas of Eurasia (the great landmass that it shares with Asia) and occupying nearly one-fifteenth of the world’s total land area. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the west by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the south (west to east) by the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, the Kuma-Manych Depression, and the Caspian Sea. The continent’s eastern boundary (north to south) runs along the Ural Mountains and then roughly southwest along the Emba (Zhem) River, terminating at the northern Caspian coast. Europe’s largest islands ...(100 of 20355 words)