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June 2, 2024, 1:22 PM ET (AP)
A mass parachute jump over Normandy kicks off commemorations for the 80th anniversary of D-Day
June 2, 2024, 9:46 AM ET (AP)
Real Madrid plot a 16th Champions League triumph. Kylian Mbappe would make Europe's best even better
June 1, 2024, 8:30 PM ET (AP)
Champions League final: Real Madrid seals 15th European Cup after 2-0 win over Borussia Dortmund
June 1, 2024, 2:38 PM ET (AP)
Orbán stages a 'peace march' in Hungary in a show of strength before European Parliament election
June 1, 2024, 11:20 AM ET (AP)
European vote could tip the balance on Meloni's far-right agenda in Italy
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)