PARIS (AP) – Cuban President Raul Castro is paying a state visit to France, in the first European foray by a Cuban leader in two decades, as Cuba opens up its economy. The trip comes after a breakthrough deal was reached in Paris in December lightening Cuba’s foreign debt – …

BERLIN (AP) – The Latest on the huge influx of asylum-seekers to Europe (all times local): 1:10 p.m. Germany’s interior minister is meeting officials in Kabul as his country tries to reduce the number of Afghans heading to Europe and considers how to get some of those who have arrived …

PARIS (AP) – Swiss police say 3-star chef Benoit Violier, whose restaurant near Lausanne recently topped a list of the world’s best, has been found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot. He was 44. Police said in a statement that Violier was found dead in his home late Sunday afternoon …