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Hollande, activists gear up for critical climate talks in Paris

Saturday, 28 November 2015, 13:50 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

French President Francois Hollande was meeting with environmental groups Saturday, pushing for an ambitious global deal to reduce man-made emissions blamed for global warming. Officials announced that...

European Union turns to Turkey to help manage its migration woes

Saturday, 28 November 2015, 09:22 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Five years ago, Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi warned that millions of Africans wanted to come to the European Union and offered to make the continent's immigration problem disappear in exchange for...

France honours attack victims in city subdued by mourning

Saturday, 28 November 2015, 09:12 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

A subdued France paid homage Friday to those killed two weeks ago in the attacks that gripped Paris in fear and mourning, honoring each of the 130 dead by name as the president pledged to "destroy the...

Russia suspends visa-free travel with Turkey as spat escalates

Saturday, 28 November 2015, 09:05 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Russia announced Friday that it will suspend visa-free travel with Turkey amid the escalating spat over the downing of a Russian warplane by a Turkish fighter jet at the Syrian border. Russian...

Drowned Syrian boy's aunt says family will settle in Canada

Saturday, 28 November 2015, 08:52 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

The aunt of a Syrian boy whose lifeless body was photographed on a Turkish beach, sparking worldwide outrage at the refugee crisis, said she hopes her family members will be in Canada by...

Pope Francis honours Ugandan Christian martyrs as example of faith

Saturday, 28 November 2015, 08:49 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Pope Francis paid his respects Saturday to Ugandan Christians who were burnt alive rather than renounce their faith, the latest group of martyrs from around the world honored by Francis in hopes of...

EU leaders agree on measures to slow migrant arrivals

Monday, 26 October 2015, 11:41 Last update: about 9 years ago

European and Balkan leaders agreed on measures in the early hours of yesterday morning to slow the movement of tens of thousands whose flight from war and poverty has overwhelmed border guards and...

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