Italian Premier Renzi risks his job in today’s vote over reforms
Sunday, 4 December 2016, 06:48
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
When Matteo Renzi burst onto Italy’s national political stage, he set out to consign all that was outdated and ineffective in the country to the scrap heap, pledging to make economically...
Raul Castro: Cuba will ban naming of monuments after Fidel
Sunday, 4 December 2016, 06:45
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
After a week of national mourning that reached near-religious peaks of adulation, Cuban President Raul Castro announced Saturday that his government would prohibit the naming of streets and monuments...
Rain and sorrow accentuate memorial for dead at Brazil club
Saturday, 3 December 2016, 18:30
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
On a rainy Saturday that only accentuated the grief, 20,000 people filled a tiny stadium under umbrellas and plastic ponchos to say goodbye to members of the Chapecoense soccer club who died in a...
Nazi camp gate stolen from Dachau found in Norway
Saturday, 3 December 2016, 18:14
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
The investigation into how an iron gate stolen from the Nazis' Dachau concentration camp in southern Germany ended up in western Norway may be complicated because "no useable evidence" has been found,...
4 major world cities pledge to eliminate diesel vehicles
Saturday, 3 December 2016, 07:16
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Mexico City has joined with Paris, Madrid and Athens in committing to eliminating diesel vehicles from their cities by 2025. The agreement was announced at the C40 Mayors Summit in Mexico's...
Death threats and abuse for woman leading Brexit court fight
Saturday, 3 December 2016, 07:12
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Gina Miller is paying the price for going to court. The financial entrepreneur says she has received death threats and racial and sexual abuse since she won a High Court ruling forcing the...