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UK foreign secretary downplays EU payment suggestions

Sunday, 4 December 2016, 18:05 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Britain's foreign secretary dismissed as "speculation" suggestions that the U.K. would pay for tariff-free trade with the European Union after it leaves the bloc. Boris Johnson's comments...

Fidel Castro's ashes interred in private ceremony in Cuba

Sunday, 4 December 2016, 18:04 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Fidel Castro's ashes were interred in a private ceremony Sunday morning, ending nine days of mourning for the man who ruled Cuba for nearly half a century. The military caravan bearing his...

Italians vote in referendum; Renzi vows to quit if he loses

Sunday, 4 December 2016, 18:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Italians vote Sunday in a referendum on constitutional reforms that is being closely watched abroad to see if Italy becomes the next country to reject the political status quo. Premier...

Updated: Mainstream relief as leftist candidate wins in Austria

Sunday, 4 December 2016, 17:46 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Alexander Van der Bellen, who preached moderation and tolerance, won Austria's presidential election Sunday over right-wing populist Norbert Hofer, according to preliminary results that showed Van der Bellen convincingly ahead despite pre-vote polls showing them neck and neck....

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,...

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