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Italian PM Draghi wins vote but unity coalition unravels

Thursday, 21 July 2022, 07:43 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Italian Premier Mario Draghi won a confidence vote Wednesday in the Senate, but it was a hollow victory after three of his key coalition allies boycotted the voting, virtually dooming any prospects...

Sunak and Truss face runoff to become UK's next leader

Wednesday, 20 July 2022, 18:31 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Britain's Conservative Party chose former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss — a fiscal moderate and a low-tax crusader — as the two finalists in an election to...

Italy's premier sets conditions to remain in office

Wednesday, 20 July 2022, 10:31 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Italian Premier Mario Draghi said Wednesday the spontaneous popular support for his government is “unprecedented and impossible to ignore,” as he weighed appeals to rescind his...

Russia pounds Ukraine as Putin gets Iran's backing

Wednesday, 20 July 2022, 07:35 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Russian missiles struck cities and villages in eastern and southern Ukraine, hitting homes, a school and a community center on Tuesday as Russian President Vladimir Putin won strong support...

UK breaks record for highest temperature as Europe sizzles

Wednesday, 20 July 2022, 07:33 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Britain shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered Tuesday amid a heat wave that has seared swaths of Europe, as the U.K.'s national weather forecaster said such highs are now a fact...

Temperatures hit 40 degrees in the UK - a new record high

Tuesday, 19 July 2022, 15:38 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

Britain shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered Tuesday amid a heat wave that has seized swaths of Europe — and the national weather forecaster predicted it would get hotter...

Europe broils in heat wave that fuels fires in France, Spain

Tuesday, 19 July 2022, 07:40 Last update: about 5 years ago Associated Press

A heat wave broiling Europe spilled northward Monday to Britain and fueled ferocious wildfires in Spain and France, which evacuated thousands of people and scrambled water-bombing planes and...

Oil prices climb after Biden fails to secure output hike

Monday, 18 July 2022, 15:12 Last update: about 5 years ago

Brent crude prices have pushed past $100 per barrel on Monday morning, rising more than 2.6% to $103.88, as traders digested the lack of progress in securing output hike pledges from Saudi Arabia over...

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