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Italy, France consider giving Tunisia migrant boat alerts

Saturday, 7 November 2020, 06:56 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Italy and France are considering deploying sea or air craft to alert Tunisia to the departure of clandestine boats ferrying migrants north to Italian shores, like the young Tunisian man who is the...

EXPLAINER: Why is vote counting in United States taking so long?

Saturday, 7 November 2020, 06:51 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

The slow pace of this year’s U.S. election count is fueling a lot of criticism, but it's mostly a reflection of laudable things: greater voter enthusiasm and steps that states took to protect...

Suspended animation: Count drags on as Biden nears victory

Saturday, 7 November 2020, 06:42 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Four days after the election, the U.S. presidential race hovered in suspended animation Saturday as the long, exacting work of counting votes brought Democrat Joe Biden ever closer to a victory over...

Greece imposes lockdown to avoid worst at hospitals

Thursday, 5 November 2020, 17:30 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

With a surge in coronavirus cases straining hospitals in many European countries, Greece announced a nationwide lockdown Thursday in the hopes of stemming a rising tide of patients before its...

Covid-19: Retail therapy, last pints - England enters new lockdown

Thursday, 5 November 2020, 07:35 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Last-minute shoppers in England came out in force Wednesday and thirsty drinkers enjoyed their final freshly poured pints in a pub for the next month before Britain joins swaths of Europe in a...

Biden wins Michigan, Wisconsin, now on brink of White House

Thursday, 5 November 2020, 06:17 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Joe Biden won the battleground prizes of Michigan and Wisconsin on Wednesday, reclaiming a key part of the “blue wall” that slipped away from Democrats four years ago and dramatically...

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