Updated: Ex-French President Chirac, who stood up to US, dies at 86
Thursday, 26 September 2019, 12:29
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Jacques Chirac, a two-term French president who was the first leader to acknowledge France's role in the Holocaust and defiantly opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, has died at age 86....
Updated (2): UK leader Johnson faces backlash over confrontational tone
Thursday, 26 September 2019, 11:40
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced a backlash from furious lawmakers on Thursday over his use of confrontational language in Parliament about opponents of his Brexit plan, as the Speaker of...
EU watches Brexit saga in Britain with bewilderment
Thursday, 26 September 2019, 08:03
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Three years later, and it looks like the Brexit tables have turned. Boris Johnson and fellow Brexiteers expected to negotiate the European Union ragged for a deal that gave the U.K. as many...
An unrepentant Boris Johnson faces raucous Parliament
Thursday, 26 September 2019, 07:59
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
An unrepentant Prime Minister Boris Johnson brushed off cries of "Resign!" and dared his foes to try to topple him Wednesday at a raucous session of Parliament, a day after Britain's highest court...
Fast-moving glacier threatens valley in Mont Blanc massif
Wednesday, 25 September 2019, 15:59
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
A fast-moving Italian glacier is melting quickly, threatening a picturesque valley near the Alpine town of Courmayeur and prompting the mayor to close down a mountain road. Mayor Stefano...
What now? Migrants disembark in Europe to uncertain future
Wednesday, 25 September 2019, 09:56
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
As the weary passengers aboard a rescue ship approached Sicily at the end of an agonizing journey from North Africa, 30-year-old Seke Awa called a friend back in Libya the moment she got cellphone...
Pelosi orders Trump impeachment probe: 'No one is above the law'
Wednesday, 25 September 2019, 07:47
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, yielding to mounting pressure from fellow Democrats and plunging a deeply divided nation...
Another fine mess: Brexit-dogged Johnson's UN trip goes awry
Wednesday, 25 September 2019, 07:42
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson landed in New York this week on a speedy Royal Air Force jet, bringing his vision of a post-Brexit "Global Britain" to the United Nations. Then he sat on the...