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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...

EU top court rules in favour of Google on search engine issue

Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 11:43 Last update: about 7 years ago Associated Press

Google won a major case in the European Union on Tuesday, when the bloc's top court ruled that the U.S. internet giant doesn't have to extend the EU's "right to be forgotten" rules to its search...

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