Updated: Johnson calls opponents cowardly, plans new election bid
Thursday, 5 September 2019, 10:49
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Prime Minister Boris Johnson looked for new ways Thursday to bring about a national election, after rebellious British lawmakers rejected his call to trigger a snap poll and moved to block his plan to...
Hurricane death toll climbs to 20 in devastated Bahamas
Thursday, 5 September 2019, 08:04
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
The ground crunched under Greg Alem's feet on Wednesday as he walked over the ruins of his home, laid waste by Hurricane Dorian. He touched a splintered beam of wood and pointed to the fallen trees,...
More women accuse opera legend Placido Domingo of sexual harassment
Thursday, 5 September 2019, 07:56
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
The glittering production was a high point of the Washington Opera's 1999-2000 season: Jules Massenet's "Le Cid," about a legendary Spanish conqueror, starring a tenor legendary in his own right...
Italy's Conte forms new coalition of populists and Democrats
Thursday, 5 September 2019, 07:48
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte forged a new coalition government Wednesday that teams up the populist 5-Star Movement and center-left Democrats in an unusual alliance of rivals to banish for now the...
Johnson's Brexit plans in crisis after third defeat in two days
Thursday, 5 September 2019, 07:43
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Prime Minister Boris Johnson called Wednesday for a national election on Oct. 15, saying it was the only way out of Britain's Brexit impasse after lawmakers moved to block his plan to leave the...
Updated: Hong Kong leader withdraws extradition bill
Wednesday, 4 September 2019, 12:55
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has announced the government will formally withdraw an extradition bill that has sparked months of demonstrations in the city, bowing to one of the protesters'...
Updated (3): Brexit turmoil continues as lawmakers defy UK's Johnson
Wednesday, 4 September 2019, 10:16
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Britain's Parliament faced a second straight day of political turmoil Wednesday as lawmakers fought Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan to deliver Brexit in less than two months, come what...
Bahamians begin rescues as Dorian moves on toward US coast
Wednesday, 4 September 2019, 09:48
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Bahamians rescued victims of Hurricane Dorian with jet skis and a bulldozer as the U.S. Coast Guard, Britain's Royal Navy and a handful of aid groups tried to get food and medicine to survivors and...
Updated - Italy: 5-Stars vote to enter new coalition
Tuesday, 3 September 2019, 20:07
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
The leader of Italy's populist 5-Star Movement says an overwhelming majority of its activists have voted online in favor of forming a coalition government with the Democratic Party, a mainstream...
Climate, post-conflict peace on Pope Francis' Africa agenda
Tuesday, 3 September 2019, 16:17
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Pope Francis heads this week to the southern African nations of Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius, visiting some of the world's poorest countries in a region hard hit by some of his biggest...