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...
Updated: Major defeat for British PM as lawmakers seize Brexit agenda
Tuesday, 3 September 2019, 11:50
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Parliament was reconvening Tuesday for a pivotal day in British politics as lawmakers challenged Prime Minister Boris Johnson's insistence that the U.K. will leave the European Union on Oct. 31...
Five dead as Hurricane Dorian pounds relentlessly at desperate Bahamas
Tuesday, 3 September 2019, 07:50
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Hurricane Dorian came to a catastrophic daylong halt over the northwest Bahamas, flooding the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama with walls of water that lapped into the second floors of buildings,...