Person at Munich airport detained after bypassing security
Tuesday, 27 August 2019, 18:19
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Police at Munich airport detained a passenger who left a terminal via an emergency exit instead of going through passport control, prompting a temporary partial shutdown of one of Germany's busiest...
Judge orders drugmaker to pay $572 million in opioid lawsuit
Tuesday, 27 August 2019, 08:39
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
An Oklahoma judge on Monday found Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries helped fuel the state's opioid crisis and ordered the consumer products giant to pay $572 million, more than twice the...
Updated: Spurning Amazon aid, Bolsonaro demands apology from Macron
Tuesday, 27 August 2019, 07:49
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
The Group of Seven nations on Monday pledged tens of millions of dollars to help fight raging wildfires in the Amazon and protect its rainforest, even as Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accused...
While Italian politicians fight, finance minister tries to reassure
Monday, 26 August 2019, 08:08
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Italy's economy minister tried to reassure financial markets and citizens as the nation's political leaders struggled Sunday to form a new government hoping to avoid early elections that could bring...
Brazil's Bolsonaro causes global outrage over Amazon fires
Monday, 26 August 2019, 08:06
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has insulted adversaries and allies, disparaged women, blacks and homosexuals, and even praised his country's 1964-1985 dictatorship. Yet nothing has rallied more...
Best G-7 can do for global economy: just don't make it worse
Monday, 26 August 2019, 08:04
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
The global economy craves a double shot of confidence right now but the best that leaders of the Group of Seven can offer is a less intoxicating cocktail: not making things worse. Sharp...
Pope, urging prayers, says Amazon forest vital for our Earth
Sunday, 25 August 2019, 18:20
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Pope Francis said Sunday that the Amazon forest is vital for our Earth and is urging prayers that fires there are quickly controlled. Francis added his voice to the chorus of international...
Brazilian troops begin deploying to fight Amazon fires
Sunday, 25 August 2019, 07:16
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Backed by military aircraft, Brazilian troops on Saturday were deploying in the Amazon to fight fires that have swept the region and prompted anti-government protests as well as an international...
Married only minutes, Texas newlyweds killed in crash
Sunday, 25 August 2019, 07:07
Last update: about 7 years ago
Associated Press
Harley Morgan was still wearing his dark suit and Rhiannon Boudreaux her wedding dress when the Texas "childhood sweethearts" were killed in a crash with a truck minutes after they were...