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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...

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...

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