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Updated: Fiat Chrysler, PSA Peugeot boards approve merger

Thursday, 31 October 2019, 08:53 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

The boards of Fiat Chrysler and PSA Peugeot have approved merging the two companies in a move that would create the world's fourth-largest automaker with combined revenues of 170 billion euros ($188.8...

Hundreds of migrants in Libya flee detention, cite hunger

Thursday, 31 October 2019, 08:01 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Hundreds of migrants have fled a detention center in coastal Libya and crowded overnight around a U.N. facility, saying they were denied food for weeks. Around 450 people left Abu Salim detention...

Rescue ship to land in Sicily with 104 migrants

Wednesday, 30 October 2019, 07:55 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Italy is permitting the humanitarian rescue ship Ocean Viking with 104 migrants on board to land in Sicily. SOS Mediterranee, one of the charities that operate the ship, expressed relief at the...

UK to hold rare December election with Brexit on table

Wednesday, 30 October 2019, 07:53 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Britain is to hold an early election on Dec. 12 after the House of Commons passed a bill authorizing the vote. Lawmakers voted 438-20 in favor of the bill to give Prime Minister Boris Johnson the...

Libya coast guard intercepts dozens of Europe-bound migrants

Tuesday, 29 October 2019, 07:53 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Libya's coast guard said Monday it intercepted dozens of Europe-bound migrants off the country's Mediterranean coast the previous day. A rubber boat with 53 African migrants, including 14 women...

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