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Libya in spotlight as Italy, Tunisia shore up ties at summit

Wednesday, 1 May 2019, 07:38 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Tunisia and Italy bolstered their ties with a visit Tuesday by the Italian prime minister, concluding commercial deals and pleading for dialogue, not fighting, to prevail in Libya. Seven...

Brazilian model drowns after falling into sea

Wednesday, 1 May 2019, 07:31 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Authorities say they've found the body of a Brazilian model whose boat was caught in a windstorm off Sao Paulo. The local fire department says Caroline Bittencourt was found ashore Monday, a day...

Venezuela's Guaido takes to streets in military uprising

Tuesday, 30 April 2019, 14:49 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó took to the streets with activist Leopoldo Lopez and a small contingent of heavily armed soldiers early Tuesday in a bold and risky call for the...

Berlusconi suffers renal colic ahead of EU election event

Tuesday, 30 April 2019, 12:23 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi is in the hospital suffering from renal colic on the day he planned to present his candidates for European Parliament elections. Berlusconi's press office...

Emperor announces abdication as Japan marks end of era

Tuesday, 30 April 2019, 12:02 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

apanese Emperor Akihito announced his abdication at a palace ceremony Tuesday in his final address, as the nation embraced the end of his reign with reminiscence and hope for a new era. "Today, I...

146 migrants land in Italy in UN-organized Libya evacuation

Tuesday, 30 April 2019, 10:48 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

A group of 146 asylum-seekers have arrived in Italy as part of a U.N.-backed humanitarian evacuation from Libya. The U.N. refugee agency says it's the fifth such evacuation since 2017, though...

Israeli Eurovision hero says there's no place for boycott

Tuesday, 30 April 2019, 09:50 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Israel's winner of last year's Eurovision song contest said Monday there was no place for boycott calls of this year's competition in Tel Aviv, saying that to snub such a popular world event...

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