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Cushions found likely to have come from Sala's missing plane

Wednesday, 30 January 2019, 15:53 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Air accident investigators say two seat cushions have been found which are likely to have come from the plane carrying Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala. They are the first traces of the...

Updated (2): May plans return to EU to reopen Brexit deal

Tuesday, 29 January 2019, 12:03 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

The British Parliament is set to vote on competing Brexit plans Tuesday, with Prime Minister Theresa May desperately seeking a mandate from lawmakers to help secure concessions from the European...

Italy to seek court ruling Dutch must deal with migrant boat

Tuesday, 29 January 2019, 10:53 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Italy has decided to ask the European human rights court to rule that the Netherlands must deal with a Dutch-flagged migrant rescue boat stranded off Sicily. The Italian premier's office said...

US charges Chinese tech giant Huawei, top executive

Tuesday, 29 January 2019, 07:55 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges Monday against Chinese tech giant Huawei, a top company executive and several subsidiaries, alleging the company stole trade secrets, misled banks...

UK leader under new pressure to secure EU Brexit concessions

Monday, 28 January 2019, 15:18 Last update: about 9 years ago

Pro-Brexit British lawmakers were mounting a campaign Monday to rescue Prime Minister Theresa May's rejected European Union divorce deal in a parliamentary showdown this week. Lawmakers threw out...

Another week, more UK jockeying over who controls Brexit

Monday, 28 January 2019, 07:46 Last update: about 9 years ago

British Prime Minister Theresa May faces another bruising week in Parliament as lawmakers plan to challenge her minority Conservative government for control of Brexit policy. Amendments designed...

Auschwitz survivors pay homage as world remembers Holocaust

Sunday, 27 January 2019, 12:54 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

The world marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday amid a revival of hate-inspired violence and signs that younger generations know less and less about the genocide of Jews, Roma and...

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