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Spain stops NGO migrant rescue boat from setting sail

Monday, 14 January 2019, 14:07 Last update: about 9 years ago

A Spanish humanitarian group dedicated to saving migrants at sea says one of its boats has been denied permission to set sail from the port of Barcelona. The Associated Press has seen the order...

Italian fugitive arrives home to serve life term for murder

Monday, 14 January 2019, 12:59 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

A left-wing Italian militant who was convicted of murder three decades ago arrived in Rome on Monday to serve a life prison sentence, after his life as a celebrity fugitive came to an abrupt end with...

UK's May warns Brexit deal rejection would be 'catastrophic'

Monday, 14 January 2019, 07:44 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

British Prime Minister Theresa May warned Sunday that lawmakers risk undermining the public's faith in democracy if they reject her divorce deal with the European Union in a vote set for...

Body found in rubble brings toll to 4 in Paris bakery blast

Sunday, 13 January 2019, 16:43 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Paris Fire Department said rescuers have found a woman's body under the rubble of a bakery in Paris that was blown apart by a powerful explosion, bringing the overall death toll to four. The...

Italy sends plane for fugitive militant captured in Bolivia

Sunday, 13 January 2019, 16:39 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Italy sent an aircraft to Bolivia on Sunday to pick up fugitive left-wing militant Cesare Battisti after he was captured there nearly three decades after being convicted of murder in his home country....

Huawei fires sales manager who Poland charged with spying

Saturday, 12 January 2019, 17:37 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

The Chinese tech company Huawei on Saturday announced it has fired a sales director who was arrested in Poland and charged with spying for China, saying he has brought the firm's reputation "into...

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