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Italy, Austria signal new hard-line axis on migration

Thursday, 21 June 2018, 07:39 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

A meeting of Italy's anti-migrant interior minister with like-minded Austrian populist leaders on Wednesday in Rome heralded a new hard-line axis forming in Europe on migration issues with pledges to...

Italy's interior minister turns gaze to 'Roma question'

Tuesday, 19 June 2018, 07:46 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Italy's hard-line interior minister, who recently sparked a multinational showdown by refusing entry to a Mediterranean Sea rescue boat packed with 630 migrants, is now taking aim at Italy's minority...

Migration fight shakes German government as Merkel, ally face off

Monday, 18 June 2018, 07:38 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Germany's interior minister insisted that his party has no intention of bringing down Chancellor Angela Merkel and her government, amid uncertainty Sunday over chances of a solution to a bitter...

Gunfire erupts at New Jersey arts festival; 22 wounded

Sunday, 17 June 2018, 19:44 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Two gunmen opened fire at an all-night arts and music festival early Sunday morning, sending people running over each other in the scramble to safety, authorities said. One suspect was killed and 22...

Watch: Taxi hits pedestrians near Moscow's Red Square, injuring 8

Sunday, 17 June 2018, 08:49 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Eight people, including two from Mexico, were injured Saturday when a taxi crashed into pedestrians on a sidewalk near Red Square in Moscow. Russian police said the driver in the crash has been...

Official says beer bars are too hot in Vietnam

Wednesday, 8 October 2014, 16:57 Last update: about 13 years ago Associated Press

A ministry official is proposing that the temperature in restaurants selling beer in Vietnam should not exceed 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit), a rule that will be hard to enforce considering...

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