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Italian populists renew anti-euro stance while eyeing power

Thursday, 8 December 2016, 18:10 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A leader of Italy's 5-Star Movement is pressing for a vote on whether the country should keep the euro as its official currency. Alessandro Di Battista, one of the populist party's several...

European Central Bank adds half a trillion euros in stimulus

Thursday, 8 December 2016, 18:02 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

The European Central Bank will pour another half-trillion euros ($579 billion) in newly printed money into the eurozone economy to support its recovery as the currency union heads into what could be a...

Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger celebrates birth of eighth child

Thursday, 8 December 2016, 17:58 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Mick Jagger's representatives say the rock legend has welcomed the birth of his eighth child. Jagger, the 73-year-old frontman of the Rolling Stones, was on hand Thursday at a New York hospital...

Updated: Donald Trump is Time magazine's Person of the Year

Wednesday, 7 December 2016, 13:58 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Time magazine on Wednesday named President-elect Donald Trump its Person of the Year. "It's a great honor. It means a lot," Trump said in a telephone interview on NBC's "Today" show. The...

Police arrest man over threats to UK Brexit lawsuit claimant

Wednesday, 7 December 2016, 13:24 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A man has been arrested on suspicion of sending online threats to the lead claimant in Britain's Brexit court case, police said Wednesday, as the high-stakes legal drama continued at the Supreme...

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