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Another fine mess: Brexit-dogged Johnson's UN trip goes awry

Wednesday, 25 September 2019, 07:42 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson landed in New York this week on a speedy Royal Air Force jet, bringing his vision of a post-Brexit "Global Britain" to the United Nations. Then he sat on the...

EU top court rules in favour of Google on search engine issue

Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 11:43 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Google won a major case in the European Union on Tuesday, when the bloc's top court ruled that the U.S. internet giant doesn't have to extend the EU's "right to be forgotten" rules to its search...

Ocean Viking docks in Sicily, disembarks migrants

Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 11:07 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

A humanitarian ship has docked in Italy to disembark 182 men, women and children rescued in the Mediterranean Sea after fleeing Libya. The Ocean Viking arrived in the Sicilian port of Messina...

'You are failing us': Plans, frustration at UN climate talks

Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 07:45 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Scolded for doing little, leader after leader promised the United Nations on Monday to do more to prevent a warming world from reaching even more dangerous levels. As they made their pledges at...

'Game of Thrones,' 'Fleabag' top Emmys, Billy Porter makes history

Monday, 23 September 2019, 08:05 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"Game of Thrones" resurrected the Iron Throne at Sunday's Emmy ceremony, ruling as top drama on a night of surprises in which "Pose" star Billy Porter made history and the comedy series "Fleabag" led...

EU's Juncker: Irish border controls needed in no-deal Brexit

Sunday, 22 September 2019, 17:13 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

The European Union will insist that border controls be put up along the Irish border if Britain leaves the bloc without a deal and the British government will be responsible for that, a top EU...

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