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Libyan coast guard says 97 missing after migrant boat sinks

Thursday, 13 April 2017, 17:45 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

At least 97 African migrants are missing and believed drowned after their Europe-bound boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday, the Libyan coast guard said. Spokesman Ayoub Gassim said 23...

She's only 5, but Beckham daughter gets brand protection

Thursday, 13 April 2017, 15:49 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Harper Beckham is only 5 years old, but her famous mother already is taking steps to protect her brand. Fashion designer and former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has registered daughter Harper's...

Germany favours ban on boat exports to Libya to stop migrants

Thursday, 13 April 2017, 12:25 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

The German government says it would support a ban on the export of boats from the European Union to Libya as part of measures to stem the flow of migrants across the Mediterranean. Smugglers use...

Prince Charles offered new title - Prince of Transylvania

Thursday, 13 April 2017, 12:07 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Britain's Prince Charles has boasted he shares a bloodline with legendary 15th-century prince Vlad the Impaler. Now a mayor is offering to make him Prince of Transylvania. A spokesman for the...

Dortmund attack: Germany detains Iraqi with IS links

Thursday, 13 April 2017, 11:22 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

German prosecutors say a 26-year-old Iraqi detained following a bomb attack on a top league soccer club is suspected of membership in the Islamic State group. However, federal prosecutors say they...

France: Gasoline bomb hits Le Pen's Paris campaign office

Thursday, 13 April 2017, 11:20 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Paris police say a gasoline bomb hit the building housing French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen's campaign headquarters, causing a small fire. The Paris fire department says no...

Trump declares US-Russia relations may be at 'all-time low'

Thursday, 13 April 2017, 06:20 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Laying bare deep and dangerous divisions on Syria and other issues, President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that U.S. relations with Russia "may be at an all-time low." His top diplomat offered a...

Melania Trump wins €2.7 million damages from Daily Mail publisher

Wednesday, 12 April 2017, 14:54 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

U.S. first lady Melania Trump has accepted an apology and damages from the publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper for reporting rumors about her time as a model, the two parties in the lawsuit said...

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