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Updated: South Korean president is impeached in stunning fall

Friday, 9 December 2016, 08:34 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

South Korean lawmakers on Friday voted to impeach President Park Geun-hye, a stunning and swift fall for the country's first female leader amid protests that drew millions into the streets in united...

Brexit dominates UK politics, from Supreme Court to Commons

Friday, 9 December 2016, 06:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

The drama of Britain's exit from the European Union was being acted out this week on two of London's grandest stages: the Supreme Court and the House of Commons chamber. The plot is gripping, but the...

John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, dies at 95

Friday, 9 December 2016, 06:17 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

John Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an all-American hero and propelled him to a long career in the U.S. Senate, died Thursday. The last survivor of...

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...

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