340 migrants dead or missing in four shipwrecks in recent days
Thursday, 17 November 2016, 13:10
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
A migration organization says that about 340 migrants have died or gone missing in four Mediterranean Sea shipwrecks over the past two-and-a-half days. Flavio Di Giacomo, Italy spokesman for the...
'Post-truth' chosen as Oxford Dictionaries word of year
Thursday, 17 November 2016, 06:23
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
Oxford dictionary editors have chosen their word of the year: "post-truth," a term sometimes used to describe the current political climate. Oxford Dictionaries said Wednesday that use of the...
European Union unveils new security check system for travellers
Wednesday, 16 November 2016, 14:39
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
The European Union on Wednesday unveiled plans for a new system of security checks on travelers permitted to enter Europe without visas in an effort to crack down on extremists. People from 60...
UK's Johnson accused of offering impossible Brexit vision
Wednesday, 16 November 2016, 12:21
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is offering Britons an unrealistic and unachievable vision of the U.K.'s future outside the European Union, Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem has...
Obese Mexican man removed from home for first time in six years
Wednesday, 16 November 2016, 06:18
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
A Mexican man who weighs about 1,100 pounds (500 kilos) and hadn't left his bed in six years has been removed by medical personnel for treatment. His doctor gave the 32-year-old man's name only...
2-year-old shoots 1-year-old in the face in a car
Wednesday, 16 November 2016, 06:13
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
Baton Rouge police say a 2-year-old shot a 1-year-old sibling in the face inside a parked car in north Baton Rouge, leaving the infant in serious condition. Police spokesman Sgt. L'Jean McKneely...
Brexit vote was 'not legally binding', says Supreme Court judge
Tuesday, 15 November 2016, 16:49
Last update: about 11 years ago
The EU referendum was not legally binding, a Supreme Court judge hearing the government’s appeal against the Brexit legal challenge has said ahead of the December court case. Lady Brenda...