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September 17, 2019
Britain's Supreme Court enters Brexit crisis
LONDON - Britain's Supreme Court will begin considering legal challenges Tuesday to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's controversial decision to suspend parliament for over a month, as the country's political crisis over Brexit intensifies.The court is set to hear three days of arguments over Johnson's move to shutter the House of Commons last week until October 14 -- just two weeks before the country is scheduled to leave the European Union.The ...
September 17, 2019
Police clear major migrant camp in northern France
GRANDE-SYNTHE, FRANCE - French police began clearing around 1,000 migrants from a gymnasium near the northern port of Dunkirk on Tuesday after a court ruled it was a health and security hazard.The mayor of Grande-Synthe in December 2018 opened up the sports hall to migrant families seeking shelter from the cold.Since then, it has grown into a makeshift camp with around 800 people sleeping in tents pitched around the crammed ...
September 17, 2019
DR Congo president arrives in Belgium on first official Europe visit
BRUSSELS - DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi arrived in Belgium late Monday on his first official visit to Europe, aiming to normalize relations with the former colonial power which were strained under the vast African nation's previous leader's refusal to step down.Tshisekedi traveled to Washington in April where he met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.But this trip to Belgium marks his first time in Europe since being declared, ...
September 16, 2019
EU downbeat after Johnson-Juncker Brexit talks
LUXEMBOURG — Britain has not proposed any workable alternatives to its Brexit withdrawal agreement, the EU said Monday after talks with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson ended without a breakthrough.It said the meeting between Johnson and EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker failed to yield any alternative to proposals on the Northern Ireland border that the British leader has rejected.Johnson has vowed to take Britain out of the bloc by the ...
September 16, 2019
UK PM Johnson: Progress in next few days key to Brexit deal chances
LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday the next few days would be key to his chances of securing a Brexit deal, and that an agreement with the European Union was still his aim and still possible.With less than seven weeks remaining until Britain is due to leave the European Union, Johnson has yet to strike a deal with Brussels to manage the unprecedented separation between the ...
September 15, 2019
Ocean Viking set to return to Libya rescues
ROME - Charity rescue vessel Ocean Viking was on Sunday preparing to return to rescuing shipwreck survivors off Libya after disembarking 82 migrants in Italy following a reversal of government policy in Rome.Italian authorities identified and carried out medical checks on the sub-Saharan African migrants after they disembarked overnight on southern island Lampedusa after more than six days at sea.Under an ad hoc European deal, Italy, France and Germany will ...
September 15, 2019
Ex-PM Cameron slams Johnson over Brexit
LONDON - Former British prime minister David Cameron launched a blistering attack on the UK's current leader Boris Johnson in extracts of his memoirs published Sunday, accusing him of only backing Brexit to further his own career.He said Johnson, who took office in July, believed that campaigning for Britain to leave the European Union during the 2016 referendum would make him the "darling" of their Conservative party.Damningly, he also said ...
September 15, 2019
The perennial problem of Italy's agro-mafia
MILAN - Thousands of exploited workers who are paid a pittance to work in unacceptable conditions: welcome to the dark side of Italy's world famous agriculture, and the shadowy role of the mafia.Every summer, thousands of migrant workers from Africa but also Bulgaria and Romania, come to pick tomatoes and watermelons under the unforgiving Italian sun.Around 400,000 farmworkers are exposed to the risk of exploitation, with at least 100,000 in ...
September 15, 2019
New Italy government lets rescued migrants disembark
ROME - Italy on Saturday allowed rescue ship Ocean Viking to disembark 82 migrants on Lampedusa, in a reversal of the hardline policy under the country's ex-interior minister Matteo Salvini.Far-right leader Salvini was forced out of office last month after bringing the government down, and the new coalition has been trying to forge its own migrant stance.It is the first time in 14 months that Italy has given a migrant ...
September 15, 2019
Climate protesters tell carmakers 'the party is over'
FRANKFURT - Thousands of protesters marched in front of Frankfurt's IAA car show on Saturday to demand a swift end to combustion engines and a shift to environmentally friendly vehicles as Chancellor Angela Merkel's government prepares to unveil climate protection measures.Police in Frankfurt said some 15,000, including many cyclists, took part in the march. Organizers put the number at 25,000 and said that around 18,000 cyclists had descended on the ...
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