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Separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine divides young voters
March 29, 2019
Separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine divides young voters
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Five years after a deadly separatist conflict broke out in eastern Ukraine, the front line between…
Mexico’s president calls for an apology from Spain for historic wrongs
March 29, 2019
Mexico’s president calls for an apology from Spain for historic wrongs
(CNN)–Mexico’s president wants an apology for violations committed by Spanish conquistadors in the region, 500 years ago. “I have sent…
Venezuela’s Maduro announces ban on rival holding public office
March 29, 2019
Venezuela’s Maduro announces ban on rival holding public office
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s regime, bolstered by a Russian military deployment infuriating the US, on Thursday announced a ban on…
Securing a Brexit deal will not end the UK’s political crisis
March 29, 2019
Securing a Brexit deal will not end the UK’s political crisis
London (CNN)–Anyone who thinks Theresa May’s resignation announcement — telling her party she will stand down once Brexit is delivered — marks…
Spanish police arrest German neo-Nazi bomb suspect
March 29, 2019
Spanish police arrest German neo-Nazi bomb suspect
Spanish police said Thursday they had apprehended a suspected neo-Nazi on the island of Majorca who is wanted in Germany…
From outrage to icon: Paris marks 30 years of Louvre’s pyramid
March 28, 2019
From outrage to icon: Paris marks 30 years of Louvre’s pyramid
It was once decried as an architectural “obscenity”, but as the Louvre’s glass pyramid turns 30 on Friday, it has…
Monsanto ordered to pay $80 mn in Roundup cancer trial
March 28, 2019
Monsanto ordered to pay $80 mn in Roundup cancer trial
Monsanto has been ordered to pay some $80 million to an American retiree who blames his cancer on the agribusiness…
Facebook bars white nationalism, stepping up hate speech curbs
March 28, 2019
Facebook bars white nationalism, stepping up hate speech curbs
Facebook announced Wednesday it would ban praise or support for white nationalism and white separatism as part of a stepped-up…
UK PM to renew Brexit deal push after pledge to resign
March 28, 2019
UK PM to renew Brexit deal push after pledge to resign
British Prime Minister Theresa May will renew attempts to push through her Brexit plan Thursday, after she dramatically offered to…
Despair, anger as Venezuelans endure paralyzing blackout
March 28, 2019
Despair, anger as Venezuelans endure paralyzing blackout
Venezuelans wavered between despair and rage Wednesday as they endured a third day of a near-nationwide blackout that has paralyzed…