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As virus hits Italy’s south, some flee troubled health care
World
November 18, 2020
As virus hits Italy’s south, some flee troubled health care
GIUGLIANO IN CAMPANIA, Italy (AP) — Patients, some wrapped in blankets that look like they came from home, moan in…
UK’s Johnson says giving powers to Scotland was ‘a disaster’
World
November 17, 2020
UK’s Johnson says giving powers to Scotland was ‘a disaster’
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called Scottish devolution “a disaster” and ruled out any further powers for…
Photos: Doorkins Magnificat, the cathedral cat who won over London, passes away
Life & Style
November 16, 2020
Photos: Doorkins Magnificat, the cathedral cat who won over London, passes away
One winter in 2008 a stray cat found its way to the Southwark Cathedral, located on the west bank of…
Trial in France for extremist foiled by 3 Americans on train
World
November 16, 2020
Trial in France for extremist foiled by 3 Americans on train
PARIS (AP) — An Islamic State operative went on trial Monday in Paris on terror charges for swaggering bare-chested through…
Britain, EU have 7-10 days to find Brexit breakthrough, says Ireland
World
November 16, 2020
Britain, EU have 7-10 days to find Brexit breakthrough, says Ireland
DUBLIN/LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain and the European Union have a week to 10 days to find a way to unlock…
Pandemic holds few lessons for European chefs, mostly misery
Food
November 15, 2020
Pandemic holds few lessons for European chefs, mostly misery
ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — Necessity is supposed to be the mother of invention. If that were the case for the…
Amid virus surge, Paris hospitals begin to see signs of hope
World
November 14, 2020
Amid virus surge, Paris hospitals begin to see signs of hope
PARIS (AP) — Dry-coughing as he pedals — a hack, hack, hack after-effect of his own personal battle with COVID-19…
Twelve charged in Germany with plotting mosque attacks, murders
World
November 13, 2020
Twelve charged in Germany with plotting mosque attacks, murders
BERLIN (Reuters) – German prosecutors have charged 12 men with plotting well-funded, armed attacks on mosques in which they planned…
As virus spikes, Europe runs low on ICU beds, hospital staff
World
November 10, 2020
As virus spikes, Europe runs low on ICU beds, hospital staff
PARIS (AP) — In Italy lines of ambulances park outside hospitals awaiting beds, and in France the government coronavirus tracking…
World markets rise on relief over US election outcome
World
November 9, 2020
World markets rise on relief over US election outcome
TOKYO (AP) — World markets climbed Monday as investors breathed a sigh of relief after days of US presidential limbo…