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December 11, 2019
Bosnia closes 'jungle' migrant camp
SARAJEVO — Bosnia will on Wednesday dismantle tents at a makeshift migrant camp known as the "jungle" for its brutal conditions, after transferring hundreds of people to Sarajevo.Rights groups heavily criticized the Vucjak camp, where migrants slept in tents with no heating, running water or proper toilets, ever since local authorities opened in June in an area near the Croatian border that still has landmines from the 1990s war.After the ...
December 11, 2019
France PM makes concessions to striking workers over pension reform
PARIS — France's Prime Minister insisted on Wednesday that the government would push ahead with reforms to the country's fragmented pension system but offered concessions to unions as a crippling strike entered its seventh day.Public transport networks in Paris and other main cities have been paralyzed by the walkout, which began last Thursday and left shops, hotels and restaurants fearing for the impact on their bottom line.In a televised address, ...
December 11, 2019
Climate pledges 'misleading', Greta tells UN meet
MADRID — Swedish activist Greta Thunberg on Wednesday accused wealthier nations of inventing ways to avoid slashing their greenhouse gas emissions, branding their climate action "misleading" at a summit in Madrid.The UN climate forum tasked with saving the world from runaway global warming has become an "opportunity for countries to negotiate loopholes and to avoid raising their ambition" to act on climate, the 16-year-old told delegates and observers to vigorous ...
December 11, 2019
Polls tighten on eve of Britain's Brexit election
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed on Wednesday to "fight for every vote" after polls predicted a close finish to Britain's general election aimed at settling the Brexit crisis.Britons head to the polls for the third time in four years on Thursday, against a backdrop of political deadlock since a 2016 referendum which saw a majority opt to leave the EU.Parliament repeatedly refused to accept divorce terms that former ...
December 10, 2019
Putin leads tributes as ex-Moscow mayor Yury Luzhkov dies
MOSCOW — Former Moscow mayor Yury Luzhkov, a political heavyweight who transformed Russia's capital but was dogged by corruption claims, has died aged 83.Sergei Sobyanin, who succeeded Luzhkov nine years ago, announced his death on Tuesday, calling him a "life-loving person" who "did a lot for the city and for Muscovites" during his 18 years at the helm of the Russian capital.Russia's REN TV channel said Luzhkov died in a ...
December 10, 2019
French PM warns of long pensions standoff in face of new protests
PARIS — French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe warned on Tuesday of a lengthy battle over the government's pension reforms, as hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated on the sixth day of a transport strike that has caused travel misery.The industrial action, which has paralyzed public transport in Paris and severely disrupted national rail services, is the biggest show of union force since President Emmanuel Macron came to power in 2017 ...
December 10, 2019
Spanish king begins government talks with party leaders
MADRID — Spain's king began talks with political party leaders on Tuesday on forming a new government as acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez lacked crucial support from Catalan separatists.After he wraps up the round of talks on Wednesday, King Felipe V is expected to call on the candidate with the best chance of winning a vote of confidence in parliament to form a new government.In all likelihood that will be ...
December 10, 2019
Gunman kills himself after killing 6 in Czech hospital rampage
PRAGUE — A gunman killed himself on Tuesday after shooting dead six patients at a hospital in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava, in what the premier has called "an immense tragedy".The attacker gunned down people at close range at the trauma ward of the Faculty Hospital in Ostrava, a steel hub located some 300 km (190 miles) east of Prague.Four men and two women died during the assault, which ...
December 10, 2019
UK's Labour tries to stage late 'Brexit election' comeback
LONDON — UK opposition Labour party sought on Tuesday to exploit the ruling Conservatives' weakness on healthcare and divert attention from its own mixed message on Brexit two days before Britons head to the polls.But its hopes of staging a comeback before Thursday's general election were hobbled by a leaked recording in which Labour's own health spokesman called his party's prospects "dire"."It's abysmal out there," Jonathan Ashworth said in a ...
December 10, 2019
French schools hit as unions call new mass pension protests
PARIS — French teachers walked off the job for the second time in a week on Tuesday and demonstrators hit the streets again on the sixth day of a strike over pension reforms that shows no sign of abating.The strikes have hit Paris the most, with around 35 percent of teachers in the capital walking out, compared to around 12.5 percent nationwide, according to Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer.Meanwhile, public transport ...
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