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February 21, 2019
Putin to US: I’m ready for another Cuban Missile-style crisis if you want one
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia is militarily ready for a Cuban Missile-style crisis if the United States wanted one, and that his country currently has the edge when it comes to a first nuclear strike.The Cuban Missile Crisis erupted in 1962 when Moscow responded to a US missile deployment in Turkey by sending ballistic missiles to Cuba, sparking a standoff that brought the world to the ...
February 21, 2019
British opposition leader warns of no deal Brexit danger
BRUSSELS — British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn warned on Thursday a no deal Brexit was a “very serious and present” risk and blamed Prime Minister Theresa May’s inflexible negotiating position.Corbyn met EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier in Brussels one day after May also met top European Commission officials and as talk in London grew of a possible breakthrough in the coming days.A Brexit deal struck by May and the other ...
February 21, 2019
Thousands protest against Albanian PM as EU slams opposition
TIRANA — Thousands rallied in Tirana against Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama on Thursday, as the EU condemned opposition mass resignations over alleged corruption by the premier.A heavy police presence was deployed around the parliament in Tirana after a similar opposition rally over the weekend had turned violent.The protesters, who accuse Rama of corruption, lit flares and shouted “Rama go away!” during Thursday’s march, but no violence was reported by ...
February 21, 2019
Pope opens child sex abuse conference, promising ‘concrete’ remedies
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis promised that concrete actions against child sexual abuse by priests would result from a conference he opened on Thursday, countering skepticism from some survivors who said the meeting looked like a public relations exercise.Francis convened Catholic leaders from around the world for the four-day meeting to address the scandal that has ravaged the Church’s credibility in the United States — where it has paid billions ...
February 21, 2019
Separatist activists cut roads in Catalonia as strike begins
BARCELONA, Spain — Activists blocked roads in Catalonia before daybreak on Thursday at the start of a region-wide strike against the trial of separatist leaders for their role in a failed secession attempt in 2017.Traffic authorities in the northeastern region said they had cut off around 20 roads, including the A7 highway that links Spain to France, the A2 between Madrid and Barcelona and the main entry points to the ...
February 21, 2019
Brexit breakthrough possible within days: UK minister
LONDON — Britain’s Finance Minister Philip Hammond said on Thursday there had been “some movement” by the European Union that could lead to a breakthrough in Brexit talks in “the next few days”.Hammond said progress in the ongoing negotiations could result in a fresh vote next week on prime minister Theresa May’s EU divorce deal, which was rejected by lawmakers last month.“There may be an opportunity to bring a vote ...
February 20, 2019
Cardinals blame ‘homosexual agenda’ for abuse crisis
VATICAN CITY — Two cardinals criticized on Wednesday Pope Francis’ approach to the clerical pedophilia crisis, saying “abuse of power” was not to blame but homosexuality.“We turn to you with deep distress! The Catholic world is adrift,” US Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke and German Cardinal Walter Brandmueller said in an open letter to the heads of the bishops’ conferences.“Sexual abuse is blamed on clericalism. But the first and primary fault ...
February 20, 2019
French Senate demands probe into Macron aides over bodyguard scandal
PARIS — A French Senate commission on Wednesday demanded an investigation of three close aides to President Emmanuel Macron after finding “major flaws” in the government’s handling of a scandal involving an ex-bodyguard to the president.The commission also recommended that the former bodyguard Alexandre Benalla face further prosecution for lying to the parliamentary body during its seven-month investigation.In its final report, the commission accused three top Macron aides, including his ...
February 20, 2019
Judges, lawyers detained in Lithuania corruption probe
VILNIUS — Lithuanian prosecutors on Wednesday detained several veteran judges and lawyers suspected of receiving bribes, as more than a hundred police investigators conducted raids at dozens of addresses.“Today 26 individuals were detained, including eight judges and five well-known lawyers,” prosecutor general Evaldas Pasilis told reporters. He gave no details on the other 13 people held.Prosecutors suspect the individuals — who include one Supreme Court justice — received bribes ranging ...
February 20, 2019
Three UK Conservatives quit party in protest at ‘disastrous Brexit’
LONDON — Three lawmakers from Britain’s governing Conservatives quit over the government’s “disastrous handling of Brexit” on Wednesday, in a blow to Prime Minister Theresa May’s attempts to unite her party around plans to leave the European Union.The lawmakers, long critical of May’s Brexit strategy to leave the EU which they believe is being driven by Conservative euroskeptics, said in a statement they would join a new group in parliament ...
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