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October 20, 2019
Swiss vote in possible 'green wave' election
Geneva — Switzerland was voting Sunday in national elections that could see unprecedented gains for parties demanding bold climate action and a possible slip for the anti-immigrant right-wing.In a country that recently held a funeral march for an iconic glacier that has nearly vanished due to melting, opinion polls point to "green wave" vote.Climate change displacing immigration as the top concern among voters is one of the most significant shifts ...
October 20, 2019
Catalan protests put Spanish PM Sanchez under pressure
BARCELONA — Ahead of next month's general election, Spain's Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez faced sharp criticism Sunday for his handling of violent Catalan separatist protests even as calm returned to Barcelona and other cities overnight.The center-right Ciudadanos party, which was born out of opposition to Catalan separatism, held a rally in front of Catalonia's regional government headquarters in Barcelona under the slogan: "That's enough! Justice and coexistence"."We have had ...
October 19, 2019
Azeri police detain scores of protesters
BAKU — Police in Azerbaijan on Saturday detained scores of protesters, including the leader of the main opposition Popular Front, at the start of a planned rally against low salaries, corruption and a lack of democracy in the energy-rich ex-Soviet state.The protesters have a wide range of demands, including higher salaries for state employees and fair and independent elections in a country long accused by human rights groups and Western ...
October 19, 2019
British MPs force Johnson to seek new Brexit delay
LONDON — British MPs voted Saturday to force Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ask the European Union to delay Brexit yet again but he insisted Britain must leave on Oct. 31.In a day of high drama in the House of Commons, MPs declined to give their backing to the divorce agreement Johnson struck with the EU this week until accompanying legislation has been passed.In doing so, MPs triggered a law ...
October 19, 2019
'Powderkeg' in Germany amid Turks-Kurds conflict
BERLIN — Syrian Kurd Mohamed Zidik, 76, still buys his bread and baclavas from his Turkish neighbors in Berlin, but he knows better than to expound on his views about Ankara's offensive in his hometown.Since Turkish forces launched their assault on Kurds in northeastern Syria, tensions have risen in Germany where millions of Turks and Kurds live side by side.Shops have been trashed, knife attacks reported and insults traded, prompting ...
October 19, 2019
Johnson defiant after British parliament votes to force Brexit delay
LONDON — A defiant Boris Johnson said he would not negotiate a further delay to Britain's departure from the European Union after parliament voted on Saturday to postpone a vote on his Brexit deal.Parliament voted 322 to 306 in favor of an amendment put forward by Oliver Letwin, a former Conservative cabinet minister.According to legislation passed earlier, the vote means Johnson is obliged to write to the European Union seeking ...
October 19, 2019
N. Macedonia PM calls for snap election after EU snub
SKOPJE, Republic of North Macedonia — North Macedonia's prime minister on Saturday proposed a snap election after the EU blocked the start of membership talks, which had been the key policy goal of his administration.After hours of heated wrangling, European Union leaders on Friday could not agree on opening Skopje's accession negotiations, chiefly because of opposition from France.The issue is now on hold until next spring.The move triggered a wave ...
October 19, 2019
Brexit battle spill into London streets
LONDON — The battle over Brexit spilled onto the streets of London on Saturday when tens of thousands of people gathered to demand a new referendum while lawmakers decided the fate of Britain's departure from the European Union.Protesters waving EU flags and carrying signs calling for Brexit to be halted gathered at London's Park Lane before a march through the center of the capital to parliament."I am incensed that we ...
October 19, 2019
200 injured in Catalonia violence
BARCELONA — Nearly 200 people were hurt in another night of violent clashes in Catalonia, authorities said Saturday, after radical separatists hurled rocks and fireworks at police who responded with teargas and rubber bullets.In Barcelona, which resembled a chaotic battleground Friday, 152 people were injured, with dozens more hurt in the rest of Catalonia, taking the total to 182.The deterioration came on the fifth consecutive day of protests in the ...
October 19, 2019
Alone in Greece, refugee and migrant minors fight despair
ATHENS — At the notoriously overcrowded Greek island camp of Moria, Ezzatolah Soleimani admits he cries often amid despair, scenes of violence and interminable waits for food and basic sanitation.The young Afghan is just 16, one of over 4,000 unaccompanied minors trapped in Greece by closed European borders and bureaucratic hurdles, and facing an uncertain future."I sleep on a blanket, I do not have a tent as winter approaches," says ...
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