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June 15, 2018
Hawking’s voice beamed into space during London burial
LONDON — A message from late British astrophysics giant Stephen Hawking was beamed toward the nearest black hole on Friday as his remains were laid to rest in London’s Westminster Abbey.With celebrities and science enthusiasts from around the world in attendance, the ashes of the theoretical physicist were interred by the graves of fellow science greats Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin.Deborah Trevino, 65, who came from Las Vegas with her ...
June 15, 2018
Macron meets Italy PM as migrant crisis splits Europe
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron met Italy’s new Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Friday to try to patch up relations after sparks flew between the two countries over Rome’s rejection of a migrant rescue ship.Conte arrived at the Elysee Palace in Paris for afternoon talks ahead of a press conference, with both smiling as Macron greeted the Italian leader.Despite efforts by both sides to play down testy exchanges in ...
June 15, 2018
Merkel’s government frays as migrant row festers in Germany
BERLIN — The conservative alliance headed by Angela Merkel may splinter in a row over immigration, an ally of the German chancellor said on Friday, as the third party in her fragile government suggested its patience was wearing thin.The disagreement between Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) sister party threatens the future of her coalition three months after it took office, just as European divisions ...
June 15, 2018
Boris Becker claims diplomatic immunity to fend off bankruptcy case
LONDON — Former tennis champion Boris Becker has claimed diplomatic immunity from bankruptcy proceedings against him by taking up a role with the Central African Republic as a sports envoy.Becker, 50, was declared bankrupt by a British court in 2017 in connection to a debt to private bankers Arbuthnot Latham & Co. He has recently been pursued for “further assets”, according to a statement by his lawyers.The German former World ...
June 14, 2018
Hungary jails four men for 25 years over deaths of 71 migrants in lorry
KECSKEMET, Hungary — Four people smugglers were jailed for 25 years on Thursday for the deaths of 71 men, women and children whose decomposing bodies were found crammed inside a truck dumped on an Austrian motorway three years ago.Trial judge Janos Jadi said the gang were guilty of “extreme cruelty” by refusing to stop the refrigeration truck and open the doors to allow in air.“The people inside realized that they ...
June 14, 2018
Antarctic ice loss triples, boosting sea levels
PARIS — Antarctica has lost a staggering three trillion tons of ice since 1992, according to a landmark study published on Wednesday that suggests the frozen continent could redraw Earth’s coastlines if global warming continues unchecked.Two-fifths of that ice loss occurred in the last five years, a three-fold increase in the pace at which Antarctica is shedding its kilometers-thick casing, a consortium of 84 scientists reported in the journal Nature.The ...
June 14, 2018
Silent vigils, prayers mark one year since London’s Grenfell fire
LONDON — Survivors of London’s Grenfell Tower fire, and friends and relatives of the 71 people it killed, held vigils and prayed together as they marked the first anniversary of a tragedy that still haunts Britain.Grenfell Tower, a social housing block that was home to a close-knit, ethnically diverse community, was engulfed by flames in the middle of the night of June 14, 2017, in the country’s deadliest domestic fire ...
June 14, 2018
Macron ‘never meant to offend’ Italy with migrant comments
PARIS —French President Emmanuel Macron attempted to resolve tensions with Italy on Thursday, saying he never meant to cause offense by criticizing its rejection of a migrant ship in remarks that sparked fury in Rome.Macron had on Tuesday ignited the worst Franco-Italian diplomatic spat in years by accusing Rome of “cynicism and irresponsibility” for refusing to take in 629 migrants left stranded on a rescue ship that was eventually welcomed ...
June 13, 2018
UK police arrest man over ‘Punish a Muslim Day’ letters
LONDON — British counterterrorism police have arrested a man on suspicion of sending letters entitled “Punish a Muslim Day” that urged people around the country to commit violent acts.The unnamed 35-year-old from Lincoln in northeast England was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of sending letters conveying a threatening message and of sending a hoax noxious substance. He was taken to a police station for questioning.“These letters seek to cause fear ...
June 13, 2018
Italy, France tensions spiral over rejected migrant ship
ROME — Italy postponed high-level talks with France on Wednesday after Paris blasted Rome for its “nauseating” refusal to take in a migrant rescue ship, in a major diplomatic spat.Italy’s new Economy Minister Giovanni Tria was scheduled to meet his French counterpart Bruno Le Maire in Paris on Wednesday afternoon.But the talks were delayed as both countries traded barbs over the fate of more than 600 migrants rescued off the ...
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