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WASHINGTON — A sign that Europe's crisis has begun to weigh on the U.S. economy emerged Friday from a report that exports to the continent sank in November — far more than overall U.S. exports did. Jan 13 at 21:14 | Associated Press |
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PARIS/ANKARA - France urged Turkey on Tuesday not to overreact after the French parliament adopted a bill making it illegal to deny the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago was genocide. Jan 24 at 11:42 | Reuters |
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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Protests continued in Romanian cities Sunday reflecting widespread anger against austerity measures and an unpopular government. Jan 15 at 21:58 | Associated Press |
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey warned the French president on Tuesday against signing a law that would make it a crime to deny that the killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago constituted genocide, saying such a move would deal a heavy blow to the relations between the two countries. Jan 24 at 22:00 | Associated Press |
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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian police fired tear gas and clashed with protesters during an anti-government rally Saturday, the third consecutive day of demonstrations against austerity cuts and falling living standards. Jan 15 at 09:33 | Associated Press |
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RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Latvia's statistics agency says the Baltic nation's population declined by 13 percent over the past decade to 2.07 million people. Jan 18 at 12:27 | Associated Press |
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MUNICH (AP) — The U.S. on Saturday called for stepped-up U.S.-European cooperation to isolate tyrannies like the Assad regime in Syria, promote democracy in the Arab World and beyond and repair damage from the global financial crisis. And, as America shifts its primary strategic focus to Asia and reduces its military presence in Europe, President Barack Obama's top two national security aides — attending an international security conference together in a demonstration of Washington's resolve — reassured the continent that it remains deeply relevant to U.S. interests as well as its partner of "first resort" in dealing with global hotspots. Feb 4 at 11:44 | Associated Press |
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LONDON - Britain's Supreme Court risks jeopardising extraditions to many neighbouring countries if it stops WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange being sent to Sweden for questioning over sex crimes, a lawyer for Swedish prosecutors argued on Thursday. Feb 2 at 20:13 | Reuters |
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JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (AP) — A U.S. teenager who admitted stabbing, strangling and slitting the throat of a young neighbor girl wrote in her journal on the night of the killing that it was an "ahmazing" and "pretty enjoyable" experience — then headed off to church with a laugh. Feb 6 at 22:07 | Associated Press |
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LONDON (AP) —Julian Assange took his extradition battle to Britain's Supreme Court on Wednesday, arguing that sending him to Sweden would violate a fundamental legal principle. Feb 1 at 14:24 | Associated Press |
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GENEVA, Jan 31 (Reuters) - A record 1,500 migrants, mainly from Somalia and other parts of Africa, died trying to reach European shores in 2011 and the deadly odyssey continues from Libya, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday. Jan 31 at 17:47 | Reuters |
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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan police say a woman has been strangled to death, apparently for bearing a baby girl instead of a boy, and her husband is the main suspect. Jan 30 at 16:19 | Associated Press |
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DAVOS, Switzerland — Europe's crippling debt crisis dominated the world's foremost gathering of business and political leaders, but for the first time the growing inequality between the planet's haves and have-nots became an issue, thanks largely to the Arab Spring uprisings, the Occupy movement and other protests around the globe. Jan 29 at 21:02 | Associated Press |
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PARIS (AP) — With France's unemployment rate pushing 10 percent just three months before a presidential election, one word is on the lips of every politician here: jobs. Jan 17 at 19:33 | Associated Press |
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ROME (AP) — Five more bodies were pulled Tuesday out of the crippled cruise ship off Tuscany, and a shocking audio emerged in which the ship's captain was heard making excuses as the Italian coast guard repeatedly ordered him to return and oversee the ship's evacuation. Jan 17 at 18:58 | Associated Press |