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EU takes legal action against UK over planned Brexit bill

BRUSSELS - The European Union took legal action against Britain on Thursday over it plans to pass legislation that would breach parts of the legally binding divorce agreement the two sides reached lat...

Oct 1, 2020

Russia's Navalny accuses Putin of being behind poisoning

BERLIN - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is recovering in Germany after being poisoned in Russia by a nerve agent, accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of being behind the attack in ...

Oct 1, 2020

Senate approves bill to avoid shutdown, sending it to Trump

WASHINGTON - By a sweeping bipartisan vote Wednesday, the Senate sent President Donald Trump a bill to fund the government through Dec. 11, averting the possibility of a government shutdown when the n...

Sep 30, 2020

Seagram's heir sentenced to prison in branded sex slave case

NEW YORK - An heir to the Seagram's liquor fortune was sentenced Wednesday to an 81-month prison term and immediately thrown behind bars for her role as an unwavering benefactor of Keith Raniere, the ...

Sep 30, 2020

UN meeting that began with unity concludes with divisions

TANZANIA, Tanzania - This year's U.N. General Assembly meeting began with calls for multilateralism and co-operation - a declaration that the urgency for countries to unite "has rarely been greater." ...

Sep 30, 2020

European report finds waning of democracy in Poland, Hungary

BRUSSELS - Democratic standards are facing "important challenges" in some European Union countries, particularly in Hungary and Poland, where the judicial systems are under threat, the EU's executive ...

Sep 30, 2020

Rape and killing of Dalit woman shocks India, draws outrage

NEW DELHI - The gang rape and death of a woman from the lowest rung of India's caste system sparked outrage across the country on Wednesday, with several politicians and activists demanding justice an...

Sep 30, 2020

Pompeo urges Vatican to condemn human rights abuses in China

ROME - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged the Vatican on Wednesday to join the United States in denouncing violations of religious freedom in China, saying the Catholic Church should be at the ...

Sep 30, 2020

Azerbaijan, Armenia no closer to ending clashes after 4 days

YEREVAN, Armenia - Heavy fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh continued for a fourth straight day on Wednesday, with statements from both sid...

Sep 30, 2020

Political dispute deepens over anti-outbreak plan for Madrid

MADRID - The government of Madrid, the region in Europe where a second coronavirus wave is expanding at the fastest rate, rejected a Spanish government plan Wednesday that imposes stricter mobility cu...

Sep 30, 2020