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by Alexandra del Peral Agance France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain raised its threat level to maximum on Friday and announced troops would be deployed to key sites after a bomb detonated on a packed London Underground train, injuring at least 29 people in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. The explosion — Britain’s fifth terror attack in six months — sparked a “wall of fire” that left passengers with burns and caused a stampede […]
by Alexandra del Peral Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — At least 22 people were injured after a bomb detonated on a packed London Underground train during the morning rush hour on Friday in what police are treating as a “terrorist incident.” Witnesses reported seeing passengers covered in blood and with facial burns and hair coming off at Parsons Green station in west London after the explosion on the train. “At 8:20 this […]
by Alexandra Del Peral Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Passengers were seen “badly burned” following a possible explosion on a London Underground train, eyewitnesses said on Friday, as emergency services said they were responding to an “incident.” British police are treating an incident on a London Underground train on Friday as an act of terrorism, saying “a number of people” had been injured. “Terrorist incident declared at Parsons Green Underground Station,” police […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – Police and ambulance services said they were responding to an “incident” at an Underground station in west London on Friday, following media reports of an explosion. “We are aware of an incident at Parsons Green tube station. Officers are in attendance,” London’s Metropolitan Police said on Twitter. The station was closed, as well as an entire section of the District Line where it is located. A Metro.co.uk reporter at the scene was quoted […]
By Marc Braibant Agence France Presse MONTREAL, Canada — Some 30 environment ministers will push forward on the Paris climate accord at a meeting Saturday requested by Canada, China and the European Union. With more than half of G20 members attending — representing most of the world’s largest economies — “this first gathering of its kind aims to further galvanize global momentum for the implementation of the Paris Agreement,” the European Commission said. Prime […]
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) – Insolvent Air Berlin cancelled dozens of more flights Wednesday as pilots again called in sick, despite warnings from the airline that the wildcat action could jeopardize rescue talks. The mass “sick-out” comes ahead of a Friday deadline for potential investors to submit bids for Air Berlin assets. “More than 30 flights” had to be scrapped early Wednesday as some 150 pilots handed in sick notices for the second […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The French government will press ahead with President Emmanuel Macron’s flagship labor reforms despite the first mass protests against his pro-business agenda, a leading minister said Wednesday. “It stems from a campaign promise made by Emmanuel Macron,” Work Minister Muriel Penicaud said, referring to changes aimed at giving companies more flexibility in hiring and firing. “We are implementing the things that the French people asked us to do, so we’re not going to […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — After navigating the first hurdle of a key Brexit bill, British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday won another parliamentary vote which will help prevent opposition MPs from blocking future legislation. MPs in the House of Commons voted by 320 to 301 in support of a government motion to guarantee that it holds the majority of places on public bill committees. The move by the ruling Conservative party was aimed […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — At least eight people died in flooding after violent rains lashed the Tuscan city of Livorno over the weekend, Italian rescue services said Tuesday. The body of a 67-year-old man, who had been reported missing since Sunday, was found on Tuesday, while the body of a 34-year-old woman had been found the day before. Heavy rainstorms swept across the country overnight from Saturday to Sunday, with Livorno bearing the brunt of the flooding. Four […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — At least five people have died in violent rainstorms sweeping across Italy on Sunday, with the Tuscan city of Livorno taking the brunt of the flooding, fire services said. Four people from the same family were found dead in a flooded house in the city, where 40 centimetres (one foot, 4 inches) of rainfall in four hours transformed streets into rivers and washed away cars. The Corriere della Sera daily […]
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AFP) – Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Thursday launched a fresh attack on a European Union plan to share thousands of migrants around the bloc, saying that forcing his country to partake in the scheme bordered on “violence.” The comments came a day after the European Court of Justice, the bloc’s top court, rejected a legal challenge to the relocation plan lodged by Hungary and Slovakia. They also followed criticism by EU […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Germany, Italy and France on Sunday urged tougher European Union sanctions against North Korea, after Pyongyang “reached a new dimension of provocation” with its latest nuclear test. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed during a phone call “that North Korea has trampled on international law and that the international community must therefore react with determination against this new escalation,” the chancellery said in a statement. Both leaders […]
