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by Gina DOGGETT Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) –President Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump marked France’s national day together on Friday at a military parade which clearly delighted the US leader and showcased warming relations between the two men. But the day was tinged with mourning, coming a year on from a jihadist massacre that claimed 86 lives in the southern city of Nice, where Macron led remembrances after the Paris ceremonies. Trump was […]
LONDON, England (AFP) — Five acid attacks took place in London late on Thursday night (July 13), local media reported. According to reports, the attacks began at 22.25 local time (21.25 GMT) when two men riding a moped threw a corrosive substance at another man riding another in Hackney before stealing his vehicle. Similar attacks were then reported in other areas of north-east London. Local media reported that detectives were treating the incidents as linked, […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Spain baked in a record-breaking heatwave on Thursday which was blamed for the death of a road crew worker and is suspected of leaving another man in critical condition. The 54-year-old male victim died of suspected heatstroke late Wednesday while laying asphalt near the town of Moron de la Frontera in the southwestern province of Seville, emergency services said. Temperatures reached 43 degrees Celsius (109 Fahrenheit) in Moron de la Frontera […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – Hundreds of people held a vigil on Wednesday evening for the victims of the London tower block inferno, as anger simmers over the official reaction and the ongoing investigation. Four weeks after a devastating fire ripped through Grenfell Tower in West London, mourners lit candles in an area filled with pictures, flowers and hand-written notes of remembrance. “I know people who have been lost, I know people who have lost […]
by Alfons Luna Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II sought to sweep differences with Spain aside on Wednesday as she hosted a banquet for the country’s King Felipe VI, just hours after he called for a deal on the status of Gibraltar. “With such a remarkable shared history, it is inevitable that there are matters on which we have not always seen eye to eye. “But the strength of our […]
by Ljubomir Milasin / Sabine Wibaux Agence France-Presse Italy’s Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni criticized fellow European Union nations on Wednesday for leaving his country to grapple with the migrant crisis, despite pledges made by France and Germany. Gentiloni met with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Trieste before an annual Western Balkans summit. Italy took in more than 3,500 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya in just the past few […]
TRIESTE, Italy (AFP) — Seven European Union and six Western Balkan nations hold an annual summit Wednesday in Trieste, with leaders hoping to bolster security in one of the continent’s more vulnerable flanks and forge closer ties. The summit will be preceded this year by a meeting of French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, with the continued flow of migrants into the EU expected to be high on the agenda. […]
PARIS, France (AFP) – France will cut taxes on businesses and individuals by roughly 11 billion euros ($12.6 billion) next year, faster than the government had originally intended, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has said. The goal is to create incentives for investment, hiring and economic growth, Philippe told Les Echos daily in an interview published on its website late Tuesday. President Emmanuel Macron has promised to put France’s financial house in order, with plans to […]
MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and United States President Donald Trump made no promises to each other to form a joint group on cyber security, but they stated their readiness to work in this direction, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday (July 10). The Kremlin also does not know the Russian lawyer who allegedly met Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, last […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Germany’s Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere on Monday compared the far-left and anarchist radicals who rampaged through the G20 summit host city of Hamburg to “neo-Nazis and Islamist terrorists.” A hardcore of militants among mass demonstrations against the Group of 20 meeting had burnt cars, looted shops, erected street barricades and hurled rocks and bottles at riot police during pitched street battles. In the worst unrest, Friday night in Hamburg’s Sternschanze […]
LONDON, England (Reuters) — London firefighters were battling a blaze at a building in the city’s Camden Market, the London Fire Brigade said early on Monday (July 10). The first, second and third floors and the roof of the building were on fire, the brigade tweeted, saying more than 70 firefighters and 10 fire engines were on the scene. There was no immediate report of any casualties.
GERMANY (Reuters) – President Xi Jinping’s state visit to Germany has promoted comprehensive strategic cooperation between the two countries to a higher level, and has driven further development of China-EU relations, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Saturday in Hamburg, Germany. During the July 4-6 visit, Xi met with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin to review bilateral ties and discuss guidelines for the promotion of China-Germany comprehensive strategic partnership. The […]
