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December 14, 2018

Brazilian president orders extradition of Cesare Battisti

Brazil's outgoing President Michel Temer signed a decree Friday ordering the extradition of an Italian communist militant ...

December 14, 2018

Stocks plunge to 8-month lows on growth fears; J&J nosedives

Stocks staggered to eight-month lows Friday after weak economic data from China and Europe set off more worries about the ...

December 14, 2018

The Latest: Slain US student told friend of roommate threat

The Latest on an American student who was stabbed in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam (all times local): 4 p.m. An American ...

December 14, 2018

Climate talks extended as island nations demand action

Weary officials from almost 200 countries faced another day of negotiations at the U.N. climate talks to bridge their last ...

December 14, 2018

Tram crash in Portuguese capital injures 28, none badly

Portuguese emergency services say a Lisbon tram has derailed and flipped over, slightly injuring 28 people in a rush-hour ...

December 14, 2018

Wolfsburg extends Nuremberg's winless run in Bundesliga

Wolfsburg won at Nuremberg 2-0 and extended the host's winless streak in the Bundesliga to nine consecutive games on Friday.

December 14, 2018

How major US stock indexes fared Friday

Stocks staggered to eight-month lows Friday after weak economic data from China and Europe set off more worries about the ...

December 14, 2018

Markets Right Now: S&P 500 sinks to lowest level since April

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 4 p.m. Stocks ended the week with a steep loss on Wall ...

December 14, 2018

French hunt for possible accomplices of Strasbourg attacker

French police have killed the man who they believed attacked Strasbourg's Christmas market but investigators kept digging ...

December 14, 2018

Greek protest against Macedonia deal ends in violence

Police in northern Greece have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse anti-government protesters opposed to a proposed ...

December 14, 2018

EU leaders approve small steps to buttress euro currency

European leaders agreed Friday to press ahead with work toward a limited, common eurozone budget and took other steps to ...

December 14, 2018

Turkey's Erdogan reveals part of Khashoggi killing audio

Turkey's president says he has heard an audio recording in which a suspected killer of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi ...

December 14, 2018

The Latest: 40 nations urge "ambition" at UN climate talks

The Latest on the U.N. climate meeting (all times local): 8:05 p.m. A group of countries have appealed for an ambitious ...

December 14, 2018

With blockbuster effects, Peter Jackson brings WWI to life

Peter Jackson has used digital wizardry to conjure J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth and King Kong's 1930s New York, but he has ...

December 14, 2018

One 'nebulous' word sends sparks flying over Brexit talks

As if the Brexit negotiations aren't tense enough, a "nebulous" linguistic fog briefly spread across the European Union ...

December 14, 2018

Violent Eintracht fans create disorder at Lazio match

Italian authorities are assessing damage caused by visiting Eintracht Frankfurt fans before, during, and after a Europa ...

December 14, 2018

AEK Athens to compensate Bayern fans for high ticket prices

Bayern Munich fans are each set to get a 10 euros ($11.30) refund for paying excessive prices to watch their team play at AEK ...

December 14, 2018

May aims to rescue Brexit plan; EU says ball's in UK's court

British Prime Minister Theresa May launched a rescue mission for her ailing Brexit deal Friday, after the European Union ...

December 14, 2018

May aims to rescue Brexit plan; EU says ball's in UK's court

British Prime Minister Theresa May launched a rescue mission for her ailing Brexit deal Friday, after the European Union ...