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January 16, 2019

Albania parliament backs government reshuffle

Albania's parliament has backed a government reshuffle in a vote called by the prime minister after the country's president ...

January 16, 2019

Banks rally after strong earnings, sending US stocks higher

Banks are surging in midday trading Wednesday following strong results from Goldman Sachs and Bank of America, sending U.S.

January 16, 2019

French court upholds prison sentence for Sarkozy former aide

The French court of cassation has upheld a two-year jail sentence, including one suspended, against ex-French President ...

January 16, 2019

May government faces no-confidence vote after Brexit defeat

British Prime Minister Theresa May defied calls to resign as she faced a no-confidence vote Wednesday, a day after Parliament ...

January 16, 2019

Czechs honor student who wanted self-immolation to inspire

Czechs are paying tribute to a university student who burned himself to death in Prague 50 years ago to inspire resistance ...

January 16, 2019

Polish lawmakers pray for mayor; ruling party elite late

Polish lawmakers paid respects Wednesday to the popular mayor of Gdansk, who was fatally stabbed during a charity show by an ...

January 16, 2019

The Latest: Aid group IDs British victim in Kenya attack

The Latest on the extremist attack on a hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenya (all times local): 7:30 p.m. The British aid group ...

January 16, 2019

Zimbabwe police arrest scores in harsh crackdown on protests

Zimbabwe police armed with AK-47 rifles arrested a prominent activist and pastor on Wednesday, along with scores of others, ...

January 16, 2019

Romania: Ruling on intelligence pact puts trials in doubt

Romania's Constitutional Court on Wednesday ruled that secret protocols between prosecutors and the country's domestic ...

January 16, 2019

World Economic Forum warns of impact of global tensions

International tensions and nationalist politics can further weigh on the global economy this year and hinder efforts to deal ...

January 16, 2019

ICC judges say Gbagbo should be released following acquittal

International Criminal Court judges said Wednesday that former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo and a former government ...

January 16, 2019

Kenya's deadly hotel attack: A timeline of how it occurred

It began with cars exploding and several armed young men, wrapped in ammunition belts, sauntering onto the scene. It was ...

January 16, 2019

England, Wales set to make 'upskirting' photos an offense

Britain's Parliament has approved a law that will make it illegal to take so-called "upskirting" photos. The House of Lords ...

January 16, 2019

Taking stock: UK businesses brace for no-deal Brexit

Brexit has British business owners on edge — and that is great news for Lovespace, a storage and warehousing company outside ...

January 16, 2019

The rules for Wednesday's no-confidence vote in Parliament

Embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May faces a perilous "no-confidence" vote in Parliament Wednesday after her plan to ...

January 16, 2019

Sweden nears end of political deadlock; Lofven may stay PM

Caretaker Prime Minister Stefan Lofven of Sweden moved a step closer to forming a center-left governing coalition after a ...

January 16, 2019

German official says neighbors closely watching coal debate

A senior German official says neighboring countries are closely watching Germany's political debate on phasing out the use ...

January 16, 2019

Spain draws record number of tourists, visitor spending up

Spanish government figures show the country received a national record of 82.6 million foreign tourists last year.

January 16, 2019

Model who said she has dirt on Russian oligarch speaks out

An imprisoned model from Belarus who claimed last year that she had evidence of Russian involvement in helping elect Donald ...