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September 26, 2020

Bavarian leader backs California-style deadline for gas cars

The governor of Bavaria, the state that's home to German automakers BMW and Audi, has backed a deadline for phasing out ...

September 26, 2020

Greek police seize 500,000 ecstasy pills, arrest 3 people

Greek police said Saturday they have seized 500,000 ecstasy pills and arrested three people. The operation took place Friday ...

September 26, 2020

Italy's 'Patient No. 1' joins relay race as sign of hope

Italy’s coronavirus “Patient No. 1,” whose case confirmed one of the world’s deadliest outbreaks was underway, is taking part ...

September 26, 2020

Scores arrested in protest against Belarus' president

Hundreds of women calling for the authoritarian president to step down protested in Belarus’ capital on Saturday, continuing ...

September 26, 2020

Lebanese nominated premier resigns, in blow to Macron plan

Lebanon’s prime minister-designate resigned Saturday amid a political impasse over government formation, dealing a blow to ...

September 26, 2020

Boris Johnson urges world leaders to unite against COVID-19

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Saturday that the coronavirus pandemic has frayed the bonds between nations, and ...

September 26, 2020

Thousands protest COVID-19 restrictions in central London

Police moved into London’s Trafalgar Square on Saturday afternoon to break up a protest against restrictions imposed to slow ...

September 26, 2020

French virus testing labs under strain amid resurgent demand

France’s COVID-19 resurgence is palpable in the buzzing biology lab of this public hospital in the Paris suburb of Argenteuil

September 26, 2020

Reagan's age, Mitt's binders: Presidential debate highlights

President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, are set to meet on Tuesday for their first debate, a highly ...

September 26, 2020

Climate activists protest at Garzweiler coal mine

Anti-coal activists staged protests in and around a mine in western Germany on Saturday, demonstrating against the continued ...

September 26, 2020

Paris stabbing suspect wasn't on police radar, minister says

A young man stabbed two people Friday outside the former Paris offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, where 12 people ...

September 26, 2020

Under virus strain, Europe's leaders plead at UN for unity

Struggling to contain resurgent virus infections, European leaders decried a collective failure to vanquish the pandemic and ...

September 26, 2020

UAE: Iran's aggressive policies made Arabs look at Israel

The United Arab Emirates didn’t need peace with Israel to counter Iran, a top UAE official said Friday, but he said Iran’s ...

September 25, 2020

22 die in Ukraine military plane crash

A Ukrainian military plane carrying aviation school students crashed and burst into flames Friday while landing, killing 22 ...

September 25, 2020

Milan Fashion: Marni avenges lockdown with global video

Milan Fashion Week continued in disjointed, discombobulated style for the third day on Friday, veering from the physical to ...

September 25, 2020

Giant rat wins animal hero award for sniffing out landmines

A rat has for the first time won a British charity's top civilian award for animal bravery, receiving the honor for searching ...

September 25, 2020

Madrid resists government pressure to extend soft lockdown

Authorities in Madrid are expanding restrictions on movement to another eight areas of the Spanish capital, which is leading ...

September 25, 2020

Nobel laureate refuses local honor over Poland's LGBT 'rift'

Nobel Prize-winning writer Olga Tokarczuk has declined an honorary citizenship from the region of Poland where she lives ...

September 25, 2020

White House again criticizes FBI director for voting remarks

FBI Director Christopher Wray was the target of White House criticism for the second time in a week Friday as Chief of Staff ...