Prime Minister Theresa May Postpones Brexit Vote: Reports

Prime Minister Theresa May Postpones Brexit Vote: Reports

LONDON (AP) — The British government’s Brexit plans were thrown into chaos on Monday, with Prime Minister Theresa May making an emergency statement to lawmakers amid signs she would postpone a Parliamentary vote that will decide the fate of her divorce deal with the European Union. The House of Commons Speaker’s office said May would […]

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 Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Russian Human Rights Icon, Dies At 91

Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Russian Human Rights Icon, Dies At 91

MOSCOW (AP) — Lyudmila Alexeyeva, a human rights pioneer and dissident who challenged the Soviet and Russian regimes for decades, demanding that they free political prisoners and establish democratic rights, died Saturday in a Moscow hospital, a Russian official said. She was 91. “She remained a human rights activist to the very end,” said Mikhail […]

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 Protesters March Through Paris Amid Fears Of New Violence

Protesters March Through Paris Amid Fears Of New Violence

PARIS (AP) — Crowds of yellow-vested protesters angry at President Emmanuel Macron and France’s high taxes tried to march on the presidential palace Saturday, surrounded by exceptional numbers of police bracing for outbreaks of violence after the worst rioting in Paris in decades. Rows of helmeted, thickly protected riot police blocked the demonstrators’ passage down […]

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 Luxembourg Announces Plan To Become First Country To Make All Public Transportation Free

Luxembourg Announces Plan To Become First Country To Make All Public Transportation Free

In an effort to reduce traffic congestion and the environmental impact of cars, Luxembourg has announced its plan to become the first country in the world to make all its public transportation free. The European country’s recently re-elected coalition government led by Prime Minister Xavier Bettel has promised to lift fares on trains, trams and buses […]

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