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ATHENS, June 10 (Reuters) – Greece’s parliament approved legislation late on Tuesday to fast-track deportation of rejected asylum seekers and allow their transfer to “return hubs” outside the bloc once bilateral agreements are reached with third countries. Greece – Europe’s southernmost country in the Mediterranean and a main entry point for migrants – was on the …
GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines (AP) — Dozens of rescuers in hard hats scrambled out of a partially collapsed grocery in a southern Philippine city Wednesday as it was rattled by an aftershock from a powerful earthquake that left at least 45 people dead and 17 others missing in the region. A safety officer blew his whistle …
To mark the 250th anniversary the United States, Catholic bishops from across the nation will come together Thursday to consecrate the country to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The church service, part of the bishops’ spring assembly meeting in Orlando, Florida, draws from a mainstream, centuries-old Catholic devotion that focuses on Jesus’ sacrificial love for …
June 10 (Reuters) – Ukrainian drones hit a historic museum in Sevastopol in Russia-annexed Crimea, local authorities said on Wednesday, as they reduced the number of nighttime trains in the face of intensifying air attacks. The museum commemorates the 1853-1856 Crimea War between the Russian Empire and a coalition that included the Ottoman Empire. Russia …
Even as President Donald Trump boosts coal over clean energy, solar power is hitting new milestones in the U.S. and remains the leading source of new power. Data released Wednesday by global energy think tank Ember, along with a report by the Solar Energy Industries Association and analytics firm Wood Mackenzie, show the continued growth …
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Trump administration last year issued a plea to visitors at U.S. national parks: Report any displays or exhibits saying “negative” things about Americans living in the past or present. But most people who responded instead weighed in to criticize the effort itself, according to an Associated Press analysis of 35,000 …
The court officials overseeing the NFL’s $1 billion settlement fund for concussion-related injuries have barred five law firms from handling any more claims from former players, after finding that they fraudulently steered clients toward doctors willing to give them a Parkinson’s disease diagnosis whether they exhibited symptoms or not. The five firms represented or performed …
PARIS, June 10 (Reuters) – Last year, lawmaker David Taupiac wrote to France’s justice ministry warning about major staffing and operational issues at the Auch prosecutor’s office in his southern Gers constituency. “The lack of resources and personnel is increasing citizens’ sense of abandonment in the face of a justice system struggling to fulfil its …
JAKARTA, June 10 (Reuters) – An Indonesian military court on Wednesday sentenced four military officers to jail terms of up to three years for their involvement in an acid attack on an activist known for campaigning against the growing role of the military. One defendant was sentenced to three years in jail, a second defendant …
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bill Gates will appear Wednesday before a congressional panel investigating the Jeffrey Epstein files, becoming the latest powerful figure linked to the disgraced financier to testify. Members of the House Oversight Committee are slated to interview the billionaire Microsoft co-founder behind closed doors, as they have done with other witnesses in the …