Europe
Climate protesters block entrance to German coal plant
Berlin, Aug 3(AP/UNB) — Dozens of environmentalists are blocking the entrance to a coal-fired power plant in the German city of Mannheim in protest over the burning of fossil fuels.
Moscow police use force to end election protest, arrest 600
Moscow, Aug 3 (AP/UNB) — Police cracked down hard on an unsanctioned demonstration in Moscow for a second weekend in a row, detaining about 600 people protesting the exclusion of some independent and opposition candidates from September city council elections.
Conjoined Bangladeshi twins separated by Hungarian doctors
Budapest, Aug 3 (AP/UNB) — Two Bangladeshi girls who were born conjoined at the head have been successfully separated by a medical team led by 35 Hungarian doctors.
Boris Johnson's party suffers defeat in UK special election
London, Aug 2 (AP/UNB) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's governing Conservative Party has a lost a special election, leaving it with a wafer-thin working majority in Parliament of just one vote.
Boris Johnson's government faces test in special election
London, Aug 1 (AP/UNB) — After a first week in office that saw him booed in Scotland and berated in Belfast, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was facing his first electoral test on Thursday — a special election that could see the Conservative government's working majority in Parliament cut to just one vote.
Dubai ruler, princess in London court over welfare of kids
London, Jul 30 (AP/UNB) — A dispute between the ruler of Dubai and his estranged wife over the welfare of their two young children will play out over the next two days in a London courtroom amid reports the princess has fled the Gulf emirate.
Johnson presses EU to give way amid no-deal Brexit warnings
London, July 29 (AP/UNB) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson pushed Britain closer to a no-deal exit from the European Union on Monday, insisting he will not hold Brexit talks with EU leaders unless the bloc lifts its refusal to reopen the existing divorce deal.
Boris Johnson heads to Scotland amid Brexit disagreement
London, Jul 29 (AP/UNB) — Boris Johnson is making his first official visit as British prime minister to Scotland, pledging to boost "the ties that bind our United Kingdom" amid opposition from Scottish leaders to his insistence on pulling Britain out of the European Union with or without a deal.
Macron to host Putin next month ahead of G-7 summit
Paris, Jul 28 (AP/UNB) — French President Emmanuel Macron says he will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin next month, days before hosting a Group of Seven summit with the leaders of rich democracies.
Nearly 1,400 detained in Moscow protest; largest in decade
Moscow, Jul 28 (AP/UNB) — Nearly 1,400 people were detained in a violent police crackdown on an opposition protest in Moscow, a Russian monitoring group said Sunday, adding that was the largest number of detentions at a rally in the Russian capital this decade.