europe
Macron vows tax cuts, pay rise; will France's anger subside?
Paris, Dec 11 (AP/UNB) — French President Emmanuel Macron tried to reassert control over a nation wracked by increasingly violent protests with offers of tax relief for struggling workers and pensioners — and an exceptional admission Monday that "I might have hurt people with my words."
Brexit deal in turmoil as May postpones Parliament vote
London, Dec 11 (AP/UNB) — Facing almost certain defeat, British Prime Minister Theresa May on Monday postponed a vote in Parliament on her Brexit deal, saying she would go back to European Union leaders to seek changes to the divorce agreement.
Presidential hopefuls pushed to go big on climate change
Washington, Dec 10 (AP/UNB) — Environmental activists are ramping up a pressure campaign designed to drum up Democratic support for a sweeping agenda to fight climate change, with the 2020 presidential campaign in their sights.
Armenian PM's bloc seen winning parliamentary vote
Yerevan, Dec 10 (AP/UNB)— Preliminary results in Armenia's snap parliamentary election show the electoral bloc of the country's new leader winning an overwhelming majority.
Migrants in Tijuana trickling over and under wall
Tijuana, Dec 10 (AP/UNB) — A steady trickle of Central American migrants have been finding ways to climb over, tunnel under or slip through the U.S. border wall to plant their feet on U.S. soil and ask for asylum.
Pressure mounting on French leader over protests
Paris, Dec 10 (AP/UNB) - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian says U.S. President Donald Trump should not comment on France's domestic affairs, notably nationwide protests that began over fuel tax hikes meant to wean the nation off fossil fuels.
Rioting engulfs Paris as anger grows over high French taxes
Paris, Dec 9 (AP/UNB) — The rumble of armored police trucks and the hiss of tear gas filled central Paris on Saturday, as French riot police fought to contain thousands of yellow-vested protesters venting their anger against the government in a movement that has grown more violent by the week.
6 dead, 35 injured in nightclub stampede on Italy's coast
Rome, Dec 8 (AP/UNB) — Six people, all but one of them minors, were killed and about 35 others injured in a stampede of panicked concertgoers early Saturday at a disco in a small town on Italy's central Adriatic coast, authorities said.
Paris shutters itself in fear of worsening protest violence
Paris, Dec 8 (AP/UNB) — Paris monuments and shopping meccas are locked down and tens of thousands of police are taking position around the country, fearing worsening violence in a new round of anti-government protests.
France fears more riots; Museums, Eiffel Tower to close
Paris, Dec 7 (AP/UNB) — Authorities across France braced Thursday for the possibility of more riots and violence at anti-government protests this weekend, holding emergency meetings and deploying tens of thousands of police and security forces. Museums, theaters and shops in Paris announced they would close Saturday as a precaution — including the city's famed Eiffel Tower.