BARCELONA INCIDENT: an eyewitness “everybody started screaming”
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Heat map showcases extreme temperatures in Southern Europe
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Meteorologists say the heatwave was the region’s hottest and most sustained since 2003. A new heat map published by the European Space Agency offers a colorful, bird’s-eye-view of last week’s heatwave in Southern Europe. As showcased by the swath of … Read More
The risk of modern slavery is rising in the European Union
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(CNN) The risk of modern slavery has risen in 20 member states of the European Union, according to a new global ranking released yesterday. The Modern Slavery Index 2017, compiled by risk analytics company Verisk Maplecroft, pinpointed five EU countries … Read More
Few see EU as world’s top economic power despite its relative might
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The European Union ranks as the world’s second-largest economy by gross domestic product, but few people globally see it as an economic leader ahead of China or the United States, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. Across the … Read More
EU could drag UK to court for £36bn Brexit bill… but UK will pay LESS, says EU expert
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THE European Union could end up dragging Britain through a bitter court battle in order to force the UK to pay its so-called Brexit bill demands, according to a British academic. However, Professor Steve Peers, professor of law at the … Read More
Failure to reach Brexit deal ‘suicide’ for UK, says former EU chief
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Romano Prodi, once Italian prime minister, says compromise on both sides is essential and that a second referendum would be almost impossible. Britain will be committing economic suicide unless it is prepared to compromise to reach a comprehensive Brexit deal, … Read More
Pope Francis Says America Has ‘a Distorted Vision of the World’
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(CNSNews.com) – Pope Francis told the Italian newspaper La Repubblica on Thursday that the United States of America—and Russia, China, North Korea and Bashar al Assad’s Syria—have “a distorted vision of the world”–(“una visione distorta del mondo,” as reportetd in … Read More
Bill Gates Urges End To Generosity, Fears African Refugees Will Decimate Europe
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In an interview published Saturday, Bill Gates told German newspaper Welt am Sonntag that Europe will be devastated by African refugees if they don’t “make it more difficult for Africans to reach the continent,” and the solution lies in European … Read More
Police Find Drugs in Raid of Vatican Apartment
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Vatican police have reportedly raided a Vatican-owned apartment and arrested an aide to one of Pope Francis’ key advisers. Police in late June found widespread drug-use and men engaged in homosexual activity during the bust at the home owned by … Read More