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How the EU’s Migrant Crisis Reached the Streets of Brussels
BRUSSELS — The city is freezing. At night, Hamza Khater eats and sleeps at a volunteer-run shelter. He spends his days hanging around the international bus stop next to the Gare du Nord. “What am I looking for? I am looking for a life,” said Khater, 31, who fled the violence-ravaged Sudanese region of Darfur…
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May pleads for ‘urgent’ post-Brexit EU security deal
British Prime Minister Theresa May called for a deal with the EU on post-Brexit security cooperation at the Munich Security Conference Photo: AFP MUNICH, Germany British Prime Minister Theresa May pleaded Saturday for an urgent deal with the European Union on post-Brexit security cooperation, warning that citizens’ lives were at stake. In a speech at the Munich…
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NATO Chief Warns of Growing Nuclear Threat From North Korea, Russia
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Feb. 16, 2018. MUNICH — The head of NATO has said the alliance is determined to avoid a new arms race with Russia, but he warned that Moscow is developing new nuclear weapons that pose a threat to the West. “Russia is…
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Mexico struck by massive 7.2-magnitude earthquake
A massive earthquake hit Mexico Friday evening, leaving buildings shaking throughout the southern portion of the country. The earthquake was first measured as a 7.5-magnitude and later lowered to having a 7.2-magnitude by the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter was found along the Pacific coast near Santiago Ixtayutla, a town in the state of Oaxaca in the southwestern area…
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17 killed in mass shooting at high school in Parkland, Florida
At least 17 people were killed when a teen opened fire with a semiautomatic rifle at a high school in Parkland, Florida, on Wednesday afternoon, officials said. Fourteen others were wounded, five of whom suffering life-threatening injuries, hospital officials said. Authorities said the suspect, identified as 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, concealed himself in the crowd fleeing Marjory…
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Schulz leaves Germany in CHAOS as resignation puts Merkel at bigger risk of new election
ANGELA Merkel’s hopes of finally stitching together a coalition government in Germany have been thrown into chaos after civil war broke out amongst her Social Democrat allies following the resignation of their leader Martin Schulz. Schulz quits as SPD leader after refusing to serve under Merkel Fresh national elections are moving closer to reality with…
