Sunday, April 2, 2017

France's Fillon faces further legal process in fake work probe: report and other top stories.

  • France's Fillon faces further legal process in fake work probe: report

    France's Fillon faces further legal process in fake work probe: report
    PARIS France's financial prosecutor is likely to take further legal steps this week in its investigation into allegations of fake work by presidential candidate Francois Fillon's wife, a newspaper reported on Sunday.The Journal de Dimanche (JDD) cited unidentified sources saying the proceedings - which would mean the prosecutor had decided against dropping the case for lack of evidence - would involve both Fillon and his British wife Penelope.A spokeswoman for the prosecutor said no decision h..
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  • Germany picks Frank-Walter Steinmeier to be president

    Germany picks Frank-Walter Steinmeier to be president
    By Kirsten Grieshaber | AP By Kirsten Grieshaber | AP February 12 at 10:50 AM BERLIN — A special assembly elected former German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier by an overwhelming majority Sunday to be the country’s new president. Steinmeier was elected in Berlin by the assembly made up of the 630 members of parliament’s lower house and an equal number of representatives from Germany’s 16 states. He received 931 of the 1,260 votes. Steinmeier succeeds Joachim Gauck, a 77-year-old f..
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  • Swiss ease citizenship for foreigners, reject tax reform

    Swiss ease citizenship for foreigners, reject tax reform
    National Councillor Walter Wobmann displays a leaflet reading “Yes to the ban on veiling’’ at the reunion of the Swiss People’s Party SVP in Dornach, Switzerland, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. Swiss voters were deciding Sunday whether to make it easier for “third-generation foreigners” to get Swiss citizenship and whether to lock in competitive low tax rates for foreign companies in Switzerland. (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone via AP) (Associated Press) By Associated Press By Associated Press February..
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  • Hamburg Airport briefly closed after dozens injured by irritant gas

    Hamburg Airport briefly closed after dozens injured by irritant gas
    Paramedics watch passengers re-entering the terminal building at the Helmut Schmidt Airport in Hamburg on Sunday. The airport was closed after an unknown substance injured dozens in a security luggage-check area. (Fabian Bimmer/Reuters) BERLIN — German officials on Sunday evacuated hundreds of people from Hamburg Airport and briefly closed the facility after dozens of passengers reported eye irritation and breathing difficulties in a security luggage-check area. Maik Lewerenz, spokesman ..
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  • North Korea Test-Fires Missile, Apparently Challenging Trump

    North Korea Test-Fires Missile, Apparently Challenging Trump
    The reports of the launch came as Trump was hosting Abe and just days before the North is to mark the birthday of leader Kim Jong Un's late father, Kim Jong Il. Appearing with Trump at a news conference at Trump's estate, Abe condemned the missile launch as "absolutely intolerable."Abe read a brief statement in which he called on the North to comply fully with relevant U.N. Security Council resolutions. He said Trump had assured him of U.S. support and that Trump's presence showed the president..
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  • Violence erupts at protests over alleged police rape in Paris suburb

    Violence erupts at protests over alleged police rape in Paris suburb
    More than 2,000 people marched Saturday in Bobigny, a suburban town nearly six miles (9.2 kilometers) northeast of the French capital. They chanted and carried signs demanding justice for a 22-year-old man who says he was sodomized by a police officer's baton.The demonstrations turned violent when a few hundred protesters broke away from the march and began rioting, police said. They smashed windows, set cars and trash cans on fire and attacked law enforcement personnel, who responded by firing ..
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  • North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile, Challenging Trump

    North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile, Challenging Trump
    The missile launch came as Mr. Trump is hosting Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, on an official visit, but it was unclear if the test was intended as a political message. Mr. Trump and Mr. Abe hastily arranged a joint appearance in response. “North Korea’s most recent missile launch is absolutely intolerable,” Mr. Abe said, calling on the country to comply with all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions.Looking grim, Mr. Trump said nothing about the missile launch, but pledged ..
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  • Snowden 'Not Afraid' of Being Returned to US From Russia

    Snowden 'Not Afraid' of Being Returned to US From Russia
    Edward Snowden says he is "not afraid" of being returned to the U.S. after NBC News reported that intelligence officials have information that Russia is considering turning him over as a "gift" to President Donald Trump. The fugitive former intelligence contractor wrote on Twitter: "Days ago, I criticized the Russian government's oppressive new 'Big Brother' law. Now, threatening rumors. But I won't stop." He added: "I don't know if the rumors are true. But I can tell you this: I am not af..
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  • After Gun Battle in Kashmir, Protests Turn Violent

    After Gun Battle in Kashmir, Protests Turn Violent
    NEW DELHI — Indian security forces in Kashmir engaged in an intense, 12-hour-long gun battle with militants that ended late Sunday morning, leaving four militants, two soldiers and one civilian dead, the authorities said. An additional civilian died after a protest.The police had learned that the militants were in a village, and cordoned it off late Saturday. They were conducting searches when they were fired upon by militants; security forces began firing back. Former Princely State of..
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  • Netanyahu may seek to reset US-Israel relations in meeting with Trump

    Netanyahu may seek to reset US-Israel relations in meeting with Trump
    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in Washington on Tuesday hoping to find in President Trump a kindred spirit and compliant ally after eight years of personal friction with President Obama.The reality may be more complicated. As a candidate, Trump signaled he would show staunch support for Netanyahu and his allies in Israel in crucial ways, including backing Israel’s growing settlements in the West Bank, moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, and tearing up the Iran nuclear deal..
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