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First migrants sent to Albania for processing are returned to Italy
SHENGJIN, Albania (AP) — An Italian navy ship on Saturday took back to Italy the first 12 migrants from newly opened asylum processing centers in Albania following a court...
Meloni sticks to Albania migrant camps scheme despite court ruling
The Italian right-wing government has said it intends to continue to pursue plans to examine asylum applications outside the EU, despite a legal defeat over the processing of the...
Church bell rings after 150 years of silence
After sitting silent for more than 150 years, a Somerset church bell is ringing again - in an Australian wedding chapel.The bell, which dates from about 1550, once rang...
Reeves Puts Bond Market Over UK Ministers in High-Risk Budget
(Bloomberg) -- Rachel Reeves’ first challenge when it comes to delivering a delicately balanced UK budget at the end of the month is winning over an increasingly mutinous Labour...
Putin’s Shadow Looms Over Moldova’s Vote on EU Membership
(Bloomberg) -- At the family plum orchard in the rolling hills northwest of Moldova’s capital of Chisinau, it’s easy to see why Zinaida Plamadeala is keen to ensure her...
‘Merchants of death’ trial steps up fight against Channel smugglers
Peering over her glasses, the French judge glanced sternly across the cavernous underground courtroom towards a notorious figure seated in a glass cage.“There will be no more misbehaviour. No...
Big tobacco companies reach tentative multibillion-dollar settlement with Canada
TORONTO (AP) — Three large tobacco companies would pay nearly $24 billion to settle a long-running legal battle in Canada, according to a proposed deal.Philip Morris International said Friday...
Report: Netanyahu orders more aid deliveries to Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a significant increase in deliveries for the suffering population in the Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported on Friday.Israeli public broadcaster Kan reported that...
Ukraine and Russia Swap 95 Prisoners on Each Side, Moscow Says
(Bloomberg) -- Russia said it exchanged 95 Ukrainian soldiers for an equal number of its force in the first major prisoner of war return in more than a month.Most...
Macron Finds Out What Power Sharing Means and He Doesn’t Like It