Author: DA Correspondent

Prosecutors seek prison terms for accused in gold coin heist

9:36 pm January 20, 2020

Berlin: German prosecutors are seeking lengthy prison terms for four men accused of staging the brazen theft of a 100-kilogram (221-pound) Canadian gold coin that disappeared from a Berlin museum almost three years ago. The dpa news agency reported Monday that prosecutors have asked Berlin’s region court to sentence two of the men to […]

France’s Emmanuel Macron tells global CEOs: we’re open for business

France’s Macron tells global CEOs: we’re open for business

9:24 pm January 20, 2020

Paris: France’s president is taking on the role of salesman in chief for his strike-battered country. Emmanuel Macron used the splendor of the Palace of Versailles to woo international business leaders on Monday, insisting that his reforms are attracting investors despite six weeks of crippling protests and walkouts over his plan to overhaul the retirement […]

Royal funeral offers chance for William, Harry to reconcile

Prince Harry: ‘Powerful media’ is why he’s stepping away

9:18 pm January 20, 2020

London: Prince Harry took aim at the journalists who have dissected his life since the day he was born as he expressed regret for the way he has had to step down from royal duties. In a personal speech that referenced his late mother, Princess Diana, who died in a car accident in 1997 while […]

Thousands rally in Virginia’s capital for gun rights

9:13 pm January 20, 2020

Richmond: Gun-rights activists — some making deliberate displays of their military-style rifles — began to descend on Virginia’s capital city Monday to protest plans by the state’s Democratic leadership to pass gun-control legislation. Several thousand activists — mostly white and male, many clothed in camouflage and waving flags with messages of support for President Donald […]

Police: 2 dead, 15 hurt in shooting outside Kansas City bar

9:06 pm January 20, 2020

Kansas City: An armed security guard shot and killed a man suspected of fatally shooting a woman and injuring 15 more people outside a bar in Kansas City, Missouri, police said Monday. A motive for the attack shortly before midnight Sunday outside 9ine Ultra Lounge was not immediately clear. Kansas City Police Capt. David Jackson […]