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Ireland PM Leo Varadkar visits his father’s village in Maharashtra

12:41 am December 30, 2019

Mumbai: Ireland Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on Sunday visited his ancestral village alongwith his family members in the coastal Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra, calling it “a very special moment”. It was his first visit to the village of Varad in Malvan tehsil, around 500 km from Mumbai, said Varadkar, who became prime minister of Ireland […]

French government, unions exchange barbs in strike deadlock

12:17 am December 30, 2019

Paris: The French government and a key trade union on Sunday exchanged bitter accusations over who was to blame for France’s over three-week transport strike against pension reforms, as the stalemate showed little sign of relenting. Deputy Transport Minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari accused the hardline CGT union of a “systematic opposition to any reform” while the […]

Avalanche kills skier in Italy, 4th fatality in 24 hours

8:44 pm December 29, 2019

Rome: An avalanche has killed a skier in the Dolomite Mountains, the fourth avalanche fatality in the Italian Alps in 24 hours. Italian state TV said the skier was among four people struck by the avalanche near a mountain refuge Sunday morning. A day earlier, a wall of snow crashed into a group of German […]

Avalanche kills woman, child on Italian glacier, others hurt

11:56 pm December 28, 2019

Rome: An avalanche has killed a woman and a girl who were skiing on a glacier in the Italian Alps. Alpine rescue corps spokesman Walter Milan said three helicopters, including one from nearby Austria, were involved in a search for any other possible victims of Saturday’s avalanche in the Senales valley. There were no reports […]

Spain to probe Mexico embassy incident that angered Bolivia

8:12 pm December 28, 2019

Madrid : Spain pledged Saturday to send investigators to La Paz after its embassy staff were accused of trying to sneak into the Mexican diplomatic mission with several masked individuals, an action denounced by Bolivia as a “violation” of its sovereignty. Bolivia’s foreign ministry said the incident occurred on Friday when “people identified as staff […]