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Separatists grow majority in Catalonia despite Socialist win

11:31 am February 15, 2021

Barcelona: The pro-union Socialist Party claimed a narrow win in regional elections in Catalonia late Sunday, but the bloc of parties supporting secession by Spain’s northeastern corner widened their control of the regional parliament. With 99 per cent of the votes counted, the three main parties pledging to carve out an independent Catalan state increased […]

Protesters say French anti-radicalism law is anti-Muslim

11:14 pm February 14, 2021

Paris: Activists rallied Sunday in Paris to demand that the French government abandon a bill aimed at rooting out Islamist extremism that the protesters say could trample on religious freedom and make all Muslims into potential suspects. French lawmakers hold a key vote Tuesday on the draft law, which is expected to win approval in […]

AP Interview: French government to tackle child abuse issue

11:51 pm February 12, 2021

Paris: France has a “deeply rooted” societal problem with child sexual abuse, the French official responsible for children and families acknowledged Friday while discussing new government plans to address it with tougher laws and heightened vigilance in schools. Speaking in an interview with The Associated Press, Adrien Taquet, a secretary of state in the French Health Ministry, said “there […]

Woman arrested for trying to sell newborn in Delhi

Woman gives birth outdoors in freezing temps in Germany

3:38 pm February 12, 2021

Berlin: A homeless woman gave birth outdoors in temperatures well below freezing early Friday in the Bavarian city of Nuremberg, authorities said. A police patrol spotted the 20-year-old woman, a companion and the newborn infant shortly after the birth at about 5 am on a ventilation grate outside a subway station, the dpa news agency reported. The […]

2 more bodies found six weeks after Norway landslide

4:57 pm February 10, 2021

Copenhagen: Six weeks after one of the worst landslides in modern Norway’s history, search teams have found two more bodies in the rubble, authorities said. In total, nine bodies have been found so far and one other person is believed to have died in the landslide, which swept away homes in a residential area in […]