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Swiss vote on limiting jobs, residency for EU citizens

6:04 pm September 27, 2020

Geneva: Voters in Switzerland cast ballots Sunday on a nationalist party’s proposal to limit the number of European Union citizens allowed to live and work in their country. The measure, championed by the populist Swiss People’s Party, would give preferential access to jobs, social protection and benefits to people from Switzerland over those from the […]

EU leader Michel lashes out at Britain over post-Brexit plan

11:29 pm September 25, 2020

Bradenton: European Union leader Charles Michel used the virtual pulpit of the UN General Assembly on Friday to lash out at Britain for its threats to renege on parts of the withdrawal treaty it signed with the EU and warned that the 27-nation bloc won’t back down in the final weeks of acrimonious talks on a free-trade deal. Michel made unmistakable […]

Terror probe opened after 2 stabbed in Paris; 2 arrests

9:48 pm September 25, 2020

Paris: French terrorism authorities are investigating a double-stabbing outside the former Paris offices of a satirical newspaper where a dozen people were killed in 2015, and two suspects have been arrested in Friday’s violence, authorities said. France’s counterterrorism prosecutor said authorities suspect a terrorist motive because of the place and timing of the stabbings: in front of […]

Aging Norwegian king admitted to Oslo hospital

2:21 pm September 25, 2020

Copenhagen: Norway’s 83-year-old King Harald V was admitted to the main hospital in Oslo on Friday, the Norwegian palace said, without giving any further information about his condition. The palace said his son, Crown Prince Haakon, has stepped in and taken over his father’s duties, including a scheduled meeting with the Norwegian government. Harald ascended the throne upon the death […]

Vatican: Assisted suicide, euthanasia ‘intrinsically evil’

11:13 pm September 22, 2020

Rome: The Vatican on Tuesday reaffirmed its stance that euthanasia and assisted suicide are “intrinsically evil,” and told priests they should minister to those contemplating such deaths to try to change their minds but shouldn’t be present at the end if they don’t. The Vatican’s doctrine office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, issued a lengthy […]