LONDON, July 3, (APP/AFP): The British government faces a legal challenge to stop it beginning the process of leaving the European Union without an act of parliament, a law firm announced Sunday. Lawyers at Mishcon de Reya argue that the British government cannot trigger Article 50, the legal process for leaving the EU, without a […]
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Legal challenge to Britain’s EU exit
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2 medics among 20 dead in regime shelling of Syria town: monitor
BEIRUT, (APP/AFP): Two medics were among at least 20 people killed on Saturday in Syrian government shelling of a rebel-held town northeast of the capital, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The bombardment struck the town of Jayrud, 60 kilometres (35 miles) from Damascus, where the army says militants rebels killed a pilot they […]
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Earthquake in Tajikistan destroys 30 homes, school
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, (APP/AFP) – At least 30 homes and a school were destroyed in an earthquake that caused no injuries or deaths in Tajikistan, the ex-Soviet country’s state emergencies committee reported Saturday. A committee spokesman told AFP an earthquake of 5.4 magnitude struck in the remote Rasht region roughly 200 kilometres (124 miles) east of […]
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20 civilians killed in Bangladesh hostage siege: army
DHAKA, (APP/AFP): Armed militants killed 20 civilians after taking them hostage in a Bangladesh cafe overnight and many of the victims were hacked to death, an army spokesman said on Saturday. “We’ve recovered 20 bodies. Most them had been brutally hacked to death with sharp weapons,” Brigadier General Nayeem Ashfaq Chowdhury told reporters in Dhaka, […]
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Man shoots dead 5, injures 20 in Serbian cafe: police
BELGRADE, (APP/AFP) – A man shot dead five people, including his wife, and injured another 20 in a cafe in northern Serbia early on Saturday, police said. The man “entered the cafe and opened fire with an automatic rifle, killing his wife and another woman, then he continued to shoot at other citizens in the […]
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Brexit prompts LatAm economies to seek unity
PUERTO VARAS, Chile, (APP/AFP) – Britain’s vote to leave the European Union drove key Latin American powers to urge greater economic integration on Friday to protect their own trade relations from the fallout. The call came at a summit of the Pacific Alliance, which groups Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile. “Despite the specter of disintegration […]