LONDON, (APP/AFP) – Black Lives Matter protesters brought the main road into Europe’s busiest airport to a standstill on Friday as they blocked the traffic entering London Heathrow. Police said a number of people had been arrested at the west London airport and holidaymakers faced disruption. Pictures circulating on social media show a small number […]
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Black Lives Matter protest blocks Heathrow airport access
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Allianz confident on targets despite testing quarter
BERLIN, (APP/AFP) – German insurance giant Allianz expressed confidence Friday it would meet its full-year targets despite falling second-quarter profits, largely due to the costs of natural disasters and disposing of its South Korean operations. Net profits in April through June slumped by 46 percent compared with the second quarter last year to 1.1 billion […]
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US industry bodies sue over Obama corporate tax rules
WASHINGTON, (APP/AFP) – Powerful business lobbying bodies on Thursday sued the Obama administration, seeking to strike down recent rules intended to prevent corporate tax avoidance through so-called inversions. In a rule adopted in April, the US Treasury sought to prevent American companies from moving overseas to reduce their tax burdens, often through reverse mergers. The […]
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Briton arrested over deadly Bangladesh cafe siege
DHAKA, (APP/AFP) – A British national and a student at a Canadian university who were dining at a Bangladeshi cafe when it was besieged by militants last month have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the attack. Police said Hasnat Karim, a British citizen of Bangladesh origin, and Tahmid Khan, a University of Toronto […]
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Israel demolishes homes of 2 Palestinian assailants
JERUSALEM, (APP/AFP) – Israeli forces have razed the southern West Bank homes of two Palestinian gunmen who shot dead four Israelis at a trendy Tel Aviv nightspot in June, the army said Thursday. “Overnight in accordance with government directives security forces demolished the residences of the two terrorists who carried out the terror attack at […]
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US, allies push UN to condemn North Korea missile test
UNITED NATIONS, (APP/AFP): The United States and its allies on Wednesday pressed the UN Security Council to condemn North Korea after it test-fired a missile into Japanese-controlled waters for the first time, but they encountered resistance from China. The 15-member council met behind closed doors for emergency talks called by the United States, Japan and […]