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French court fines Uber, execs for illegal taxi service
June 9, 2016
French court fines Uber, execs for illegal taxi service
A French court fined Uber Technologies 800,000 euros (US$907,000) on Thursday for running an illegal transport service with non-professional drivers…
Rubbish piles up in Paris as pre-Euro football protests go on
June 8, 2016
Rubbish piles up in Paris as pre-Euro football protests go on
Rubbish piled up on streets in parts of Paris and other French cities on Wednesday as strikes and pickets by…
US says China fighter made ‘unsafe’ intercept of spy plane
June 8, 2016
US says China fighter made ‘unsafe’ intercept of spy plane
A Chinese fighter jet carried out an "unsafe" intercept of a US spy plane on routine patrol on Tuesday in…
Suspected human trafficking kingpin extradited from Sudan to Italy
June 8, 2016
Suspected human trafficking kingpin extradited from Sudan to Italy
An Eritrean man suspected of running a huge human trafficking network that sent thousands of migrants to Europe, leaving many…
Drones emerge from shadows to become key cog in US war machine
June 7, 2016
Drones emerge from shadows to become key cog in US war machine
When US drones obliterated a car carrying Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour last month, it was the kind of targeted…
Forest fires and logging threaten India’s progress on climate goals
June 7, 2016
Forest fires and logging threaten India’s progress on climate goals
Since the end of April, fires in parts of India's northern states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh have destroyed or…
Ukraine detains man planning attacks on Euro championship in France
June 6, 2016
Ukraine detains man planning attacks on Euro championship in France
Ukraine's state security service said on Monday a French citizen detained in late May on the border with Poland had…
Russia to Finland: We will respond to NATO Baltics activity
June 6, 2016
Russia to Finland: We will respond to NATO Baltics activity
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told his Finnish counterpart the Kremlin would take unspecified measures to respond to increased NATO…
Deny migrants right to seek asylum: Austrian foreign minister
June 5, 2016
Deny migrants right to seek asylum: Austrian foreign minister
Migrants who try to enter Europe illegally by boat should be denied the chance to apply for asylum and be…
Swiss voters reject ‘money for nothing’ income plan
June 5, 2016
Swiss voters reject ‘money for nothing’ income plan
Swiss voters rejected by a wide margin on Sunday a proposal to introduce a guaranteed basic income for everyone living…