CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Miguel Angel Jimenez fired a 6-under round of 64 to be in a three-way tie for the lead after the European Masters first round on Thursday. Aged 53, Jimenez had seven birdies and a single bogey on the picturesque Swiss Alps course to share the top of the leaderboard with 30th-ranked … Continue reading
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office says it has turned up six more cases of alleged sexual abuse against children by European troops in Central African Republic, including a 7-year-old girl who said she had to perform sexual acts on soldiers in exchange for water and cookies. A U.N. team recently interviewed five … Continue reading
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders and the Turkish prime minister sealed a joint summit with a commitment to re-energize Turkey’s long-stalled membership talks and bolster their common resolve to deal with the Syrian refugee crisis. The 28 EU leaders were leaning hard on Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to stem the flow of migrants seeking … Continue reading
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — After years of red-eye flights across the Pacific and marathon summits, President Barack Obama had hoped to arrive in this Southeast Asian capital and tout progress in his seven-year charm offensive in Asia: His campaign to move away from the cycle of crisis in the Middle East and toward the rising region was finally … Continue reading
VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — European leaders pressed ahead Thursday with efforts to discourage people from heading to Europe to find work and kept seeking ways to send back home thousands of Africans who don’t qualify for asylum. The Europeans are looking to sign migration agreements with individual African countries at a migration summit with African … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Vice Media is adding a U.S. cable channel to its digital video empire as it tries to gain viewers in old as well as new media. The network, tentatively called “Viceland,” is “the next step in the evolution of our brand and the first step in our global roll-out of networks … Continue reading
For the hundreds of thousands of migrants on the move across Europe, the pace of a day is dictated by forces almost entirely beyond their control: the heat of the sun, the location of guards or police, the reliability of a cellphone signal. The bare earth often serves as their bed and table, but they … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will host European Council President Donald Tusk at the White House next month. The White House says the two will review a range of issues, including Ukraine, Russia, a pending trade deal between the U.S. and European countries, economic growth, energy security, climate change and countering violent extremism … Continue reading
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