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Evicted pensioner who sparked Spain housing protests dies: tenant union

An 87-year-old Madrid woman whose eviction triggered nationwide protests over Spain’s chronic housing crisis and a political debate that culminated in early elections died on Wednesday, a tenants’ union said.”We are sorry to announce that Maricarmen passed away today,” the Madrid Tenants’ Union said in a statement about Maricarmen Abascal, adding that her cause marked […]

Saudi Arabia says three dead at airports after Houthis claim attacks

Saudi authorities said on Wednesday that three people were killed in attacks on two of the kingdom’s international airports including in the capital Riyadh, after Yemen’s Houthis claimed to have fired on both transport hubs. The Iran-backed fighters earlier took responsibility for a flurry of attacks that included firing a ballistic missile at Riyadh’s King Khalid […]

Russia warns of ‘false’ information as second plague case reported

Russia warned Wednesday against “false” information as reports emerged of a second suspected case of plague in Siberia, with Washington and Brussels calling for transparency and neighbouring Mongolia tightening health surveillance. Russian news outlet People of Baikal reported last Friday that a 28-year-old woman employed at a plague research institute in Siberia’s Irkutsk region had […]

Trump plans to turn Florida golf course into presidential retreat

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he wants to turn his luxury Florida golf course into a retreat for future presidents modeled on the historic Camp David getaway. The 80-year-old billionaire said that US security officials had suggested the plan to transform the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach into a sanctuary for […]

Thousands march fearing return of a Bolsonaro presidency in Brazil

Thousands of people joined a student march Wednesday in downtown Rio de Janeiro to protest presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro and a surge of the far-right in Brazil. Wearing stickers declaring “Never Again Bolsonaro” and “No to the father, no to the son,” Brazilians, young and old, joined the spirited student march after the son of […]

WHO says cannot conduct full risk assessment on Russia plague reports

The World Health Organization said Wednesday it could not produce a full risk assessment as it did not have the whole picture from Russia on the suspected plague death of a laboratory technician. The WHO, the United States and the European Union have all urged Moscow for more information after the death of the 28-year-old […]

After botched execution, US woman is awake and shackled to bed

A convicted US killer who survived a botched execution is shackled to her hospital bed, awake and able to speak a little, her lawyer said Wednesday, as a court ordered prison authorities to preserve evidence in the case. Christa Pike, 50, who was sentenced to death for a murder she committed when she was a […]

Rubio touts US power, calls on Europe to emerge from ‘slumber’

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday flexed  American power and called on Europe to shake off its “long slumber” in a rousing speech delivered beneath the Acropolis in Athens.”We believe that Europe can awaken from its long slumber and rekindle the fire that was lit here millennia ago,” Rubio said in a speech […]