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United Airlines adding 8 new international destinations to itinerary for next summer
United Airlines is adding eight new international destinations to its itinerary for next summer. The airline, which said that this is its biggest international expansion ever with more than 760 weekly flights, will also be adding some new routes. Beginning in May,...
German court acquits McCann suspect of unrelated sexual offense charges
BRAUNSCHWEIG, Germany (AP) — A German court on Tuesday acquitted a man who is also under investigation in the 2007 disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann in a trial on charges of unrelated sexual offenses. The Braunschweig state court acquitted the 47-year-old German...
Lawyers for McCann suspect seek acquittal in his German trial on unrelated sexual offense charges
BERLIN (AP) — Lawyers for a man who is also under investigation in the 2007 disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann called on Monday for him to be acquitted in his trial on charges of unrelated sexual offenses. Prosecutors last week urged the Braunschweig state court to...
German prosecutors seek 15-year prison term for Madeleine McCann suspect in an unrelated trial
BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors called Wednesday for a sexual offenses conviction and a 15-year prison sentence for a man who is also under investigation separately in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann. The 47-year-old German national, who has been identified...
Pakistani Taliban deny attacking a convoy of foreign ambassadors
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani Taliban on Monday denied involvement in a bombing attack on a police convoy that was escorting foreign ambassadors in the restive northwest, as authorities said they were still trying to determine who was behind it. Most of the ambassadors and senior...
An estimated 180,000 motorcyclists have their helmets blessed at a Portuguese shrine
FATIMA, Portugal (AP) — An estimated 180,000 motorcyclists gathered Sunday at the Our Lady of Fatima shrine in central Portugal for the ninth annual Pilgrimage of the Blessing of Helmets. Carlos Cabecinhas, the rector of the Sanctuary of Fatima, said the event has steadily...
Portugal declares a state of calamity as wildfires rage out of control
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — More than 100 wildfires stretched thousands of firefighters to the limit in northern Portugal on Wednesday, with seven deaths since the worst spate of fires in recent years spread out of control over the weekend. Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro...
12-year-old boy stabs and injures six children at a school in Portugal
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal was shaken Tuesday when a 12-year-old boy stabbed and injured six other children in a rare episode of violence inside a school. Portuguese national police said that the victims were from 11 to 14 years old in the attack at the school in Azambuja...
Wildfires in Portugal blamed for at least six deaths as Europe sends aircraft to help
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Five thousand firefighters struggled Tuesday to contain multiple wildfires raging across northern Portugal that are blamed for causing at least six deaths including four firefighters and forcing an unknown number of residents to flee their homes. Some 100...
David Beckham among soccer dignitaries attending ex-England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson's funeral
TORSBY, Sweden (AP) — David Beckham and former England coach Roy Hodgson were among the soccer dignitaries who attended the funeral of Sven-Goran Eriksson on Friday in the Swedish manager's small hometown of Torsby. Eriksson's wooden coffin was covered in white flowers and...
