Driver investigated after 78 killed in Spain train crash
By Teresa Medrano and Miguel Vidal POLICE put the driver of a Spanish train under investigation Thursday after at least 78 people died when it...
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US fines Columbia Shipmanagement $10.4m for dumping at sea
TWO EUROPEAN shipping firms have been ordered to pay a $10.4 million penalty and given four years probation for illegally dumping oil-tainted bilge water as...
At least 35 killed as train derails in Spain
By Miguel Vidal The Spanish government’s main working hypothesis concerning the derailment of a train killing over 30 people in the northern region of Galicia...
New-born royal baby named George Alexander Louis
PRINCE William and Kate have named their new-born baby boy, George Alexander Louis, William’s office said on Wednesday. The baby is Britain’s third-in-line to the...
Egypt’s army raises pressure on Islamists with call for rallies
By Asma Alsharif and Tom Perry EGYPT’S military chief called for mass rallies on Friday to give him a mandate to tackle violence that has...
Fugitive Snowden’s hopes of leaving Moscow airport dashed
By Lidia Kelly Fugitive US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden’s hopes of leaving Moscow’s SheremetyevoAirport for the first time in a month on Wednesday were...
Europe confirms plans to clamp down on charges for paying with plastic
By John O’Donnell and Foo Yun Chee Banks will have to limit the fees they charge on card payments under proposals from the European Commission...
UN chemical arms investigator arrives in Syria to seek access
The head of a UN chemical weapons investigation team arrived in Syria on Wednesday to discuss his inquiry into allegations that chemical arms have been...
Prince William and Kate leave hospital with new baby
By Michael Holden Prince William and his wife Kate gave the world its first glimpse of their new baby on Tuesday when they left hospital...
No tax rises of any kind in Germany, vows Merkel before election
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday she was against tax rises of any kind in Europe’s biggest economy if she is re-elected in September,...
