Memorable quotes from baseball great Yogi Berra
Washington (AFP) – Baseball great Yogi Berra, who died on Tuesday evening at the age of 90, was known for his humor and quick wit.
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Divided EU leaders to offer cash for Syria refugees
By Alastair Macdonald and Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders could promise billions of euros in new funding for Syrian refugees at an emergency summit on Wednesday where they will also try to patch up bitter divisions over the migration crisis. Meeting for dinner a day after interior ministers overrode furious objections from four eastern states in a vote that will distribute asylum-seekers around the bloc according to
Egypt's Sisi pardons 100 prisoners, including Al Jazeera journalists
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pardoned 100 prisoners including three Al Jazeera television journalists on Wednesday, a day before he plans to head to the annual United Nations summit of world leaders. Canadian Mohamed Fahmy, Egyptian Baher Mohamed and Australian Peter Greste were sentenced to three years in prison in a retrial last month for operating without a press license and broadcasting material harmful to Egypt. A spokesperson for the
Russia may put missiles in Kaliningrad if U.S. upgrades nuclear arms in Germany: Interfax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia may deploy Iskander ballistic missiles to its enclave of Kaliningrad if the United States upgrades its nuclear weapons in Germany, the Interfax news agency cited a military source as saying on Wednesday. “A final decision well be taken after detailed analysis of the potential threat,” the agency cited the source as saying. (Reporting by Lidia Kelly; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
Millions more government fingerprints deemed stolen
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people applying for or receiving security clearances whose fingerprint images were stolen in one of the worst U.S. government data breaches is now believed to be 5.6 million, not 1.1 million as first thought, the Office of Personnel Management announced Wednesday.
Burundi rules out talks with 'rebel' opposition
Burundi’s government ruled out Wednesday talks with key opposition groups, rejecting calls by the influential Catholic Church for all sides to negotiate to ensure no return to civil war. While the government “totally agrees” with the Church’s call earlier this week for dialogue, “there will never be any negotiations with those who are charged with insurrection, and want to bring our country into chaos and war,” presidential communications chief Willy
The Latest: French president slams opponents of refugee plan
BRUSSELS (AP) — The latest developments as European governments struggle to cope with the huge number of people moving across Europe. All times local:
Japanese still expect FIFA's meeting to take place in Japan
ZURICH (AP) — The president of the Japanese football association says he still expects FIFA’s next executive committee meeting to take place in Japan, despite a decision by soccer’s ruling body to reconsider its original plan during this week’s session in Zurich.
As clock ticks, Senate seeks way to avert shutdown
By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Plans to avert a U.S. government shutdown began taking shape in the Senate on Tuesday, but it was still far from certain whether a dispute over funding for women’s healthcare group Planned Parenthood could be overcome. With only days remaining before an Oct. 1 deadline, Senate leaders said they were pursuing a stop-gap funding bill to extend the present federal budget
Pope Francis in U.S. for historic visit
The pontiff begins his six-day trip in D.C. after touring Communist-led Cuba.