Relations between Catalonia’s separatist government and Madrid have hit their lowest point in years following an outlawed referendum vote Sunday, deepening a constitutional crisis in Spain. Political analysts and economists are now questioning what could happen next following the vote in Catalonia, which saw Spanish riot police clash with pro-independence voters, leaving hundreds injured. Catalan […]
Read moreThe Catalan government said around 2.26 million people had cast a ballot in a banned referendum to leave Spain on Sunday and 90 percent of them had voted in favor of secession. This represents a turnout of around 42.3 percent of Catalonia’s 5.34 million voters. Source: cnbc Catalan government says 90 percent voted to leave […]
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Marseille 'terrorist' attack: Two stabbed to death, attacker killed by French soldiers
French soldiers shot and a killed a man on Sunday after he stabbed to death two women at Marseille’s main train station, the French interior ministry said, in what police sources called a “likely terrorist act”. Three police sources said the suspect had shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is greatest) as he carried out his attack. […]
Read moreWith Washington planning a broad overhaul, your tax bracket could be changing. But will that actually score you and your family a lower tax bill? While the Republican-led tax reform plan is short on some details at this point, the head of a tax policy group called the plan “viable” in an interview with CNBC. […]
Read moreMuch as President Donald Trump did in his command performance before the U.N. when he took back control of U.S. foreign policy, the president has now seized and energized the tax-cut issue. Almost daily, he is pounding away on the themes of faster economic growth and more take-home pay, arguing that his plan will make […]
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'I am sorry,' UK PM May says of botched election as she vows to deliver policies and Brexit
Apologizing for a June election when she lost her Conservative Party’s majority, Prime Minister Theresa May responded to her critics on Sunday by saying she had the right strategy to lead Britain and win a Brexit deal. May, who has faced calls from within her party to step down, wants to use the Conservatives’ annual […]
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Air France flight makes emergency landing in Canada after engine suffers 'serious damage' mid-flight
An Air France flight from Paris to Los Angeles made an emergency landing in eastern Canada on Saturday after one of its four engines sustained “serious damage” over the Atlantic, the airline said. Air France Flight 66, originating at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, landed at Goose Bay in Labrador at 1542 GMT, the airline […]
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Catalan referendum: At least one injured as riot police smash into voting center and clash with voters
Spanish riot police smashed their way into the polling station where Catalonia’s regional leader was due to vote in the disputed independence referendum on Sunday. Scuffles erupted outside between police and people waiting to vote. Civil Guard officers, wearing helmets and carrying shields, used a hammer to break the glass of the front door and […]
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Spanish police move in to stop banned Catalan independence referendum
Authorities in Madrid have moved to stop an independence referendum in the Spanish region of Catalonia this weekend, with reports that police have sealed off polling stations and raided a telecommunications center. The national government has said police have secured 1,300 of 2,315 schools in Catalonia which had been designated as voting stations, according to […]
Read moreSpanish police have occupied the Catalan government’s communications hub on the eve of a banned independence referendum which Madrid is attempting to thwart, the regional authority said on Saturday. Tens of thousands of Catalans are expected to vote in a ballot that will have no legal status as it has been blocked by Spain’s Constitutional […]
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