HAVANA (AP) – Brushing past profound differences, President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro will sit down Monday at Havana’s Palace of the Revolution for a historic meeting, offering critical clues about whether Obama’s sharp U-turn in policy will be fully reciprocated. For Obama, there’s no better place than …
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Russia says might use force to cease-fire violators in Syria
MOSCOW (AP) – Russia on Monday warned the United States that it will start responding to cease-fire violations in Syria unilaterally starting Tuesday if the U.S. refuses to coordinate rules of engagement against the violators. A U.S. official contended the issues were being discussed “in a constructive manner.” The Russian …
Read More »Seoul: North Korea fires 5 short-range projectiles
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea fired five short-range projectiles into the sea on Monday, Seoul officials said, in a continuation of weapon launches it has carried out in apparent response to ongoing South Korea-U.S. military drills it sees as a provocation. The projectiles launched from a site near …
Read More »Greece: Refugee deal “uphill effort” as more keep arriving
ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Greece’s prime minister warned Monday that an international agreement to limit the number of refugees traveling to Europe could not be properly implemented unless smugglers on the Turkish coast are stopped. Turkey’s president, meanwhile, slammed European countries for their criticism of his country’s record on human …
Read More »13 bus crash victims in Spain all women; 7 of them Italian
MADRID (AP) – The 13 exchange students killed in a bus crash in northeastern Spain this weekend were all women from other countries, including seven from Italy, a Catalan regional government official said Monday. The other six included two Germans, an Austrian, a French woman, a Romanian and an Uzbekistani, …
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