BRUSSELS (AP) – Attackers detonated bombs at the airport and on a metro train beneath the European Union’s capital on Tuesday, killing at least 26 people and confirming the worst fears of European officials, who proclaimed the continent at war. Two explosions, at least one likely caused by a suicide …
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European airports increase security after Brussels attacks
MOSCOW (AP) – Authorities in Europe and beyond have tightened security at airports, on subways, at the borders and on city streets after deadly attacks Tuesday on the Brussels airport and its subway system. With Brussels on lockdown and the French prime minister saying that Europe is “at war,” European …
Read More »Fearful of China’s reach abroad, dissidents try risky voyage
BANGKOK (AP) – Dong Junming was detained several times in his Chinese homeland before he and his family fled to Bangkok in February 2015. A year later, he was preparing to make a more desperate journey to evade Chinese authorities who still felt dangerously close. In the months since he …
Read More »Minute of silence in Spain for Brussels victims
BRUSSELS (AP) – The Latest on explosions at Brussels airport and metro station (all times local): 2:25 p.m. A minute of silence has been held outside the Spanish parliament and Madrid’s town hall at noon in memory of the victims in Brussels. The Spanish government says the attacks Tuesday in …
Read More »Suu Kyi to be part of Myanmar’s new democratic government
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) – Myanmar’s president-elect on Tuesday proposed an 18-member Cabinet that will include party leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the former dissident who campaigned for decades to replace the military junta with a democratically elected government. President-elect Htin Kyaw submitted the names to parliament for a formal review …
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