EU Seeks Repayment of $322,000 by French Far-Right Leader
PARIS — The European parliament is asking France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen to start repaying hundreds of thousands of euros it says were wrongly paid to legislative aides.
Romania’s Govt Decriminalizes Official Misconduct
BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania's government adopted an emergency ordinance late Tuesday to decriminalize official misconduct, dealing a blow to a yearslong drive to curb corruption in the eastern European country.
EU Unemployment Falls to 9.6%, Lowest Since 2009
FRANKFURT, Germany — Official figures show Europe's recovery is gathering speed, with inflation picking up and unemployment at its lowest in nearly eight years.
Pokemon Sales Power-Up Nintendo Q3 Profits
TOKYO — Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co. is reporting third quarter profit more than doubled from a year earlier on healthy sales of Pokemon game software.
6 Counts of Murder for Quebec Mosque Attack Suspect
QUEBEC CITY — A French Canadian known for far-right, nationalist views was charged Monday with six counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder over the shooting rampage at a Quebec City mosque that Canada's prime minister called an act of terrorism against Muslims.
Trump Fires Attorney General Over Refugee Ban Defiance
WASHINGTON — Defiant in the face of an international backlash, President Donald Trump pressed into his second week in office defending his sweeping immigration ban – and then fired a Cabinet head who refused to enforce it.
Duterte Temporarily Halts Anti-Drug Crackdown Amid Police Scandal
MANILA — The Philippine police chief has stopped the use of the national police force in anti-drug operations and disbanded all police anti-narcotics units after the brutal crackdown was used as a cover by rogue officers to kidnap and kill a South Korean man.
Brunhilde Pomsel, Former Secretary of Joseph Goebbels, 106
BERLIN — Brunhilde Pomsel, a former secretary of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, has died. She was 106.
Man Mauled and Killed by Tiger at Eastern China Resort
BEIJING — A tiger-mauling death at a Chinese zoo is under investigation by local authorities who say the victim climbed a fence into the tiger's enclosure.
‘Hidden Figures’ Shocks Screen Actors Guild Awards
The cast of "Hidden Figures" rocketed to the Screen Actors Guild top award at a fiery, protest-laden ceremony that was dominated by defiance over President Trump's sweeping immigration ban.
