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Northern Star

Carnival revelers poke fun at world leaders in Germany

February 18, 2020

MAINZ, Germany (AP) — The heads and bodies are gigantic, the subjects are world leaders, and the creations are irresistible to look at.All of these oversized figures are coming together for a provocative parade at the traditional Mainz carnival celebrations...

Poland’s miners protest coal imports seen as threat to jobs

February 18, 2020

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Miners in southern Poland worried that massive coal imports will eliminate their jobs on Tuesday blocked railway tracks on the import route.A few hundred miners with trade union flags in the southern coal mining region town of...

Greece: Ferries, urban transport halted by strikes, protests

February 18, 2020

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A 24-hour strike in Greece halted ferries, public transport, and municipal services in Athens and other parts of the country Tuesday as unions mounted protests against pension reforms by the center-right government.Flights, as...

German ex-environment minister seeks to lead Merkel’s party

By GEIR MOULSON | February 18, 2020

BERLIN (AP) — A former German environment minister on Tuesday became the first prominent figure officially to declare his candidacy for the leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right party.Norbert Roettgen, the 54-year-old chairman of the...

UK PM Johnson and estranged wife reach financial settlement

February 18, 2020

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his estranged wife Marina Wheeler have reached a financial agreement for their divorce, court records showed Tuesday.Lawyers for Johnson and Wheeler attended a brief private hearing at the Central...

Shares take hit as virus outbreak slams profits, events

By ELAINE KURTENBACH | February 18, 2020

BANGKOK (AP) — Stock markets slipped Tuesday as the impact from the virus outbreak that began in China deepened, with Apple saying it would fail to meet its profit target this quarter and China moving to postpone or cancel major events, including the...

China virus outbreak chilling recovery for Asian economies

By ELAINE KURTENBACH | February 18, 2020

BANGKOK (AP) — The virus outbreak in China has put South Korea's economy into an "emergency situation," its president says. Japan is on the brink of recession and big manufacturers are forecasting a whole world of woe.As many Chinese finally go back...

Court reinstates order for Russia to pay $50 bln over Yukos

By MIKE CORDER | February 18, 2020

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — In a major legal defeat for the Russian government, a Dutch appeals court on Tuesday reinstated an international arbitration panel’s order that it should pay $50 billion compensation to shareholders in former oil company...

Turkey seeks 695 arrests over links to U.S.-based cleric

February 18, 2020

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants against 695 people suspected of links to the U.S.-based Muslim cleric blamed by Turkey for a failed coup attempt in 2016, state media reported Tuesday.The warrants were issued...

Aging Shiite cleric a powerhouse in Iraq. What comes after?

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and MARIAM FAM | February 17, 2020

NAJAF, Iraq (AP) — When Iraq’s top Shiite cleric underwent surgery for a fractured bone last month, it sent shivers around the country and beyond. “May God heal Iraq,” read a photo of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani that circulated online.Frantic...

Karen Pence adds campaigning for Trump to busy to-do list

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE | February 17, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — Karen Pence has no shortage of projects.The wife of Vice President Mike Pence promotes the healing power of art therapy and help for military spouses. She's into honeybees and supports sister cities. She's a watercolorist who designs...

Killing of 7-year-old stokes anger in Mexico over femicides

February 17, 2020

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The killing of a 7-year-old girl on the southern outskirts of Mexico City has stoked rising anger over the brutal slayings of women, including one found stabbed to death and skinned earlier this month.The city prosecutor's office...