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Multiple flights in Europe diverted because of bomb threats

PARIS (AP) — Multiple flights in Europe made emergency landings on Thursday after being diverted because of bomb threats, authorities said.

Finnair said that Flight 1761 from Helsinki to Rome was targeted by a bomb threat, but nothing out of the ordinary was found on the plane after it landed normally in the Italian capital, Finnish broadcaster Yle reported.

Three Ryanair flights bound for Sofia, Bulgaria, had to make emergency landings because of bomb threats on board. Two of the flights, one from Copenhagen, Denmark, and the other from Madrid, landed safely at... Read More

Trump's lawyers to appear before appeals court as he fights hush money conviction

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's lawyers will try to persuade a New York appeals court Thursday to throw out his hush money conviction, two years after it made history.

The conviction, on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to obscure a $130,000 payment to adult film performer Stormy Daniels, continues to nettle Trump enough that he denounced it on social media as recently as September. The president denies any wrongdoing, and he has turned to state and federal courts in hopes of unwinding the verdict.

He is not expected to attend Thursday's court... Read More

Portugal great Cristiano Ronaldo has announced his retirement from international soccer

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo announced on Thursday he won’t play for Portugal anymore, ending a career that spanned six World Cups and included a European title and the men’s all-time international scoring record.

It was a sad ending to a lauded career that began more than two decades ago before Euro 2004 and finished with him walking out on the national team after falling out with coach Jorge Jesus.

"To the Portuguese people, the day has come for me to hand back the No. 7 shirt of our national team,” the 41-year-old Ronaldo said in a long video... Read More

FIFA Council member Tashima to run as election candidate against Infantino, Japanese media report

TOKYO (AP) — FIFA Council member Kohzo Tashima intends to run for president of the global soccer body against incumbent Gianni Infantino, Japanese media reported Thursday after a meeting of the national soccer federation.

Tashima is the first serious rival to Infantino to emerge since the FIFA leader provoked a furor in global soccer in July with a plan to sell stakes in future World Cup profits to private investors.

Japanese newspaper Asahi reported that Tashima announced his intention to run in the election next March, and that board members of Japan's soccer... Read More

French unions unite for nationwide strikes, piling more pressure on Macron's government

PARIS (AP) — French trade unions are joining forces on Thursday for nationwide strikes and demonstrations for higher wages and in support of the high school protest movement, piling new pressure on the beleaguered government.

After more than a month of regular and large protests across France, major rallies are again taking place in Paris, Lyon and Marseille, with hundreds of thousands of people likely to turn out. Unions said that around 260 rallies against rising living costs were to take place across the country.

Hundreds of high schools were closed or couldn't... Read More

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Multiple flights in Europe diverted because of bomb threats

Trump's lawyers to appear before appeals court as he fights hush money conviction

Portugal great Cristiano Ronaldo has announced his retirement from international soccer

FIFA Council member Tashima to run as election candidate against Infantino, Japanese media report

French unions unite for nationwide strikes, piling more pressure on Macron's government

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