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Helicopters rescue Norway cruise ship passengers amid storm
HELSINKI (AP) — Rescue workers off Norway's western coast rushed to evacuate 1,300 passengers and crew from a disabled cruise ship by helicopter on Saturday, winching them one-by-one to safety as heaving waves tossed the ship from side to side and high winds battered the operation.The Norwegian newspaper VG said the Viking Sky cruise ship issued a mayday call as bad weather hit Saturday and engine problems caused it to start drifting toward the rocky shore. Police in the western county of Moere og Romsdal said the crew, fearing the ship would run aground, managed to anchor... Read More
The Latest: Protesters in London demand halt to Brexit
LONDON (AP) — The Latest on Brexit (all times local):9 p.m.
Anti-Brexit protesters flooded into central London by the hundreds of thousands, demanding that Britain's Conservative-led government hold a new referendum on whether Britain should leave the European Union.
The "People's Vote March" on Saturday snaked from Park Lane and other locations to converge on the U.K. Parliament, where the fate of Brexit will be decided in the coming weeks.
Marchers carried European Union flags and signs praising the longstanding ties between Britain and... Read More
Trump intervenes, reverses planned NK sanctions with tweet
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump tweeted that he had reversed his administration's decision to slap new sanctions on North Korea — a move that left officials at the Treasury Department and observers across Washington scratching their heads.Trump delivered the news Friday from his private club in Palm Beach, Florida.
"It was announced today by the U.S. Treasury that additional large scale Sanctions would be added to those already existing Sanctions on North Korea," he tweeted. "I have today ordered the withdrawal of those additional... Read More
French yellow vest protests in Paris avoid last week's riots
PARIS (AP) — Scattered yellow vest protesters clashed with French police firing tear gas Saturday after a peaceful march through Paris, but a tougher security measures and protest bans in high-risk neighborhoods prevented the kind of rioting that devastated the city a week ago.The yellow vest movement, which backs greater support for struggling French workers and retirees, appeared diminished Saturday after last week's destruction and violence further alienated supporters. The protests started four months ago, targeting French President Emmanuel Macron and the economic... Read More
No timetable for reopening Texas ship channel following leak
HOUSTON (AP) — Officials have no timetable for reopening a portion of the Houston Ship Channel, one of the busiest commercial waterways in the country, after another setback caused flammable chemicals to seep into the water near a fire-ravaged petrochemical tank farm, a Coast Guard commander said Saturday.Coast Guard Capt. Kevin Oditt said during a news conference that work was underway to contain and absorb benzene and other contaminants after a dike failed adjacent to the farm operated by the Intercontinental Terminals Company in Deer Park, southeast of Houston.
Top Stories in Business/Finance
- Helicopters rescue Norway cruise ship passengers amid storm
- The Latest: Protesters in London demand halt to Brexit
- Trump intervenes, reverses planned NK sanctions with tweet
- French yellow vest protests in Paris avoid last week's riots
- No timetable for reopening Texas ship channel following leak
- Italy, China sign accord deepening economic ties
- Thousands in Germany protest planned EU internet reforms
- Anti-Brexit marchers swarm London streets, demand new vote
- First-of-its-kind US nuclear waste dump marks 20 years
- US underground nuclear waste dump explained
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