Tag: Western Europe
Bayern signs American teen Che on loan from FC Dallas
<p>MUNICH — Bayern Munich has signed 17-year-old American defender Justin Che on loan from FC Dallas, the German club said Friday.</p>
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Boat with 422 migrants, some with COVID-19, heads to Sicily
ROME — A rescue ship with 422 migrants aboard, a small number of whom tested positive for COVID-19, was headed to a port in...
Belgium’s Evenepoel allowed to resume training after crash
BRUSSELS — Belgian cycling star Remco Evenepoel has received the all-clear from his team to resume training following a horrific crash during a race...
Servania 2nd American this week to join Austria’s St. Pölten
Brandon Servania became the second American midfielder acquired by Austria’s St. Pölten in two days.
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Turkey says 2-state solution only option for divided Cyprus
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday ruled out discussing a federal system to reunify Cyprus, insisting that a two-state accord...
European deep freeze serves up fun, frustrations and danger
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Three workers in a boat hacked away at ice Thursday to create a watery barrier around the Dutch prime minister's...
Olympic powerbroker to go on trial in Geneva in forgery case
GENEVA — Olympic powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah will go on trial in Switzerland this month in a forgery case he has said is...
Pope hails Colombia for giving needy Venezuelans protection
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday praised Colombia for its recent decision to grant protection to Venezuelans who fled their homeland’s economic hardships,...
Online retailer Boohoo buys 3 fashion brands from Arcadia
<p>LONDON — British online fashion retailer Boohoo has bought three clothing brands owned by the collapsed Arcadia retail group for 25.2 million pounds ($34.5...
AP Interview: Salvador Illa, Catalonia’s quiet gamechanger
<p>BARCELONA, Spain — As the head of Spain’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, Salvador Illa transformed from a mostly unknown, bespectacled civil servant into...