As Hurricane Harvey roars in from the Gulf of Mexico, long-dormant mental images have been returning for residents all along the Gulf Coast — memories of neck-high flood-waters and teeming rescue shelters and sickly fears, the kind that take hold when a loved-one can’t be found. They call it “Katrina […]
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The European Commission said Autostrada Wielkopolska S.A.(AWSA) the operator of the Polish A2 motorway, which runs from Warsaw to the German border, was overcompensated for a change in Polish law on toll motorways. Brussels has demanded AWSA must repay £194 million (€210 million) to the state. The Commission argued the […]
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — If you could discount the winds that shook the fire station when Hurricane Harvey first hit Corpus Christi as a Category 4 hurricane, it was a quieter-than-usual night for the emergency rescue team at Fire Station #3. On a normal night, there might be thousands of […]
August 26th, 2017 Hurricane Harvey is expected to cause billions of dollars in damage along the Gulf Coast, but drivers across the United States could also feel the effects at the gas pump. NBC business correspondent Jo Ling Kent reports for TODAY.
The 79-year-old expat was briefly mistaken for a terrorist after smashing his car into terrace tables a week after the attack in Barcelona’s Las Ramblas when a van mowed down and killed 13 people. Three people were hurt in the incident at Los Patos restaurant in Puerto Alcudia in the […]
After decades of relative obscurity, the fringe “antifa” movement is becoming a household name after followers clashed with white supremacists at the Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally where extremist Alex Fields is accused of murdering 32-year-old activist Heather Heyer in a car attack. But the movement is still loosely defined […]
Brussels for the first time has threatened access to its markets to try and curb the huge numbers of people crossing the Mediterranean and becoming economic migrants. And in a further blow is threatening visa restrictions if countries fail to comply. Many migrants are not returning to their home country […]
AGUASCALIENTES, Mexico — The lunchtime feast of tacos and chilaquiles turns into a cultural exchange. Cuisine comparison moves to talk about the plurality of appearances within Mexico and how some Mexicans could pass for being from the Middle East. “Jose, you could be Lebanese. Adrian, you could be Syrian and […]