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Thousands march against coal ahead of climate conference in Bonn
Thousands of people took to the streets of Bonn on Saturday to call for the phasing out of coal as a source ...Spanish PM dissolves Catalan parliament and calls fresh elections
The Madrid government sacked Catalonia\'s president and dismissed its parliament on Friday, hours after the region declared itself an independent nation, in ...Spanish parliament approves direct rule over Catalonia
The upper house of Spain\'s parliament on Friday authorized the government of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to rule Catalonia directly from Madrid, ...Catalan parliament declares independence as Spanish government imposes direct rule
The Spanish government moved to impose direct rule over Catalonia on Friday, stripping the region of its autonomy less than an hour ...Catalan leader suspends call for independence to allow talks with Spain
Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont said Tuesday he had accepted the "mandate of the people" for his region\'s independence from Spain but suspended ...Spain apologises to injured Catalans
A Spanish government official on Friday offered the first apology to Catalans injured by police during their outlawed independence vote, as the ...At least 19 killed as train hits bus in Russia
At least 19 people were killed on Friday when a train slammed into a bus that had broken down on a level ...Anti-nuclear campaign group wins 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
The Norwegian Nobel Committee, warning of a rising risk of nuclear war and the spread of weapons to North Korea, awarded the ...Spain in crisis after Catalan independence vote
Spain vowed Monday to stop Catalonia from declaring independence after a banned referendum that saw riot police use batons and rubber bullets, ...Defiant Catalans vote on split from Spain despite crackdown
Spanish riot police burst into polling stations across Catalonia on Sunday confiscating ballot boxes and voting papers to try to halt a ...




