Socialists battle to stop right-wing surge in Spanish election

MADRID, Apr 16 (BBC): Spain holds its third general election in four years on 28 April, in a battle between the established parties, Catalan and Basque nationalists, and a rising far-right.This time, however, the electoral game has changed.Support for the previous winner, the conservative People's Party (PP), has collapsed amid...

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Sudan’s military try to break up sit-in

CAIRO, Apr 16 (AP): The Sudanese military attempted to break up an anti-government sit-in on Monday outside its headquarters in the capital, Khartoum, but backed off, organizers behind the protests said.Later in the day, the African Union gave Sudan's transitional military council 15 days to hand over power to a...

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News in Brief -(17-04-2019)

German govt plane crash landsBERLIN, Apr 16: A German government plane crash-landed on Tuesday, briefly disrupting traffic at Berlin's Schoenefeld airport, in the latest of a series of technical faults to plague the official fleet. No passengers were onboard the Luftwaffe's Global 5000 jet, but the crew was being examined...

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