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BERLIN — A German rail workers' union said Thursday that it's prepared to take a long-running pay dispute with the main national railway operator to arbitration, which should head off strikes during the summer vacation period. Talks between the EVG…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A team of Italian researchers reached the edge of space Thursday morning, flying aboard a rocket-powered plane piloted by Virgin Galactic as the space tourism company prepares for monthly commercial flights. The flight launched from Spaceport America…
SUPERIOR, Ariz. — Growing up in a mining family that goes back generations, Mayor Mila Besich knew the Oak Flat Campground as the place where she attended union picnics as a girl and in earlier years her parents stood in…
BRUSSELS — Poland’s prime minister insisted Thursday that the country wouldn't be forced to accept European Union rules on migration, and he vowed to veto any plan that might force countries to take in refugees. “An attack on Europe is…
MEXICO CITY — Hurricane Adrian gained strength Thursday far off Mexico’s Pacific coast, but father south and closer to land, a new tropical depression has formed that has forecasters much more worried. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Adrian had…
FRANKFURT, Germany — Inflation is pushing in different directions in Europe, rising in Germany and falling again in Spain, official figures said Thursday. German consumer prices jumped 6.8% in June from a year earlier, up from May’s 6.3%, the state…
