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Iceland leader becomes first to fall in offshore holdings leak

LONDON (AP) — The leak of millions of records on offshore accounts claimed its first high-profile political casualty Tuesday as Iceland's prime minister stepped aside amid outrage over revelations he had used such a shell company to shelter large sums while Iceland's economy was in crisis. Icelandic

Massachusetts

Moulton raises a storm with Trump, Hitler comments

BOSTON – Seth Moulton, the first-term congressman from the North Shore, dropped a bombshell Wednesday, comparing Donald Trump's rise to Adolf Hitler's early days as a politician during the Weimar Republic era in Germany. "When you're in politics, one of those sort-of like cardinal

Germany

The astonishing secret history of the Pope who fought Hitler

Washington D.C. (CNA/EWTN News) — Pope Pius XII's secret support for the attempted overthrow of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler is the subject of a new book that draws on wartime documents and interviews with the American intelligence agent who wrote them. "This book is the truth

Syria

Obama calls Germany’s Merkel to talk Syrian refugee crisis

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is trying to round up support for his plans to host a high-level summit on refugees at the United Nations later this year. The White House says Obama discussed his plans Thursday in a phone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Immigration

Germany will ease deportation rules after Cologne attacks

BERLIN (AP) — Germany will make it easier to deport criminal foreigners following public outrage over the New Year's Eve assaults in Cologne, officials said Tuesday. Authorities say 561 criminal complaints have been filed in connection with the assaults, with about 45 percent involving allegations of sexual offenses, and

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Does immigration without assimilation put women’s equality — and safety — at risk?

Men, on average, are significantly physically stronger than women. Western pop culture — replete with images of 100-pound girls knocking out muscular men twice their size with an artful kick — disguises this biological reality. Indeed, I've seen athletic young female college students shocked when an average-sized guy beats them

Immigration

Germans protest assaults in Cologne as Merkel pledges new laws

COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Women's rights activists, far-right demonstrators and leftwing counter-protesters took to the streets of Cologne on Saturday to voice their opinions in the debate that has followed a string of New Year's Eve sexual assaults and robberies blamed largely on foreigners. Amid the heightened

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US sues VW over emissions-cheating diesel cars

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department sued Volkswagen on Monday over emissions-cheating software found in nearly 600,000 vehicles sold in the United States, potentially exposing the company to billions of dollars in penalties for clean air violations. The civil complaint against the German automaker, filed on behalf of the Environmental