The Associated Press

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Venice rolls out day-tripper fee to try to regulate mass crowds on peak weekends

Venice authorities have rolled out a pilot program to charge day-trippers 5 euros ($5.45) apiece to enter the fragile lagoon city on peak weekends next year

8:22AM ( 5 months ago )

EU sends border police reinforcements to Finland over fears that Russia is behind a migrant influx

The European Union’s border agency says that it will send dozens of officers and equipment as reinforcements to Finland to help police its borders amid suspicion that Russia is behind an influx of migrants arriving to the country

8:07AM ( 5 months ago )

Hungary set to receive millions in EU money despite Orban's threats to veto Ukraine aid

Hungary is set to receive 900 million euros ($981 million) in European Union money despite the Hungarian prime minister's attempts to scupper the bloc's support for Ukraine

8:00AM ( 5 months ago )

OxyContin maker's settlement plan divides victims of opioid crisis. Now it's up to the Supreme Court

The legality of an agreement by the maker of OxyContin to settle thousands of lawsuits over the harm done by opioids is going before the Supreme Court

7:43AM ( 5 months ago )

Hezbollah fires rockets at north Israel after an airstrike kills 5 of the group's senior fighters

The militant Hezbollah group has fired more than 50 rockets at military posts in northern Israel

7:27AM ( 5 months ago )

Greece's left-wing opposition party slips into crisis as lawmakers quit in defiance of new leader

Greece’s main left-wing opposition party, Syriza, has suffered a damaging setback as nine lawmakers quit the party in protest against its newly elected leadership

7:14AM ( 5 months ago )

Madagascar president on course for reelection as supporters claim they were promised money to vote

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina is on course for reelection in a vote boycotted by most opposition candidates

6:34AM ( 5 months ago )

Turkey's central bank hikes interest rates again as it tries to tame eye-watering inflation

Turkey’s central bank has delivered another huge interest rate hike as it tries to curb double-digit inflation that has left households struggling to afford food and other basic goods

6:33AM ( 5 months ago )

Ukraine says 3 civilians killed by Russian shelling and Russia says a drone killed a TV journalist

Ukrainian authorities say Russian shelling has killed three civilians in southeastern regions of the country

6:13AM ( 5 months ago )

Ukraine says 3 civilians were killed in a daylight Russian cluster bomb attack

A Kyiv official says a Russian attack using cluster munitions has killed three people in a suburb of Ukraine’s southern city of Kherson

6:13AM ( 5 months ago )