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MADRID (AP) — Spain’s government wants to help working parents juggle the responsibility of raising children with their jobs by giving them more time off when kids get sick or during those long summer holidays. Ione Belarra, Spain’s minister of social rights, presented the initial draft of a new “family law” bill on Tuesday that included several measures designed to make it easier to work and raise kids in a […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — US scientists announce fusion energy breakthrough; achievement will pave way for advancements in defense, clean power. Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

BERLIN (AP) — A key figure in a massive German tax evasion case was convicted Tuesday of three counts of tax evasion and sentenced to eight years in prison. The state court in Bonn convicted German lawyer Hanno Berger in connection with alleged crimes between 2007 and 2011, German news agency dpa reported. The 72-year-old, a former German tax official who later became an adviser to banks, funds and investors, […]

LONDON (AP) — The death toll in an explosion and fire at an apartment building on the English Channel Island of Jersey has risen from five to seven, police said Tuesday. Two people remained unaccounted for. The blast, which took place early on Saturday morning, destroyed a three-storey apartment block building in St. Helier, the self-governing island’s capital. Police chief Robin Smith said the bodies have not yet been formally […]

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — An Atlantic storm slammed into the Iberian peninsula leaving behind a trail of destruction Tuesday, especially in the Portuguese capital Lisbon, before moving eastward into Spain. Portuguese authorities enlisted military units to help drain floodwaters in Lisbon, a coastal city, a week after one person died in a similar overnight deluge. City Hall instructed residents to stay inside and told commuters to avoid the city. Homes […]

NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder charged with wire fraud, money laundering, violating campaign finance laws in eight count indictment. Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Forget Croatia’s forthcoming historic change of currency, or joining European Union’s travel-free zone. The World Cup semifinal against Argentina is all that most Croats are thinking about. With hours left before Tuesday’s decisive match in Qatar, workers removed Christmas and New Year decorations from a central square in the capital, Zagreb, to make space for a more pressing festivity — the live broadcast of the soccer […]

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged Tuesday to clear a backlog of asylum-seeker applications as he announced new measures aimed at curbing the number of migrants reaching the U.K. by crossing the English Channel on small boats. Sunak said he was adding hundreds of workers to process asylum claims and to clear the backlog of more than 143,000 pending applications by the end of 2023. The extra […]

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s interior minister on Tuesday accused neighboring India of orchestrating last year’s car bombing in Lahore, near the residence of a militant leader suspected of orchestrating deadly attacks in Mumbai in 2008. Rana Sanaullah Khan said at a news conference that several Pakistani suspects had been arrested, prosecuted and convicted by Pakistani courts in recent months over their links to the June 2021 bombing, which killed three […]