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Tuesday, March 26th 2019 - 09:15 UTC
Lopez Obrador urges Spain and the Vatican to apologize for abuses during the conquest; Madrid strongly rejects

The Mexican president has sent a letter to Spain's King Felipe VI and Pope Francis urging them to apologize for human rights abuses committed during the conquest of the region. Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the indigenous peoples of Mexico had been the victims of massacres.
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Tuesday, March 26th 2019 - 08:55 UTC
Brexit reaches Falklands: EU Galileo sensor station to be removed from the Islands

As it is increasingly likely that the United Kingdom will leave the European Union without a deal on 12 April, the European Commission is completing its “no-deal” preparations, says the EC' daily news report.
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Tuesday, March 26th 2019 - 08:44 UTC
Ex Italian communist terrorist, protected in Brazil by Lula da Silva, admits four murders

A former communist militant Cesare Battisti has admitted to four murders in Italy during the 1970s, according to local press. Battisti, 64, spent decades on the run and previously denied any involvement. He was arrested in Bolivia in January after living in Brazil, and later extradited to Italy.
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Tuesday, March 26th 2019 - 08:40 UTC
Land Rover beats Chinese auto industry copies in Beijing court

Jaguar Land Rover has won a legal case to prevent a Chinese car brand from selling a copycat vehicle, ending a three-year court battle. In 2016 the UK-based carmaker sued Jiangling Motor Corporation over its Landwind X7 sport utility vehicle, which the company claimed bore an extremely similar resemblance to the Range Rover Evoque.
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Tuesday, March 26th 2019 - 08:26 UTC
Germany's second wealthiest family admits Hitler links and exploiting slave labor under Nazi rule

A German industrial dynasty with big stakes in various international brands has admitted brutality towards slave laborers during Nazi rule. A partner in JAB Holding, Peter Harf, said the Reimann family was shocked by links to Nazi abuses, discovered by the Bild am Sonntag newspaper in archives.
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Tuesday, March 26th 2019 - 08:08 UTC
Commons takes control to try and find a majority Brexit option; PM May remains defiant

MPs have voted to take control of Commons business in an unprecedented move to try to find a majority for any Brexit option. The government was defeated by 329 votes to 302 on the cross-party amendment, a majority of 27. It means MPs will get a series of votes on Wednesday to find out what kind of Brexit they will support.
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Tuesday, March 26th 2019 - 06:13 UTC
British Airways flight to Dusseldorf lands in Edinburgh: paperwork error?

British Airways passengers were mistakenly flown to Edinburgh rather than Dusseldorf due to a paperwork error. The pilot of Flight BA3271 took off from London shortly after 7.30am on Monday and followed instructions to fly to the Scottish capital instead of the German city. The destinations are more than 800km apart.
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Monday, March 25th 2019 - 09:05 UTC
Vessel linked to Falklands' history and turned into Bristol museum competing for the EU Museum of the Year

A vessel closely linked to the Falkland Islands' history and which was later to become the heart of the SS Great Britain in Bristol museum, is one of three British museums nominated along with the British Motor Museum and the D-Day Story at Portsmouth which have been shortlisted for the prestigious 2019 European Museum of the Year, (EMYA) Award. Last year’s EMYA winner was London’s Design Museum.
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Monday, March 25th 2019 - 08:59 UTC
Prince Charles, first member of the royal family to visit Cuba officially

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall have made history by becoming the first members of the royal family to visit Cuba in an official capacity. Prince Charles and Camilla's trip is expected to usher in a new chapter in the UK's relationship with the communist state.
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Monday, March 25th 2019 - 08:55 UTC
Mueller report: Trump declares himself “completely exonerated”; Democrats not so sure

United States president Donald Trump declared on Sunday that he had been “completely exonerated” after his campaign was cleared of colluding with Russia in the 2016 election, in a major boost for his re-election hopes.
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