Bulgaria next to adopt euro, but should not rush, EU’s Moscovici says
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria will be next to adopt the euro, but should not rush the process, European Commissioner for Economic Affairs Pierre Moscovici said on Friday, as Sofia said it would make a key step to join the single currency by the end of Jun…
Europol sees room for improvement in cooperation with Malta on journalist murder
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The cooperation between the Maltese police and Europol on the investigation into the murder of a journalist on the island has “some room for improvement”, the European Union’s security agency said in a letter addressed to an EU law…
Greek parliament cannot investigate Novartis case, committee says
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s parliament has no jurisdiction to investigate the role of 10 politicians in alleged bribes by Swiss drugmaker Novartis, a parliamentary committee has decided.
From nuclear weapons to peace: Inside the Korean summit declaration
SEOUL (Reuters) – North and South Korea made ambitious promises for peace on Friday, including to formally end the Korean War this year, but made only a vague commitment to “complete decentralization of the Korean peninsula” without specifics on how th…
Russia engaged in information war against West: U.S. House report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia has aggressively engaged in information warfare against the West for a decade, said a declassified congressional panel report released on Friday on its investigation into Moscow’s suspected interference in the 2016 U.S. el…
Israeli forces fire bullets, tear gas at border protesters, wound 200
GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli soldiers fired bullets and tear gas at thousands of Palestinian protesters at the Gaza-Israel border on Friday, wounding nearly 200 people, hours after the United Nations human rights chief criticized Israel for using “excessiv…
Dentists, soldiers mix cocktails to leave crisis-hit Venezuela
CARACAS (Reuters) – Like many young Venezuelans in recent years, dentist Carlos Alzaibar felt forced to leave the country when he could scrape together only a few dollars equivalent each month doing two jobs.
Suffering for migrants in Libya ‘worse’ since fall-off in sea crossings
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Conditions for migrants already suffering severe abuse in Libya have deteriorated further since a European-backed push to stop boat departures led to a sharp drop in the number of crossings to Italy, community representatives say.
Guinea will collaborate with France in Bollore investigation
CONAKRY (Reuters) – Guinea will collaborate with the French authorities in their investigation of tycoon Vincent Bollore’s Africa operations, the justice minister told Reuters on Friday.
India’s Modi invites China’s Xi for an informal summit in 2019
WUHAN, China (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to an informal summit next year as he began an ice-breaking visit to China on Friday in which the giant neighbors are seeking to re-set troubled ties.
