British building material fire tests inadequate: insurance body
LONDON (Reuters) – British laboratory tests on the fire safety of building materials are inadequate, research for the insurance industry in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire showed on Wednesday.
Armenian opposition leader calls new rally for Wednesday
YEREVAN (Reuters) – The Armenian opposition leader who helped force the country’s prime minister to resign called on supporters to stage a rally on Wednesday after planned talks with the ruling Republican Party were canceled.
Congo presidential hopeful rejects any deal with Kabila
KINSHASA (Reuters) – Congolese opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi rejected suggestions that he might do a deal with President Joseph Kabila, at a rally which passed off peacefully on Tuesday.
Paraguay election’s runner-up demands recount
ASUNCION (Reuters) – The candidate who finished second in Paraguay’s presidential election said on Tuesday he had evidence of fraudulent voting and demanded a recount of ballots.
Armenian politician who forced PM’s resignation stakes claim to power
YEREVAN (Reuters) – A politician who forced Armenia’s prime minister to resign led thousands of people on a march on Tuesday after which he said he was ready to take the reins of power and would keep up pressure on the ruling elite until they agreed to…
Trump and France’s Macron seek new measures on Iran as deadline looms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron pledged on Tuesday to seek stronger measures to contain Iran, but Trump refrained from committing to staying in a 2015 nuclear deal and threatened Tehran with retal…
Toronto police eye deadly van attack suspect’s ‘cryptic message’
TORONTO (Reuters) – The man accused of plowing a rental van into pedestrians on a crowded Toronto sidewalk, killing 10 people in Canada’s deadliest mass killing in decades, left a “cryptic message” on social media before his attack, police said on Tues…
Trump hails North Korea’s ‘honorable’ Kim but tempers summit expectations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had been “very honorable” and discussions on a planned summit were going well, but tempered expectations for any quick denuclearization deal by saying “it may be we’re all wasting a lot of time.”
Toronto police seek clues about what sparked deadly van attack
TORONTO (Reuters) – The man accused of plowing a rental van into pedestrians on a crowded Toronto sidewalk in Canada’s deadliest mass killing in decades was charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder on Tuesday, as police probed what motivated his r…
Three Chinese tourists killed in traffic accident in Egypt: statement
CAIRO (Reuters) – Three Chinese tourists were killed on Tuesday and eight others were injured in a road accident in Alexandria, Egypt’s second city, a government statement said.
