Trump says may tie Mexican immigration control to NAFTA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump threatened to make Mexican immigration control a condition of a new NAFTA agreement on Monday, saying the southern U.S. neighbor must stop illegal immigrants from getting into the United States.
Egypt denies Sinai battle choking off food, medicine supplies
CAIRO (Reuters) – An Egyptian military campaign to defeat Islamic State militants in the northern Sinai Peninsula is choking essential food and medical supplies to thousands of residents in the desert region, Human Rights Watch said on Monday. The arm…
Exclusive: Arrested Chevron workers could face treason charge in Venezuela – sources
HOUSTON/CARACAS (Reuters) – Two Chevron Corp. employees detained in Venezuela last week could be charged with treason for refusing to sign a parts contract for a joint venture with state-owned oil company PDVSA, according to two sources familiar with d…
Pope becomes ice cream man for a day, gives homeless 3,000 gelati
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Here’s the scoop: Pope Francis became an ice cream man for a day on Monday as Rome charity workers dished out 3,000 helpings of gelato to the homeless and needy as his gift to them on his name day.
It’s a boy: ‘Very excited’ Prince William takes Kate home after birth of prince
LONDON (Reuters) – Kate, wife of Prince William, smiled and waved as she left hospital on Monday after giving birth to a boy who is now fifth in line to the British throne.
PM May suffers another defeat in Britain’s upper house over EU rights
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s upper house of parliament handed the government its third defeat over Brexit in less than a week on Monday, voting down plans not to retain EU rights in national law before Britain leaves the bloc.
It’s a boy: UK’s Prince William brings children to meet newborn son
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince William brought his children, George and Charlotte, to meet their new brother a few hours after his birth at a London hospital on Monday.
Pressure grows on Trump to keep Iran nuclear deal alive
WASHINGTON/TORONTO (Reuters) – Western allies stepped up pressure on U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday to keep alive an international nuclear deal with Iran, with French President Emmanuel Macron due to urge him in person not to tear up the 2015 ag…
Britain to set up compensation scheme for ‘Windrush’ migrants
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will compensate some Caribbean immigrants who arrived in Britain in the decades after World War Two, after they and their children were recently wrongly labeled as illegal immigrants, interior minister Amber Rudd said on Mond…
Italy president appoints mediator to sound out chances of 5-Star/PD govt
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s president has asked the head of the lower house of parliament to sound out the possibility of the 5-Star Movement forming a government with the center-left Democratic Party (PD), a presidential official said on Monday.
