Activists call protests over raped girl and teenager in India
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Activists called protests across India over the weekend, demanding justice for an eight-year-old Muslim girl who was gang-raped and murdered in the divided state of Kashmir, and another rape case involving a ruling party lawmaker….
Huge statue of Marx, a gift from China, erected at his German birthplace
TRIER, Germany (Reuters) – A massive statue of the founding father of communism was erected in his birthplace on Friday, after the southern German city of Trier decided to accept the bronze sculpture from China despite concerns over the country’s human…
French mood far from revolutionary despite lingering May ’68 spirit
PARIS (Reuters) – There’s a whiff of revolution again at the Sorbonne in Paris, 50 years on from the May 1968 student protests that mushroomed into a nationwide movement and brought France to its knees.
Catalan parliament calls for Spanish judge to be charged over jailed politician
MADRID (Reuters) – Catalonia’s parliament called on Friday for legal charges to be brought against a Spanish Supreme Court judge for refusing to release a jailed pro-independence politician who had hoped to be elected its regional leader.
Russia spied on Skripal and daughter for at least 5 years: UK
LONDON (Reuters) – Russia’s intelligence agencies spied on former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia for at least five years before they were attacked with a nerve agent in March, the national security adviser to Britain’s prime ministe…
Police blame ultra-leftists for violent standoff in western France
NANTES, France (Reuters) – French riot police clashed with protesters for a fifth day on Friday as their operation to clear squatters from an abandoned airport site evolved into a violent standoff that looked like it could go on for some time.
Russia on Skripal: no confirmation of poison origin in new report
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday a report by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) did not confirm the origin of the poison used against former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughte…
Threat of U.S.-Russia clash hangs over Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The prospect of Western military action in Syria that could lead to confrontation with Russia hung over the Middle East on Friday but there was no clear sign that a U.S.-led attack was imminent.
Russia lawmakers draft list of U.S. imports that could be banned
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s lower house of parliament is to consider draft legislation that would give the Kremlin powers to ban or restrict a list of U.S. imports, reacting to new U.S. sanctions on a group of Russian tycoons and officials.
U.S. seeks to outshine China at Latam summit, without Trump
LIMA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Latin American leaders will gather in Lima, Peru, on Friday at a summit the United States hopes to use to counter China’s rising influence in the region, despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s last-minute decision not to atte…
