Donald Trump’s visit puts Britain’s Brexit dependence on show
LONDON (Reuters) – When Donald Trump visits Britain next week, Prime Minister Theresa May will have to face a harsh reality: Brexit makes Britain more dependent than ever on an alliance with the most unpredictable U.S. president in living memory.
Ethiopia removes ‘terrorist’ label from three opposition groups
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia removed three opposition groups from its list of “terrorist” organizations on Thursday, the latest sign of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed charting a new course for one of Africa’s most tightly controlled states.
More rain feared as Thai rescuers plan how to extract boys from flooded cave
CHIANG RAI, Thailand (Reuters) – Rescuers in Thailand were no closer on Thursday to deciding when and how to extract 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooded cave complex, where they were found this week, hungry and frail but otherwise in good hea…
UK calls on Russia to give details of nerve attack after two more people struck down
AMESBURY, England (Reuters) – Britain called on Russia to give details about the Novichok nerve agent attack on a former double agent and his daughter after two British citizens were struck down with the same poison.
Heavy rains force evacuation of thousands in Japan; one killed
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan on Thursday ordered the evacuation of thousands of residents from the outskirts of its ancient capital of Kyoto after “historic” rains battered its western region, killing a man, with yet more rain forecast.
Donald Trump’s visit puts Brexit Britain’s dependence on show
LONDON (Reuters) – When Donald Trump visits Britain next week, Prime Minister Theresa May will have to face a harsh reality: Brexit makes Britain more dependent than ever on an alliance with the most unpredictable U.S. president in living memory.
‘No kid left behind’: Macron tries to fix France’s education system
MONTEREAU-FAULT-YONNE, France (Reuters) – In a primary school in a run-down neighborhood south of Paris, a teacher asks his first-year class how to spell words in a text on dinosaurs.
Russian-backed attack pummels southwest Syria: war monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian military and its Russian allies pummeled rebel-held towns in southwest Syria overnight with more than 600 air strikes in 15 hours, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said.
British PM sets out tech-focused plan for post-Brexit customs: BBC
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May set out a new post-Brexit customs plan that would allow Britain the freedom to set its own tariffs on goods coming into the country, the BBC reported on Thursday.
Trump to meet Queen Elizabeth despite chorus of discontent
LONDON (Reuters) – When Donald Trump meets Queen Elizabeth next week, he will become the 12th U.S. President that the monarch has met during her 66 years on the throne, the longest in British history.
