Mexico presidency front-runner to investors: ‘Don’t be frightened’
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican presidential front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday sent an open letter to investors, seeking to allay concerns he could damage the economy, and promising to run an austere, zero-deficit government.
Israel frees detained migrants set for Eritrea after relocation deal collapses
SAHARONIM DETENTION CENTRE, Israel (Reuters) – Israel on Wednesday released from detention a small group of African migrants who had been awaiting deportation after the collapse of an international deal to send them to Rwanda.
Spain hopes for Brexit deal on Gibraltar before October: foreign minister
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain hopes to sign off on a bilateral agreement with Britain over Gibraltar before October so as not to hinder a Brexit transition deal, Spanish Foreign Minister Alfonso Dastis told Reuters on Wednesday.
Sri Lankan PM survives no confidence vote
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday survived a no confidence vote in parliament after a majority of legislators voted to support his coalition government but the instability caused may damage its reform agend…
Russian bid for joint inquiry into England spy poisoning fails
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Russia’s call for a joint inquiry to be held into the poisoning of a former Russian double agent in England failed on Wednesday when it was outvoted 15-6 at a meeting of the global chemical weapons watchdog.
France plots new European military crisis force outside EU
PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) – The French government will in June launch a deployable European military crisis force outside of existing European Union efforts, French Defence Ministry sources said on Wednesday.
Negotiating with Israel would be big mistake: Iran’s Supreme Leader
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Any move to negotiate with Israel would be an “unforgivable mistake”, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday, after Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said Israelis were entitled to live peacefully on their own land….
Swiss bank whistleblower arrested in Spain: police source
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police have arrested a former employee of HSBC’s Swiss private bank who was convicted in absentia of industrial espionage after leaking information on clients’ tax situation, a police source said on Tuesday.
UK’s Prince Philip, 96, satisfactory in hospital after hip surgery: Palace
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Philip, 96, the husband of Queen Elizabeth, is making satisfactory progress in hospital after successful hip replacement surgery, Buckingham Palace said on Wednesday.
Trump agrees to keep U.S. troops in Syria a ‘little longer,’ but wants out
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump agreed in a National Security Council meeting this week to keep U.S. troops in Syria a little longer to defeat Islamic State but wants them out relatively soon, a senior administration official said on Wedn…
