Russian police evacuate venues in World Cup host city after bomb threats
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (Reuters) – Russian police said early on Wednesday they had received multiple bomb threats in the World Cup host city of Rostov-on-Don, causing bars and restaurants to be evacuated across the city.
Putin-Trump summit on agenda as John Bolton holds Moscow talks
MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton held talks in Moscow on Wednesday with Russian officials ahead of a meeting with Vladimir Putin, part of an effort to lay the ground for a summit between the Russian president and President …
In Europe’s east, a border town strains under China’s Silk Road train boom
YIWU, China/MALASZEWICZE, Poland (Reuters) – When cargo trains from China began arriving at the Polish border town of Malaszewicze almost a decade ago, they were considered a novelty – able to ship laptops and cars to Europe in as little as two weeks, …
Colombia to use drones to fumigate coca leaf with herbicide
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday authorized the use of drones to fumigate coca leaves at low altitude using the herbicide glyphosate as part of the Andean nation’s battle to eliminate the plant’s use in cocaine prod…
Canada polygamy sect leaders sentenced to house arrest: CBC News
TORONTO (Reuters) – Two British Columbia men were sentenced to house arrest on Tuesday for having multiple wives, marking Canada’s first convictions for polygamy in more than a century, according to a report by CBC News.
Russia World Cup hotel evacuated after bomb threat
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (Reuters) – Russian police evacuated a hotel in the World Cup host city of Rostov-on-Don late on Tuesday due to a suspected bomb threat, according to hotel staff and Reuters witnesses.
Israel confident U.S. to keep protections in any Saudi nuclear power deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israel’s energy minister said on Tuesday after meeting Trump administration officials he is confident that the United States will not relax non-proliferation standards in any nuclear power deal it agrees with Saudi Arabia.
United States urges Cuba to release two ‘prisoners of conscience’
WASHINGTON/HAVANA (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday urged Cuba to free two men who Amnesty International has called “prisoners of conscience,” saying their imprisonment exemplifies how the Cuban government continues to silence its citizens’ peac…
Exclusive: Ukraine says Russian hackers preparing massive strike
KIEV (Reuters) – Hackers from Russia are infecting Ukrainian companies with malicious software to create “back doors” for a large, coordinated attack, Ukraine’s cyber police chief told Reuters on Tuesday.
Trump says Norway lacks ‘credible’ defense spending plan: paper
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway, which shares an Arctic border with Russia, lacks a “credible plan” how to meet NATO’s spending target, U.S. President Donald Trump said in a letter to the country’s prime minister, the Norwegian daily VG reported on Tuesday.
