Italy’s League leader opens door to government deal with 5-Star
ROME (Reuters) – The leader of Italy’s eurosceptic League said on Wednesday a government deal with the anti-system 5-Star Movement was possible after an inconclusive election, raising the prospect of two radical groups running the country.
UK’s devolved nations see potential deal over post-Brexit power-sharing
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Scotland and Wales are within reach of a deal with the central government over power-sharing, Scotland’s Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday, easing the pressure on the British government as it negotiates its exit from the European …
Britain expels 23 Russian diplomats over nerve attack on ex-spy
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is to kick out 23 Russian diplomats, the biggest such expulsion since the Cold War, over a chemical attack on a former Russian double agent in England that Prime Minister Theresa May blamed on Moscow, an assessment backed by …
Secret trial shows risks of nerve agent theft in post-Soviet chaos: experts
MOSCOW/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The British government says Russia is to blame for poisoning former spy Sergei Skripal with a nerve agent, and most chemical weapons specialists agree.
A Thatcher moment? France’s Macron squares off with rail unions
PARIS (Reuters) – The last time a French president squared off against rail unions over workers’ benefits it ended badly. The strikes of 1995 paralyzed Paris and forced prime minister Alain Juppe to pull the reforms, a defeat from which he failed to re…
Russia’s Putin, in home straight of election campaign, visits Crimea
THE KERCH STRAIT/SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Crimea on Wednesday, touting his annexation of the peninsula to voters days before an election all but guaranteed to deliver him a second consecutive term in power…
Bomb targets police in Pakistan, killing seven people in eastern city of Lahore
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – A bomb blast ripped through a police checkpoint in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Monday, killing seven people and wounding 18, a rescue official said.
British PM May expels 23 Russian spies but stops well short of bothering Putin
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May’s response to Russia after a nerve agent attack on British soil is unlikely to trouble Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin unduly, despite the expression of outrage that greeted it in Moscow.
Eritrea arrests hundreds of perceived opponents: U.N.
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Eritrean authorities detained hundreds of perceived opponents this month after a school director who defied government orders died in custody, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
Vatican Treasurer’s pre-trial hearing re-opens to public
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The pre-trial hearing examining charges against Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell of historical sexual offences re-opened to the public and media on Wednesday following a week of closed evidence from complainants.
