British firms hope for halcyon days ahead of royal wedding
STOKE-ON-TRENT, England (Reuters) – After nearly 70 years of producing royal merchandise, British luxury gift manufacturer Halcyon Days is hoping the upcoming wedding of Prince Harry and his U.S. fiancee Meghan Markle will be a happy one for them as we…
Italian election lays bare gaping north-south divide
ROME (Reuters) – Long divided along economic lines, Italy is now also politically cleft after Sunday’s elections, with the anti-elite 5-Star Movement triumphing in the underdeveloped south and the right predominating in the wealthy north.
Spanish court says proposed Catalan leader must stay in jail
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s Supreme Court on Friday turned down a request by Catalan regional presidential candidate Jordi Sanchez to be allowed out of jail to attend a parliamentary session to swear in a new leader, in a further blow to the region’s bi…
South Sudan’s media regulator suspends U.N.-owned radio
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan has suspended the operations of Radio Miraya, which is owned by the U.N. Mission in the country, for failing to comply with media laws, the media regulator said on Friday.
Israeli troops kill Palestinian in West Bank clashes
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian man during clashes in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.
Turkey’s highest court rules journalist Dundar should get stiffer sentence
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s highest court overruled a five-year jail sentence against prominent journalist Can Dundar on Friday, saying he should face up to 20 years in prison on espionage charges, the state-run Anadolu agency said.
Monsoon floods and landslides threaten 100,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
CHAKMAKUL REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh (Reuters) – The Rohingya refugees who live in shacks clinging to these steep, denuded hills in southern Bangladesh pray that the sandbags fortifying the slopes will survive the upcoming monsoon.
High-profile activists slam U.S., Canadian sanctions on Venezuela
CARACAS (Reuters) – U.S. philosopher Noam Chomsky and Hollywood star Danny Glover joined other activists on Friday in condemning U.S. and Canadian sanctions on Venezuela’s socialist government, saying they hurt the poor and torpedoed political reconcil…
Trump says prepared to meet North Korea’s Kim in first-ever such parley
SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said he was prepared to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in what would be the first face-to-face encounter between leaders from the two countries and could mark a breakthrough in a standoff over th…
Polls show Macron hitting speed bump in French reform drive
PARIS (Reuters) – French voters are happy with Emmanuel Macron’s plans to shrink parliament and scrap perks enjoyed by 150,000 railway workers, but less pleased by the president’s effort to make car drivers slow down, polls show.
