As May readies trade speech, Tusk sees difficulties
LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – “Real political difficulties” lie ahead for Brexit, EU summit chair Donald Tusk said after Prime Minister Theresa May gave him a preview of the vision of future trade ties she will unveil on Friday.
Europeans engage with Iran on regional issues as Trump deadline nears
PARIS/ANKARA (Reuters) – European powers and Iran have started talks over Tehran’s role in the Middle East and will meet again this month in Italy as part of efforts to prove to U.S. President Donald Trump that they are meeting his concerns over the 20…
Stop exploiting nuns for cheap Church labor, Vatican magazine urges
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A Vatican magazine denounced widespread exploitation of nuns for cheap or free labor in the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, saying the male hierarchy should stop treating them like lowly servants.
German government under cyber attack, shores up defenses
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s government was marshalling its defenses on Thursday against a powerful cyber attack that lawmakers said had breached the foreign ministry’s computer network and whose origins officials admitted were still unclear.
Venezuela postpones presidential election to late May
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela on Thursday postponed its upcoming presidential vote to May in a move cementing an opposition split as socialist incumbent Nicolas Maduro seeks re-election despite an economic crisis and global censure
Putin, before vote, unveils new ‘invincible’ nuclear weapons to counter West
MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin unveiled an array of new nuclear weapons on Thursday, in one of his most bellicose speeches in years, saying they could hit almost any point in the world and evade a U.S.-built missile shield.
Trump cyber nominee: Russia, China don’t expect ‘much’ U.S. response to cyber attacks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lieutenant General Paul Nakasone, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. cyber command, said on Thursday he did not think Russia, China and other countries expected much of a response from the United States to cyber at…
South Korea’s Moon tells Trump of plan to send envoy to North Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea plans to send a special envoy to North Korea in response to an invitation from leader Kim Jong Un, South Korean President Moon Jae-in told his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump in a phone call on Thursday.
Kazakhstan says Russian not banned from government after all
ALMATY (Reuters) – Kazakhstan will allow cabinet and parliament members to speak Russian, the Central Asian nation’s government said on Thursday, softening the tone of an earlier statement by President Nursultan Nazarbayev who had ordered a switch to K…
EU’s negotiator says Britain can only get a free-trade deal now
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s Brexit negotiator said on Thursday that London’s stance on its future ties with the bloc only left a free trade agreement as an option.
