France makes Malian ‘hero’ legal for scaling building to save child
PARIS (Reuters) – France will give residence papers to an illegal immigrant from Mali who scaled the facade of a Paris apartment block to save a boy who was about to fall from a fourth-floor balcony, President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday.
Denmark to school ‘ghetto’ kids in democracy and Christmas
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark will force children in residential areas containing large numbers of immigrants to be educated about democracy, equality and major Danish holidays such as Christmas, the government said on Monday.
Myanmar police witness says searched Reuters reporters’ phones without warrant
YANGON (Reuters) – Police in Myanmar examined the mobile phones of two Reuters reporters accused of possessing secret documents without a search warrant after their arrests in December, an officer told a court on Monday, in what has become a landmark p…
Don’t cross our civil rights red lines, Merkel ally warns Orban
BERLIN (Reuters) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban risks triggering a crisis in his Fidesz party’s relationship with the European Union’s center-right parties over laws they charge infringe civil liberties, an ally of Germany’ chancellor has warn…
Israel: Iran should be denied any military presence in Syria
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel called on Monday for its arch-foe Iran to be denied any military presence in Syria, after Russia said Damascus’ forces alone should control Syrian territory near the Israeli and Jordanian borders.
Italian president puts nation on path to fresh elections
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s president set the country on a path back to fresh elections on Monday, appointing a former International Monetary Fund official as interim prime minister with the task of planning for snap polls and passing the next budget.
France to make Malian ‘hero’ legal for scaling building to save child
PARIS (Reuters) – France will give residence papers to an illegal immigrant from Mali who scaled the facade of a Paris apartment block to save a boy who was about to fall from a fourth-floor balcony, President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday.
Spanish prime minister to face confidence vote on Friday
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will face a vote of confidence in his leadership on Friday as corruption convictions handed down to dozens of people linked to his center-right People’s Party (PP) threatened his six-year rule.
Date for Spain PM confidence vote set for June 1: El Pais
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s parliament has fixed the date for a debate and vote of confidence in Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy for May 31 and June 1, Spain’s leading newspaper El Pais reported on Monday.
India says it only follows U.N. sanctions, not unilateral US sanctions on Iran
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India only abides by sanctions imposed by the United Nations and not those imposed by any other country, such as ones announced by the United States against Iran, India’s foreign minister said on Monday.
