Blast destroys shop and home in English city, four taken to hospital
LONDON (Reuters) – An explosion destroyed a convenience store and a home in the central English city of Leicester on Sunday, injuring at least four people, officials said.
Australia names new deputy prime minister
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Michael McCormack was on Monday elected Australia’s new deputy prime minister after being selected as the leader of the country’s National Party, the junior partner in the country’s coalition government.
UK police responding to ‘major incident’ in city of Leicester
LONDON (Reuters) – British police said on Sunday they were responding to a “major incident” in central city of Leicester and advised people to avoid the area.
Russia sets stage for U.N. veto of western bid to call out Iran
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia has laid the groundwork for a likely veto on Monday of a British, U.S. and French bid for the United Nations Security Council to call out Iran over its weapons falling into the hands of Yemen’s Houthi group.
Weakened Merkel offers job to arch critic in young new German cabinet
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would promote her most prominent critic from within her conservative party, 37-year old Jens Spahn, to a coalition cabinet, in a sign she has heeded calls for renewal to revive her grumbling p…
Thousands rally in Moscow to commemorate slain opposition leader before election
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Thousands marched through central Moscow on Sunday to commemorate murdered Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, calling for President Vladimir Putin to be ousted just three weeks before a presidential election.
White House: Talks with North Korea must lead to ending nuclear program
SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said any talks with North Korea must lead to an end to its nuclear program after senior officials from Pyongyang visiting South Korea said on Sunday their government was open to talks with the United States….
Italy’s poor south looks to 5-Star for hope at election
POMIGLIANO D’ARCO, Italy (Reuters) – In a baroque church in Pomigliano d’Arco at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, a cluster of struggling Italians receiving food and other hand-outs from the local priest have no doubt who to back in the March 4 parliamentar…
Brazil court lifts bank secrecy in bribery probe involving Temer
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s top prosecutor has obtained a Supreme Court order to lift the bank secrecy of several people and companies under investigation in a port corruption case that has implicated President Michel Temer.
Israeli navy kills Palestinian after boat breaches sailing limit, military says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A Palestinian from the Gaza Strip died on Sunday after the Israeli navy fired on the boat he and two others were sailing in, a military spokeswoman said.
