Canada talking to pipeline company about aid to solve crisis
OTTAWA (Reuters) – The federal government and the province of Alberta have opened talks with Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd about possible financial aid to end a crisis over a planned pipeline project, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley said on Sunday.
Russia’s Putin predicts global ‘chaos’ if West hits Syria again
MOSCOW/DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Sunday that further Western attacks on Syria would bring chaos to world affairs, as Washington prepared to increase pressure on Russia with new economic sanctions.
South Sudan rebels say they have freed seven aid workers
JUBA (Reuters) – South Sudan’s rebels said on Sunday they had released seven aid workers detained for nearly three weeks in the country’s Central Equatoria region on accusations of spying for the government.
Voter support for jailed Lula drops in wide open Brazil presidential race: poll
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian voters are abandoning jailed former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as his chances of running in October fade, but they are not transferring their support en masse to other leftist candidates, a Datafolha poll showed…
Big business joins chorus of disapproval over award for German rap album with Auschwitz lyric
BERLIN (Reuters) – Big business on Sunday joined a growing chorus of criticism in Germany over the awarding of an annual music prize to a pair of rappers accused of anti-Semitic lyrics, with Airbus CEO Tom Enders adding his condemnation of the decision…
Israel says new Gaza tunnel foiled, lifts veil on detection lab
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said on Sunday it destroyed a guerrilla tunnel from the Gaza Strip and gave rare details on a classified military laboratory spearheading efforts to foil the cross-border digs.
Philippines bars EU Socialist Party official for criticizing Duterte
MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine immigration authorities on Sunday denied entry and deported a Socialist Party official from the European Union, who had criticized President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal anti-drugs crackdown.
U.S. troops not leaving Syria until goals accomplished: Haley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Sunday that the United States would not pull its troops out of Syria until its goals were accomplished.
Assad’s children visited Crimean holiday camp, Russian lawmaker says
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s children last year visited a holiday camp in Russian-annexed Crimea, the RIA news agency cited a Russian lawmaker as saying on Sunday.
Canada’s Trudeau set for emergency summit on pipeline crisis
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will on Sunday try to tackle an escalating dispute over a oil pipeline project that threatens to undermine his political and economic agenda.
