Russian opposition leader Navalny calls for election boycott rally
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said on Wednesday he was organising a nationwide rally on Jan. 28 to support his call for a boycott of next year’s presidential election.
Macron opens door to changes in mainland-Corsica relationship
PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron has said his government could consider changes in the relationship between mainland France and Corsica, which seeks greater autonomy, but ruled out new residency rights or recognition of Corsican as an offici…
Turkey’s Erdogan says Syria’s Assad a terrorist, impossible to continue with him
TUNIS (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called Syrian President Bashar al Assad a terrorist and said it was impossible for Syrian peace efforts to continue with him.
Japan says ties at risk if South Korea messes with 2015 ‘comfort women’ deal
SEOUL (Reuters) – Japan said on Wednesday any attempt by South Korea to revise a 2015 deal meant to have resolved a row over “comfort women” forced to work in Japan’s wartime brothels would make relations “unmanageable” after Seoul said the agreement h…
New York removes misleading nuclear fallout shelter signs
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City has quietly begun removing some of the corroding yellow nuclear fallout shelter signs that were appended to thousands of buildings in the 1960s, saying many are misleading Cold War relics that no longer denote functio…
Less than 1,000 IS fighters remain in Iraq and Syria, coalition says
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Fewer than 1,000 Islamic State fighters remain in Iraq and Syria, the United States-led international coalition fighting the hardline Sunni militant group said on Wednesday, a third of the estimated figure only three weeks ago.
Russia’s election commission accepts Putin’s documents as presidency candidate
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s central election commission on Wednesday accepted documents from Vladimir Putin needed to register him as a candidate in next March’s presidential ballot.
Support slides for Merkel serving full term as coalition talks beckon
BERLIN (Reuters) – If Angela Merkel becomes German chancellor again, nearly half of voters would want her to quit her term early, according to a poll offering a rare sign that domestic support for Europe’s most influential leader may be waning.
Australian woman escapes the noose for drug trafficking in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – An Australian mother of three escaped the death penalty on Wednesday after a Malaysian court found her not guilty of drug trafficking.
Russia accuses U.S. of training former Islamic State fighters in Syria
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The chief of the Russian General Staff has accused the United States of training former Islamic State fighters in Syria to try to destabilize the country.
