Fighting in eastern Ukraine worst since February: OSCE
KIEV/NOVOLUHANSKE, Ukraine (Reuters) – Fighting in eastern Ukraine has escalated to the worst level in months, officials monitoring the conflict said on Tuesday, after the shelling of a frontline village wounded eight civilians and destroyed or damaged…
At least 12 dead in bus crash on excursion to Mexican ruins
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Twelve people died and 18 were injured on Tuesday in Mexico’s state of Quintana Roo when a tour bus lost control and rolled over during an excursion to ancient ruins.
Britain’s Brexit rebels offer compromise on latest EU exit laws row
LONDON (Reuters) – British lawmakers who inflicted defeat on Prime Minister Theresa May last week in parliament over Brexit have signaled a possible compromise to avoid another row on Wednesday when legislation taking Britain out of the EU is debated.
EU Commission may launch moves to punish Poland over legal reforms
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s executive may trigger a process on Wednesday to begin to strip Poland of its voting rights in the bloc, officials say, as months of tensions between Brussels and Warsaw come to a head.
Canada, U.S. announce January meeting to keep pressure on North Korea
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada and the United States said on Tuesday they will co-host a meeting of foreign ministers in Vancouver in January to demonstrate international solidarity against North Korea’s continued nuclear and missile tests.
Final arguments in Turkish banker’s U.S. trial hinge on gold trader
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday urged a New York jury to find Mehmet Hakan Atilla, an executive at Turkey’s majority state-owned Halkbank, guilty of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions, while Atilla’s lawyers said he was a “blameless paw…
Mexico journalist shot dead at Christmas celebration at son’s school
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A journalist was shot dead on Tuesday in the Mexican state of Veracruz as he attended a Christmas celebration at his son’s school, the latest murder in the country’s deadliest year on record for media workers.
Chile election ends era of female presidents in Latin America
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – When Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet leaves office in March, it will mark the end of a generation of women leaders in Latin America, leaving the region without a female head of state as it shifts to the right politically.
French Socialists sell historic headquarters for $53 million
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s struggling Socialist Party said on Tuesday it had agreed to sell its historic headquarters in Paris’ Left Bank for 45.5 million euros ($53.89 million), after a stinging electoral defeat this year left it strapped for cash.
U.S. seeks ship ban over North Korea violations, Moon proposes curtailing drills
UNITED NATIONS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has called on the U.N. Security Council to blacklist 10 ships for circumventing sanctions on North Korea, documents showed on Tuesday, while South Korea’s President suggested curtailing military …
