Half of Germans want new elections after coalition talks fail
BERLIN (Reuters) – Half of Germans are in favor of calling a new election after Chancellor Angela Merkel failed to reach a deal to form a new coalition with two other parties, while a fifth back forming a minority government, an opinion poll showed on …
Canada proposes health warnings, child-proof packs for legal pot sales
OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Canadian government proposed on Tuesday mandatory health warnings and child-proof packaging as well as a licensing regime for all cannabis products in legislation ahead of the July 2018 legalization of recreational marijuana.
Hariri returns to Lebanon for first time since resigning as PM
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Saad al-Hariri landed in Beirut on Tuesday, his media office said, returning home for the first time since he resigned as Lebanon’s prime minister in a broadcast from Saudi Arabia and plunged his country into political crisis,
Trump, Putin discuss support for U.N. peace process in Syria: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump spoke on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin and the two leaders stressed the importance of the U.N.-led peace process in resolving the Syrian civil war, the White House said in a statement.
Colombia protests Venezuelan military crossing border
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia sent a letter to the Venezuelan foreign ministry on Tuesday protesting the incursion of a military helicopter and troops from that nation over the border, the latest in a series of similar incidents that have drawn criticism…
U.S. sanctions 13 Chinese and North Korean organizations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on 13 Chinese and North Korean organizations Washington accused of helping evade nuclear restrictions against Pyongyang and supporting the country through trade of commodities like c…
German police present stolen John Lennon diaries
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police presented on Tuesday diaries, pairs of glasses and other items belonging to late Beatle John Lennon that were stolen from his widow Yoko Ono in 2006 and eventually ended up in Berlin.
Russian lawmaker Kerimov detained by French police in tax evasion case
NICE, France (Reuters) – Russian businessman and lawmaker Suleiman Kerimov was arrested by French police at Nice airport on Monday evening in connection with a tax evasion case, an official at the French prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday.
30 people killed in attack on cattle herders in northeast Nigeria: police official
BAUCHI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Unidentified attackers killed more than 30 cattle herders in the northeastern Nigerian state of Adamawa, a police spokesman said on Tuesday.
U.S. says air strike kills over 100 militants in Somalia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military said it killed more than 100 Islamist militants in Somalia on Tuesday when it launched an air strike against al Shabaab, an al Qaeda-linked insurgent group that wants to topple the U.N.-backed government.
