Up to UK to find concrete proposals over Brexit/Irish border issues: Macron
PARIS (Reuters) – Britain must find concrete proposals to tackle issues concerning the border between the United Kingdom and Ireland in the wake of Brexit, said French President Emmanuel Macron during a news conference with Irish Prime Minister Leo Var…
Kenya opposition chief: people should stay home, not protest during polls
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga told a BBC interviewer that he was not calling for protests during repeat presidential elections scheduled for Thursday, but that he wanted supporters to stay at home and boycott the vote.
No ‘bespoke’ Brexit, transition means ‘status quo’: Barnier
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said Britain must accept the full economic and legal status quo in a transition period after it leaves the EU and should expect no tailor-made terms on trade in its future relationship.
Recovering from severe malnutrition in Yemen
HODEIDAH, Yemen (Reuters) – Smiling and sitting down to bread and milk with her family, Yemeni teenager Saida Ahmed Baghili is barely recognizable a year on from the photo of her emaciated frame that came to symbolize the country’s humanitarian crisis….
Attempt to loosen Northern Ireland abortion law reaches UK Supreme Court
LONDON (Reuters) – An attempt to change the law in Northern Ireland to allow abortions in cases of rape, incest or serious malformation of the foetus reaches the UK Supreme Court on Tuesday after years of legal wrangling.
Turkey’s Erdogan says operation in Syria’s Idlib largely completed
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday the country’s military operation in northwest Syria’S Idlib province was largely completed but the neighbouring region of Afrin, controlled by a Kurdish militia, remained an issue.
China enshrines ‘Xi Jinping Thought’, key Xi ally to step down
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s ruling Communist Party enshrined President Xi Jinping’s political thought into its constitution on Tuesday, putting him in the same company as the founder of modern China, Mao Zedong, and cementing his power ahead of a secon…
Philippine government panel recommends lifting ban on open pit mining
MANILA (Reuters) – A Philippine government panel on Tuesday recommended lifting the ban on open pit mining, a policy implemented this year by the previous environment minister and supported by President Rodrigo Duterte.
Catalan leader can’t solve crisis by calling elections: Justice Minister
MADRID (Reuters) – Catalonia’s leader Carles Puigdemont cannot solve its political crisis with Madrid just by calling regional elections, Spain’s Justice Minister said on Tuesday.
U.S. touts military ties in Philippines as Duterte courts Russia, China
CLARK, Philippines (Reuters) – The timing of U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ trip to the Philippines this week couldn’t have been better, coming just as it celebrated a victory against Islamist militants in Marawi City – with a critical dose of help…
