NZ Prime Minister-elect Ardern focuses on final touches in coalition deal
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand Prime Minister-elect Jacinda Ardern said she would spend Friday ironing out issues and ministerial posts with coalition partner New Zealand First, one day after becoming the Pacific nation’s youngest leader in more th…
Britain’s May asks EU to help her end Brexit sniping at home
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May appealed to European Union leaders to help her silence critics at home by signaling a willingness to break the deadlock in Brexit talks.
Ending Iran nuclear deal would worsen North Korea situation: Kerry
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump risks driving Iran towards nuclear proliferation and worsening a standoff with North Korea if Washington ends a nuclear deal with Tehran, former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said late on Thursday.
Winnie Mandela ‘in high spirits’ after minor surgery: spokesman
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African anti-apartheid veteran Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, ex-wife of the late President Nelson Mandela, is “in high spirits” after being admitted to hospital for minor surgery, her spokesman said on Thursday.
Italy’s Renzi pledges to hike budget deficit if he wins election
ROME (Reuters) – Former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said on Thursday that if he wins next year’s election he will slash taxes and sharply raise Italy’s budget deficit rather than lower it as European Union rules require.
EU leaders agree stronger support for Italy over Libya migration
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders agreed to provide “stronger support” to Italy for its work in Libya aimed at curbing immigration to Europe, their summit chairman Donald Tusk said after talks in Brussels on Thursday.
Putin dials up anti-U.S. rhetoric, keeps mum on re-election
SOCHI/MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin launched one of his most stinging critiques of U.S. foreign policy on Thursday, listing what he called some of the biggest betrayals in U.S.-Russia relations.
Germany says worried about new generation of Islamic State recruits
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s domestic intelligence agency said on Thursday that minors returning from war zones in Syria and Iraq could grow into a new generation of recruits in Germany for the Islamic State group.
Exclusive: New data shows race disparities in Canada’s bail system
TORONTO (Reuters) – Black people in Canada’s most populous province spent longer behind bars awaiting trial than white people charged with many of the same categories of crimes in each of the past five years, according to data obtained by Reuters.
Soccer star Weah to face vice president in Liberian presidential run-off
MONROVIA (Reuters) – Former soccer star George Weah won the first round of Liberia’s presidential election with 38.4 percent of the vote, 10 points ahead of Vice President Joseph Boakai who will face him in a run-off next month, the electoral commissio…
