Romanian PM says he is considering government reshuffle
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romanian Prime Minister Mihai Tudose said on Monday that corruption allegations surrounding three ministers had created problems for the country and his Social Democrat government, adding he was considering a Cabinet reshuffle.
U.N. assisting thousands of migrants in Libyan smuggling hub
TUNIS/TRIPOLI (Reuters) – U.N. agencies said on Monday they were trying to provide urgent help to large numbers of migrants held and then stranded in the smuggling hub of Sabratha as rival factions battled for control of the city.
Seeking to relaunch social agenda, UK’s May to address racial disparity
LONDON (Reuters) – Ethnic minorities in Britain have a lower employment rate than white people and are under-represented in senior public sector jobs, Prime Minister Theresa May will say on Tuesday, releasing the findings of a government audit on racia…
The Basque: Spain’s effective but expensive antidote to secession
BILBAO, Spain (Reuters) – As Spain and Catalonia head towards a constitutional collision over the region’s claim to independence, lawmakers on both sides of the crisis are pointing to a way out: north, to Basque Country.
Aide to Ivory Coast parliament speaker arrested over arms cache
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast authorities arrested a senior aide to parliament speaker Guillaume Soro on Monday, a prosecutor said, accusing him of possessing and distributing weapons to destabilize the state during an army mutiny earlier this year.
Sri Lanka arrests two over hacking of Taiwan bank accounts
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Two people have been arrested in Sri Lanka for suspected money laundering from a Taiwanese bank whose computer system was hacked to enable illicit transactions abroad, police said on Monday.
Far right wants Austria to join group of anti-immigrant states
VIENNA (Reuters) – The far right Freedom Party (FPO), set to become kingmaker after elections on Oct. 15, wants Austria to join the Visegrad Group of central and east European states opposed to immigration.
Lebanon passes disputed tax hikes to fund public sector pay rise
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s parliament approved contentious taxes needed to finance a public sector pay rise on Monday and Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri warned the alternative was a collapse of the Lebanese pound in six months.
We’re all human: ‘Nudge’ theorist Thaler wins economics Nobel
STOCKHOLM/CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. academic Richard Thaler, who helped popularize the idea of “nudging” people towards doing what was best for them, won the 2017 Nobel Economics Prize on Monday for his work on how human nature affects supposedly ration…
Sixteen killed in attacks on remote Mozambique port: media
MAPUTO (Reuters) – Gun battles last week between police and attackers in a remote northern Mozambican port killed 16 people, including two police officers, local media reported.
