Hungary prosecutors probe accounts of opposition Jobbik party
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungarian prosecutors said on Friday they had launched an investigation into the financial reporting practices of the main opposition party, Jobbik, prompting a furious accusation of political bias from the radical nationalist part…
Between Berlin and Bavaria: Merkel’s uneasy allies
WEGSCHEID, Germany (Reuters) – Two years ago, Wegscheid was on the front lines of Europe’s refugee crisis. When Germany voted last week, the village, like many along the Austrian border, swung hard to the far right, straining Chancellor Angela Merkel’s…
Pope tells web companies: use profits to protect children
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis told executives of leading internet companies on Friday to use “their great profits” to defend children from sexual exploitation and other dangers lurking online.
Spain apologizes, tone softens in Catalonia independence crisis
BARCELONA/MADRID (Reuters) – Spain apologized on Friday for a violent police crackdown on Catalonia’s independence referendum, in a conciliatory gesture as both sides looked for a way out of the nation’s worst political crisis since it became a democra…
British PM May vows to stay as party plotters attempt to topple her
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday she would stay on as leader to provide stability after a former chairman of her Conservative Party said he had garnered the support of 30 lawmakers who wanted her to quit.
U.N. fears ‘further exodus’ of Muslim Rohingya from Myanmar
GENEVA/YANGON (Reuters) – The United Nations braced on Friday for a possible “further exodus” of Muslim Rohingya refugees from Myanmar into Bangladesh six weeks after the world’s fastest-developing refugee emergency began, U.N. humanitarian aid chief s…
Japan’s new party vows to scrap over-reliance on fiscal, monetary steps
TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike’s new party on Friday unveiled an election platform that seeks to distance her “Yurinomics” policies from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s aggressive stimulus, by cutting reliance on fiscal spending and monetary easing.
Turkey to close Iraq border, air space, will open new gate with Baghdad
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey wants to open a new border gate with Iraq in cooperation with the central government in Baghdad after it shuts down the existing gate in response to last week’s Kurdish independence referendum, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim s…
UK PM May postpones trip to China to avoid timetable clash with Trump: Sky
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May has postponed a trip to China that had been provisionally planned for November due to a timetable clash with U.S. President Donald Trump who would have been there at the same time, Sky News reported…
British PM May says she will provide ‘calm leadership’
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Friday that she would provide “calm leadership” to the country, after a former chairman of her Conservative Party said earlier in the day that she should quit.
