India, China soldiers involved in border altercation: Indian sources
NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Indian and Chinese soldiers were involved in an altercation in the western Himalayas on Tuesday, Indian sources said, further raising tensions between the two countries which are already locked in a two-month stand…
Suicide bombers kill 27, wound 83 in northeast Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – A woman suicide bomber blew herself up and killed 27 others at a market in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, two local officials said, in an attack bearing the hallmark of Boko Haram militants.
Spanish migrant rescue ship threatened by Libyan coastguard: witness
ABOARD THE GOLFO AZZURRO, Mediterranean (Reuters) – The Libyan coastguard intercepted a humanitarian rescue ship in the Mediterranean on Tuesday, ordering it to sail to Tripoli or risk being targeted, a Reuters photographer aboard said.
German minister eyes quotas for female executives unless firms step up
BERLIN (Reuters) – A government minister on Tuesday blasted German companies for failing to add more women to their management boards, suggesting the government could impose quotas unless firms acted to boost the current rate of 6 percent.
U.S. confident of ‘peaceable’ Venezuelan solution: Pence
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said in Buenos Aires on Tuesday he was confident about reaching a “peaceable” solution for Venezuela through economic and diplomatic pressure on the country’s president, Nicolas Maduro.
Slovakia’s future is with core EU, not eurosceptic eastern nations: PM
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovakia should be part of a deeply integrated ‘core’ European Union driven by Germany and France, its prime minister said on Tuesday, backtracking from previous eurosceptic positions and distancing himself from some other east E…
Merkel rival Schulz attacks her ‘zig zag’ German car policy
BERLIN (Reuters) – Angela Merkel’s main challenger in next month’s German election criticized the chancellor’s approach to carmakers on Tuesday and called for them to pay for the widening emissions scandal.
Man who drove into French pizzeria shows signs of acute paranoia: prosecutor
PARIS (Reuters) – The man who deliberately drove his car into diners at a pizzeria outside Paris told investigators he had a long history of medical drug abuse and wanted to be sent to prison for safety, a French prosecutor said on Tuesday.
Falling tree kills 12 at Catholic festival in Portugal
LISBON (Reuters) – A tree toppled into a crowd of worshippers during a major Christian festival on the Portuguese island of Madeira on Tuesday, killing 12 people and leaving 50 injured, officials said.
Baby girl ‘teargassed, beaten by Kenyan police’ dies: doctor
KISUMU, Kenya (Reuters) – A six-month-old girl has died in Kenya, her doctor told Reuters on Tuesday, after her parents said she was teargassed and clubbed by police in a security crackdown after last week’s disputed election.
