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…
Kurdish officials say thousands flee Kirkuk since Iraqi army takeover
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Kurdish officials said on Thursday thousands of their people had fled Kirkuk region fearing persecution since Iraqi armed forces retook it following a referendum on Kurdish independence that was rejected by Baghdad.
CIA chief says U.S.-Canadian couple held for five years in Pakistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the CIA said on Thursday a U.S.-Canadian couple kidnapped by Islamist militants in Afghanistan were held inside neighboring Pakistan for five years before being freed.
Leaders of Venezuela’s bruised opposition to travel abroad to denounce ‘voting fraud’
CARACAS (Reuters) – Key members of Venezuela’s opposition, divided and dispirited after losing gubernatorial elections over the weekend, will travel abroad to denounce what it says is a “fraudulent” voting system under leftist President Nicolas Maduro….
‘A long way to go’ in German coalition talks, liberal FDP says
BERLIN (Reuters) – There is a long way to go in talks on forming a new German coalition led by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives, a senior member of the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) said after meeting the environmentalist Greens on Thursday…
