Italian government wins latest confidence vote on electoral law
ROME (Reuters) – The Italian government on Thursday won the last of three confidence votes it had called on a contested electoral law that is likely to penalize the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement in next year’s election.
Kremlin says allegations against Kaspersky Lab are ‘absurd’
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Moscow believes allegations against Russia’s Kaspersky Lab are “absurd”, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday, adding that the Russian government had nothing to do with it.
Spaniards use national holiday to show unity amid Catalan crisis
MADRID (Reuters) – Spaniards lined the streets of Madrid and Barcelona on Thursday and national flags hung from balconies across the capital as unionists used a public holiday to demonstrate unity in the face of moves by Catalonia to declare independen…
Xi propaganda kicks into overdrive ahead of China Communist Party congress
BEIJING (Reuters) – Inside the packed exhibition hall in central Beijing is a showcase of China’s recent achievements: the country’s first operational aircraft carrier; a gleaming fleet of high-speed trains; happy villagers lifted from poverty.
As tricky coalition talks loom, Merkel hopes for regional poll boost
BERLIN (Reuters) – Chastened by their worst result since 1949 in September’s national election, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives are hoping for victory in a regional vote on Sunday to strengthen their hand in thorny three-way coalition talks in…
Finnish president has strong poll lead ahead of January elections
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finnish President Sauli Niinisto is set to be elected for a second six-year term in January elections by a wide margin, a poll commissioned by public broadcaster YLE showed on Thursday.
Turkey received U.S. request to solve visa crisis: Erdogan spokesman
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey has received a request from the United States to solve an escalating row between the two countries, the spokesman for President Erdogan said on Thursday, after a U.S. consulate worker was arrested in Istanbul last week.
Kurds offer talks with Baghdad over airport, banks ban
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) offered to hold talks with Iraqi authorities on the status of Kurdish airports, border posts and banks, on which they placed restrictions following an independence referendum.
Cambodia deports 74 Chinese arrested for telecom extortion scams
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodia on Thursday deported 74 Chinese nationals wanted in China on suspicion of extorting money from people there over the internet and by telephone, Cambodian police said.
Myanmar army chief says Rohingya Muslims “not natives”, numbers fleeing exaggerated
YANGON (Reuters) – Rohingya Muslims are not native to Myanmar, the army chief told the U.S. ambassador in a meeting in which he apparently did not address accusations of abuses by his men and said media was complicit in exaggerating the number of refug…
