Germany calls May’s Brexit speech ‘disappointing’
WOLFENBUETTEL, Germany (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Saturday described British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit speech as “disappointing”, saying it offered no concrete details on how Britain wants to structure its exit from…
Latest Mexico quake spreads alarm, rescue efforts suspended
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A magnitude 6.2 earthquake shook southern Mexico on Saturday and spread alarm in the capital, where rescuers temporarily suspended a search for survivors of a bigger tremor earlier this week out of fear of further building colla…
Small North Korea quake likely natural, not nuclear test: experts
UNITED NATIONS/SEOUL (Reuters) – A small earthquake near North Korea’s nuclear test site on Saturday was probably not man-made, the nuclear proliferation watchdog and a South Korean official said, easing fears Pyongyang had exploded another nuclear bom…
France’s far left takes to the streets against Macron
PARIS (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of supporters of French far-left opposition party leader Jean-Luc Melenchon gathered on Paris’s Bastille Square on Saturday to march against President Emmanuel Macron’s labour reforms.
Venezuela slams Canada sanctions, says Ottawa submitting to Trump
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government criticized Canada’s Friday announcement of targeted sanctions against 40 of its senior officials, accusing Ottawa of “submission” to U.S. President Donald Trump in a bid to overthrow the South American country…
New quake spreads alarm, sends Mexicans into streets
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – An magnitude 6.2 earthquake shook southern Mexico on Saturday and was felt in the capital, where seismic alarms sounded, residents ran into the streets and rescuers briefly stopped combing the rubble left by a bigger tremor earl…
New Zealand’s ruling Nationals win most votes, New Zealand First Party kingmaker
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s ruling National Party won the largest number of votes in the country’s general election on Saturday, securing a comfortable margin over the Labour Party after what had promised to be the most hotly contested race in…
Spain, Catalonia clash over policing as illegal independence vote nears
MADRID (Reuters) – The mounting political crisis in Spain over Catalonia’s campaign for independence intensified on Saturday with a new row over the control of the local police force as the regional government pressed ahead with plans to hold an illega…
Facing far-right gains, Merkel, Schulz urge undecided Germans to vote
BERLIN/GREIFSWALD, Germany (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel, poised to win a fourth term in Sunday’s election, and her center-left challenger Martin Schulz urged supporters on Saturday to keep fighting for votes with a third of the electorat…
Merkel, Schulz urge undecided Germans to vote with far right gaining
BERLIN/GREIFSWALD, Germany (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel, poised to win a fourth term in Sunday’s election, urged supporters on Saturday to keep fighting for votes with a third of the electorate still undecided.
