Hardliners to protest French labor reform after Macron chides ‘slackers’
PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron faces the first challenge on the streets to his business-friendly reform agenda on Tuesday, when workers from the hard-left CGT union march through French cities to protest against a loosening of labor regula…
France eyes legalizing assisted reproduction for gay women in 2018
PARIS (Reuters) – The right of lesbian couples and single women to have access to assisted reproduction was “a matter of social justice” and will likely be legislated next year, a French government minister said on Tuesday.
U.S. rejects Cambodian accusations, calls for opposition leader’s release
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Washington’s ambassador to Cambodia on Tuesday rejected government accusations of interference by the United States as “inaccurate, misleading and baseless” and called for the release of detained opposition leader Kem Sokha.
Protest greets former Trump adviser Bannon at Hong Kong investor event
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Protesters outside a luxury hotel in Hong Kong shouted anti-racism slogans on Tuesday ahead of a speech by former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon at an investor conference organized by a unit of China’s largest brokerage…
Turkish police detain 25 suspected Islamic State militants in Istanbul: Anadolu
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish police detained 25 suspected Islamic State militants in operations across Istanbul, the state-run Anadolu news agency said on Tuesday.
Germany’s Schaeuble eyes another run as finance minister
BERLIN (Reuters) – The chances of Wolfgang Schaeuble returning as German finance minister are rising as the Sept. 24 election approaches and politicians from rival parties play down the prospect of unseating the wily veteran.
Australia kicks off weeks-long same-sex marriage ballot
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia on Tuesday launched a postal vote on whether to legalize same-sex marriage as a widely watched poll indicated the country would be overwhelmingly in support.
Leader of China’s $9 billion Ezubao online scam gets life; 26 jailed
BEIJING (Reuters) – A Beijing court on Tuesday sentenced the architect of the $9 billion Ezubao online financial scam to life imprisonment, and handed down jail time to 26 others, marking the close to one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in modern Chinese …
NZ’s National Party recovers support in opinion poll, Labour sinks
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Support for New Zealand’s National Party surged in a poll released on Thursday showed, pointing to a fourth term for the governing party and reversing the opposition Labour Party’s recent burst of popularity.
Security, not scandal, on agenda for Trump, Malaysia’s Najib
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is set to welcome Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak to the White House on Tuesday, a meeting expected to focus on security issues while steering clear of a U.S. investigation into a Malaysian corruption…
