UK PM May’s lead narrows slightly to 12 points: ICM poll
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May’s lead fell to 12 percentage points in a poll published on Tuesday, the latest major survey since last week’s Manchester bombing showing the June 8 election could be closer than previously thought.
Abandoned Budapest hospital offers glimpse into Soviet past
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Time stands still in a former Soviet military hospital in Budapest that was abandoned when the last Russian troops left Hungary in 1991.
After meeting Assad ally Putin, Macron meets Syrian opposition
PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron held talks with the head of the Syrian opposition on Tuesday, affirming his support for them, a day after meeting Russian leader Vladimir Putin, a key backer of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.
German police detain Syrian suspected of planning Berlin suicide attack
BERLIN (Reuters) – German police on Tuesday detained a 17-year-old Syrian suspected of planning a suicide attack in Berlin, a spokesman for the interior ministry of the neighboring state of Brandenburg said.
India would stick to climate accord even if U.S. pulled out: source
BERLIN (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told German Chancellor Angela Merkel in talks in Berlin on Tuesday that India would stay in the Paris climate accord even if the United States pulled out, a delegation source said.
50 still in hospital, 17 in critical care after Manchester attack
LONDON (Reuters) – Fifty patients are still being treated in hospital for injuries sustained in last week’s Manchester attack, including 17 who are in critical care, the health authority for England said on Tuesday.
Swiss could buy up to 70 new combat jets: task force
ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland could eventually be in the market for as many as 70 new fighter jets or as few as 20 under scenarios laid out on Tuesday by a defense ministry task force examining how to replace the neutral country’s aging air force flee…
UK PM May’s election landslide in doubt as poll lead slips
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May’s ability to deliver a landslide majority in the June 8 election was in doubt on Tuesday after two more opinion polls showed the vote could be much tighter than previously thought.
‘Shocked’ South Korea leader orders probe into U.S. THAAD additions
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in has ordered a probe after his Defence Ministry failed to inform him that four more launchers for the controversial U.S. THAAD anti-missile system had been brought into the country, his spokesman said…
South Sudan soldiers accused of rape, murder of aid workers appear in court
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Thirteen South Sudanese soldiers accused of raping five foreign aid workers and killing their local colleague appeared before a military court on Tuesday, a case seen as a test of the government’s ability to try war crimes.
