UK PM May’s pitch to voters: market intervention and stiffer rules for business
HALIFAX, England (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May rejected “untrammeled free markets” and promised to rein in corporate excesses in pre-election pledges on Thursday designed to woo not only her core supporters but also those of her left-wing riva…
Brazil president taped discussing pay-off for witness in graft probe: O Globo
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Michel Temer gave his blessing to an attempt to pay a potential witness to remain silent in the country’s biggest-ever graft probe, according to plea bargain testimony by a powerful businessman, newspaper O Glob…
Trump willing to try engagement with North Korea, on conditions: Seoul
SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump told South Korea’s presidential envoy that Washington was willing to try to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis through engagement, but under the right conditions, South Korea’s foreign ministry said on…
U.S. envoy to the U.N. will visit Syrian refugees in Jordan, Turkey
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Wednesday she will visit Turkey and Jordan from May 19-25 to see how Syrian refugees “are coping, day in and day out,” to see U.N. humanitarian work and highlight the …
Amid heckles, Mexico president vows more to stop reporter murders
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto was heckled by journalists on Wednesday as he announced measures to strengthen investigations into attacks on reporters and offer them greater protection from being murdered by violent drug g…
Syrian force ‘tightens noose’ on Islamic State in Raqqa: U.S.-led coalition
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have seized 350 square km (135 square miles) in the past week, tightening “their noose” on Islamic State in an advance to isolate its base of operations at Raqqa, a spokesman for the U.S…
Trump doesn’t plan to use Israel trip to announce embassy move: official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will not use his upcoming trip to Israel to announce plans to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, although he still ultimately wants to take that step, a senior administration official said on…
U.S. Pacific commander visits Japanese East China Sea listening post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. Pacific Command made his first visit on Wednesday to a Japanese radar station on the edge of the disputed East China Sea that Japan opened last year to the anger of its regional rival China.
U.S. ICE enforces immigration laws one person at a time
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An hour before dawn on May 11, a team of 10 officers for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began assembling outside a coffee shop in the Southern California beach community of San Clemente.
U.S., EU to meet next week in Washington to discuss aviation threats
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. and EU officials will meet next week in Washington for more talks about risks to air travel after a meeting in Brussels on Wednesday did not, as some industry watchers had expected, extend a cabin ban on large electronics devi…
