Venezuela’s Maduro calls for military exercises after Trump threat
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday called for military exercises after U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of a possible armed intervention in the country, but Maduro insisted he still wanted to hold talks with the U.S. …
Machine gun attack on U.N. Mali base in Timbuktu kills seven
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Gunmen attacked a United Nations peacekeeping base in the northern Mali city of Timbuktu on Monday, officials said, killing seven people, including five Malian security guards, a gendarme and civilian.
Mexico ruling party says rules aimed at stopping rise of left
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Rules adopted by Mexico’s ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party to allow it to form coalitions and non-members to run for president were necessary to stop leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador from winning office next year, its…
More than 200 killed in Sierra Leone as mudslide sweeps away homes
FREETOWN, (Reuters) – A mudslide killed more than 200 people on the outskirts of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown on Monday, sweeping away homes and leaving residents desperate for news of missing family members.
Norway PM doubles down on tax cuts in bid for second term
ARENDAL, Norway (Reuters) – With four weeks to go before an election that is too close to call, Norway’s Conservative Prime Minister Erna Solberg pledged on Monday to cut taxes to boost growth and job creation if she was reelected.
Finland’s co-ruling nationalists seek fresh start after party break-up
HELSINKI (Reuters) – A splinter group of nationalists who remained in Finland’s ruling coalition after their party broke up called on Monday for big tax cuts for the middle class in a bid to improve their dismal standing in the polls.
Migrant arrivals in Italy fall in July, rise in Spain: Frontex
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The number of African migrants arriving in Italy after crossing the Mediterranean from Libya dropped by more than half in July from June, the European Union’s border agency Frontex said on Monday.
Brexit campaigners launch bid to oust pro-EU finance minister
LONDON (Reuters) – One of the most vocal pro-Brexit campaign groups launched a campaign on Monday to oust finance minister Philip Hammond from parliament, saying he is part of a plot to stop Britain leaving the European Union.
Welfare comes before defense spending: Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that welfare and social spending must take precedence over the increased military expenditure demanded by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Voters sense betrayal in Britain’s Brexit heartlands
CHATHAM, England (Reuters) – There is a whiff of betrayal in the air across Britain’s Brexit heartlands where many impatient voters fear Prime Minister Theresa May is going soft on implementing last year’s decision to leave the European Union.
