EU lawmakers adopt Brexit resolution, reject pro-Gibraltar hint
STRASBOURG (Reuters) – European Union lawmakers adopted a resolution on Wednesday setting their red lines for the two-year divorce talks with Britain and rejected attempts by British MEPs to recognize Gibraltar’s pro-EU stance in the Brexit referendum….
Xi says China, Finland to increase cooperation under China-EU framework
HELSINKI (Reuters) – China and Finland will increase cooperation under the China-European Union framework, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday after arriving in Finland for his first visit as head of state.
U.N. urges Yemen parties to keep Hodeidah port safe
DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Nations called on Yemen’s warring parties on Wednesday to safeguard the strategic Red Sea port of Hodeidah as a lifeline for millions of Yemenis facing potential famine.
Britain and France renew call for Assad to go after Syria chemical attack
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain and France on Wednesday renewed their call for Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad to leave office, after a suspected chemical attack by Damascus killed scores of people in a rebel-held area, eclipsing an international confer…
South Africa’s ANC stands by Zuma, rejects calls for president to quit
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress backed President Jacob Zuma after two key allies of the party called for his resignation following a cabinet reshuffle that cost the country one of its investment-grade credit rat…
Russia bomb suspect rented apartment in St. Petersburg month before attack
ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) – The main suspect in a suicide bombing on the St Petersburg metro that killed 14 people had rented an apartment in the city a month before the blast, neighbors and a building maintenance worker told Reuters on Wednesday.
Trump says chemical attack in Syria crossed many lines
WASHINGTON/BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government of going “beyond a red line” with a poison gas attack on civilians and said his attitude toward Syria and Assad had changed, but gave no ind…
Islamic State used Mosul museum as tax department
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – After they seized Mosul two years ago and destroyed the priceless Mesopotamian artifacts in its museum, Islamic State militants found a practical use for the building – they turned it into a tax office.
Emirates joins Etihad, Qatar in U.S. cabin laptop ban workaround
DUBAI (Reuters) – Emirates airline said on Wednesday it would start lending first and business class passengers tablets in response to the U.S. ban on most personal electronic devices from passenger cabins of United States-bound flights.
Ahead of Trump-Xi meet, FBI cites illegal Chinese workers at casino site on U.S.-controlled island
HONG KONG (Reuters) – The head of a contractor working on a huge casino resort on a U.S.-administered Pacific island was charged this week with illegally importing and employing Chinese workers, including one who died in March, court documents show.
