UK-U.S. trade deal wouldn’t be enough to make up for leaving the EU: minister
LONDON (Reuters) – A post-Brexit trade deal with the United States would not be enough on its own to make up for leaving the European Union, British justice minister David Lidington said on Sunday.
Iraq drills first well in Huwaiza oil field near Iranian border, oil ministry says
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq started drilling the first well in the Huwaiza oil field near the Iranian border, which may contain one billion barrels in reserves, the Iraqi oil ministry said on Sunday.
Silence over whether Grenfell Tower materials passed safety test
LONDON (Reuters) – The cladding system used on London’s Grenfell Tower would only have met British regulatory standards if the two main materials had passed a key safety test together, according to a Reuters analysis of the building code and data on th…
Foreign doctors say sick Chinese dissident Liu can be taken overseas
SHENYANG, China (Reuters) – Ailing Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo can be moved abroad safely for treatment and he wants to go to either Germany or the United States, but it needs to happen soon, two foreign doctors who visited him said o…
Japan rescuers continue search as more rain forecast, at least 18 dead: NHK
ASAKURA, Japan (Reuters) – Japanese rescuers continued their search for victims of freak rains that have triggered floods and landslides in southwest Japan and left at least 18 people dead and hundreds of others displaced, public broadcaster NHK report…
In 2015, China crushed rights lawyers but activists are still organizing
BEIJING (Reuters) – This Sunday is the second anniversary of a major Chinese government crackdown that led to the detention of hundreds of rights lawyers.
Australian PM to inaugurate French work in lucrative DCNS submarines deal
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is due on Sunday to inaugurate at a French shipyard work on a new fleet of submarines that will form the centerpiece of Australia’s defense strategy for decades to come.
Cardinal Pell on his way home to Australia to face abuse charges: media
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A top Vatican official charged in his native Australia with historical sex crimes is on his way home where he is due in court, Australia’s Channel 9 reported, as it broadcast video of the adviser to Pope Francis on a stop-off in S…
Trump Jr., Kushner met with Russian lawyer: New York Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s eldest son, son-in-law and former election campaign manager met with a Russian lawyer linked to the Kremlin soon after Trump clinched the Republican presidential nomination last year, the New York Ti…
Hungarian hard right launches new anti-liberal, racist movement
VECSES, Hungary (Reuters) – Hundreds of Hungarian right-wing militants gathered in a Budapest suburb on Saturday to launch a new political movement they hope will run in next year’s parliamentary elections on a ticket that includes open racism.
