Le Pen foes relish Dutch vote, but French election may be different
PARIS (Reuters) – Adversaries of Marine Le Pen expressed relief on Thursday after her ally Geert Wilders won fewer seats than expected in a Dutch election, but analysts warned against reading too much into the result ahead of France’s tight presidentia…
U.N. chief warns against abrupt U.S. funding cuts to world body
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Thursday against an abrupt cut to U.S. funding for the world body, and France’s U.N. envoy said a retreat by Washington from global affairs could lead to more instab…
Seven missing after Turkish cargo vessel sinks off Libya: coastguard
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Seven crew members are missing after a Turkish cargo vessel sank off the Libyan coast on Thursday in bad weather, a coastguard official said.
Dutch election shows tepid EU support beat fragmented protest votes
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – While Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s election success was hailed as a victory for pro-European forces over the far-right, the result may reflect more the fragmentation of protest votes than the half-hearted support of the EU by…
Rivals polluted by ‘big money’, says French Socialist candidate Hamon
PARIS (Reuters) – Lagging well behind in opinion polls, French Socialist presidential candidate Benoit Hamon accused his main rivals on Thursday of being under the thumb of “big money” as he sought to revive a campaign eclipsed by party in-fighting.
Volcanic explosion on Mount Etna injures 10 people
ROME (Reuters) – Ten people were injured in an eruption on Mount Etna on Thursday when magma flowing into snow caused a violent explosion that sent stones and rocks flying into the air, emergency services said.
Opinion polls score much-needed Dutch election win
LONDON/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch election results eased investor concerns on Thursday that opinion polls were systematically underestimating the strength of populist feeling, especially in France, after an outcome broadly in line with surveys of vote…
Germany’s Merkel to make rare Russia visit for Putin talks
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Germany’s Angela Merkel will visit Moscow for talks on May 2, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, for the first bilateral visit since Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimea Peninsula in 2014.
Dutch vote puts question mark over euro zone chief Dijsselbloem
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Jeroen Dijsselbloem may have to stand down as president of the Eurogroup which coordinates policy in the euro zone if he cannot retain his role as Dutch finance minister in a new coalition after his party was routed in Wednesday’s …
Six years into Syria’s war, rebel areas face deepening medical crisis
BEIRUT (Reuters) – When the dialysis center in the Syrian rebel town of Douma ran out of supplies last month, three people died.
