Romania names new prime minister to defuse crisis
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s president named outgoing economy minister Mihai Tudose as prime minister on Monday, clearing the way for a new leftist-led government to be formed by the end of this week and end a political crisis threatening to sour in…
U.S. to list China among worst human trafficking offenders: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States plans to place China on its global list of worst offenders in human trafficking and forced labor, said a congressional source and a person familiar with the matter, a step that could aggravate tensions with Beij…
May offers to protect benefits of EU citizens living in Britain
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May unveiled details of her plan to protect the rights of EU nationals living in Britain on Monday, saying the government would work to offer them largely the same benefits as British citizens.
No decisive winner in Mongolia presidential vote: election committee
ULAANBAATAR (Reuters) – There was no winner in Mongolia’s presidential election on Monday, forcing the country’s first ever second-round run-off between the two leading candidates, the country’s General Election Committee said in the early hours of Tue…
Germany sees ‘very difficult’ situation in eastern Ukraine
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Monday that both Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists were violating a ceasefire agreement in eastern Ukraine and it would likely be difficult to resolve the crisis in the short term.
Differing with U.S., Macron stands by Minsk accords to resolve Ukraine crisis
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday he saw no better way of negotiating an end to the conflict in Ukraine than through the Minsk agreements, sharply differing with comments by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
Italian police use tear gas on migrants trying to enter France
VENTIMIGLIA, ITALY (Reuters) – Italian police used tear gas on a group of some 400 mainly African migrants who marched towards the French border from the northern town of Ventimiglia in the early hours of Monday.
Doha’s hotels suffer in Eid holiday due to Arab sanctions
DOHA (Reuters) – A boycott imposed by four Arab nations that accuse Qatar of supporting terrorism is squeezing the tourism sector and Doha’s hotels which would normally be full in the Eid al-Fitr holiday have seen steep falls in their occupancy rates.
U.N. to make new bid to resolve Cyprus conflict, but odds stack up
NICOSIA (Reuters) – Rival Cypriot leaders meet in the Swiss Alps this week in a make or break summit to find a peace deal ending decades of division for the partitioned island. The omens are not good.
British PM May tells EU migrants: ‘We want you to stay’
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May told European Union citizens who are already living legally in Britain that she wanted them to stay after the country leaves the EU in 2019.
