U.S. suspends aid to Kenyan health ministry over corruption concerns
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The U.S. government has suspended $21 million in direct aid to Kenya’s Ministry of Health amid concern over corruption, the embassy said on Tuesday, giving emphasis to an issue that is a growing liability for the government before A…
Explosion at Mexico fireworks depot kills at least 12
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – At least 12 people were killed, including five children, and 30 were injured in an explosion at a house where fireworks were stored in central Mexico’s Puebla state, authorities said on Tuesday.
Quake of 6.8 magnitude strikes off Vanuatu in South Pacific: USGS
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 struck north of the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.
China’s President Xi says to uphold global climate deal
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping told French President-elect Emmanuel Macron in a phone call on Tuesday that he would uphold the Paris Agreement on curbing climate change.
Iraqi forces chip away at last Islamic State-held districts in Mosul
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – Fly-blown corpses of Islamic State militants (IS) littered the streets of a district in Mosul on Tuesday as U.S.-backed Iraqi forces chipped away at the last remaining handful of districts under the jihadists’ control.
Palestinian hunger strike heightens tension with Israel
JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) – A hunger strike by more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners over their treatment in Israeli jails has turned into a heated dispute over whether the leader of the protest secretly broke the fast, and whether Israel tempted him to…
Chinese military conducts live-fire drills, weapons tests
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military has conducted live-fire drills and weapons tests in the northeastern Bohai Sea close to the Korean peninsula, the country’s defense ministry said on Tuesday.
UK Labour leader Corbyn: I won’t quit if I lose election
MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Jeremy Corbyn vowed to carry on leading Britain’s opposition Labour Party if he loses a national election on June 8, defying polls showing he is on course for defeat and concerns from within his party that his leadership…
New poll setback for German Social Democrats before state vote
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD), stung by defeat in a state election on Sunday, fell to their lowest level in more than three months in a poll on Tuesday, underlining the scale of the task they face to oust Angela Merkel in a Septem…
Turks in Germany not allowed to vote on death penalty: Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) – Turks living in Germany will not be allowed to vote in any referendum on reinstating the death penalty in Turkey, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in remarks broadcast on Tuesday.
