Britain to leave EU market as May sets ‘hard Brexit’ course
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will quit the EU single market when it leaves the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday in a decisive speech that set a course for a clean break with the world’s largest trading bloc.
Exclusive: Canadian energy firms at bigger risk from cyber, bomb attacks – spy agency
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – Canada’s main spy agency last year warned energy companies about an increasing risk of cyber espionage and attacks on pipelines, oil storage and shipment facilities and power transmission towers using homemade explosives, a…
Iran’s Rouhani says talk about renegotiating nuclear deal ‘meaningless’
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday U.S. President-elect Trump could not unilaterally cancel the nuclear deal Tehran signed with world powers including Washington and that talk of renegotiating it was “meaningless”.
Turkey says captures nightclub attacker who acted for Islamic State
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish authorities have captured the gunman who killed 39 people in an Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s Day, an Uzbek national they said was trained in Afghanistan and had clearly acted on behalf of Islamic State.
Russia says ready to talk to Trump about nuclear arms, Syria
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow was ready to talk to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration about nuclear weapons and Syria, saying the two countries could together solve many of the…
Gambian President Jammeh declares state of emergency
BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambian President Yahya Jammeh declared a state of emergency on Tuesday after refusing to hand power to opposition leader Adama Barrow, who won an election last month.
Brazil prisoners clash with police where 26 inmates were butchered
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian police used rubber bullets and tear gas on Tuesday to break up a renewed clash between drug gangs in a prison where 26 inmates were butchered by rivals in recent days.
U.S. urges Serbia and Kosovo to avoid nationalist rhetoric
BELGRADE (Reuters) – The United States urged Belgrade and Pristina on Tuesday to avoid “dangerous rhetoric” after Kosovo denied entry to a train painted in the Serbian national colors with “Kosovo is Serbia” emblazoned on its side.
Nigerian air force kills civilians by accident in northeastern strike: military official
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – The Nigerian air force killed an unknown number of civilians by accident in an air strike on Tuesday against Islamist militant group Boko Haram in the northeast, a military official said.
Youth wrestled to ground after trying to slap French ex-PM Valls
PARIS (Reuters) – A youth reached out apparently to slap former prime minister Manuel Valls when he was on an election tour in France’s Brittany region on Tuesday and was wrestled to the ground by a security guard, a video by local media showed.
