Macron, Le Pen trade accusations in French election race
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s two presidential candidates traded barbs on Tuesday with centrist Emmanuel Macron accusing far-right rival Marine Le Pen of promoting hatred, while she labeled him as the “candidate of the oligarchy.”
Brazil indigenous protest over land rights turns violent
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Indigenous people and police clashed in Brazil’s capital city on Tuesday, as officers fired rubber bullets and tear gas while tribe members shot arrows in return during a protest against farmers’ encroachment on reservations.
Amazon natives in Peru take over oil field in land use dispute
LIMA (Reuters) – About 600 natives of Peru’s Amazon region took control of a non-producing oil field operated by Canada’s Pacific Exploration & Production Corp and demanded payment for use of the land, a representative of the protesters said on Tuesday.
Spanish court jails son of former Catalonia leader
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s High Court ruled on Tuesday that the son of one of Catalonia’s most prominent political figures would be jailed to prevent him obstructing an investigation into an alleged money laundering and tax fraud scheme carried out by …
EU tightens Brexit demands on residence, banks: document
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders will insist Britain grant permanent residence to EU citizens who arrive before Brexit in 2019 and stay five more years, according to a draft negotiating plan they will endorse this weekend.
Erdogan says Turkey won’t wait at Europe’s door forever
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey will not wait at Europe’s door forever and is ready to walk away from EU accession talks if rising Islamophobia and hostility from some member states persist, President Tayyip Erdogan told Reuters in a wide-ranging interview o…
A decade on, UK police say they may never solve Madeleine McCann case
LONDON (Reuters) – Almost a decade after three-year-old Madeleine McCann vanished, London police said they were still following critical lines of inquiry but might never solve the case.
Mexico talks tough on Trump with NAFTA talks looming
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s government on Tuesday said it would fight any measures in a U.S. tax overhaul that broke international trade rules, and threatened to review cross-border cooperation on migration and security if upcoming negotiations fo…
Former U.S. envoys to U.N. warn Congress against cutting funding
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Nine former U.S. ambassadors to the United Nations warned Congress in a letter on Tuesday that slashing funding for the world body would weaken Washington’s global influence by ceding “the agenda to countries that can be host…
U.S. says raised deep concerns with Turkey over air strikes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday expressed “deep concern” over Turkish air strikes against Kurdish fighters in Syria and Iraq and said they were not authorized by the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State.
