Trump’s pick for envoy to Israel expects embassy in Jerusalem
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump said on Thursday he will nominate bankruptcy attorney David Friedman as U.S. ambassador to Israel, and Friedman said he looked forward to taking up his post in Jerusalem, implying a move from Tel Aviv…
South Korea says minister, British counterpart discussed nuclear power cooperation
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s energy minister Joo Hyung-hwan discussed cooperation on British nuclear energy projects in a meeting in London on Thursday with Britain’s business minister Greg Clark, South Korea’s energy ministry said in a statement.
Brazil prosecutors hit ex-president Lula with more corruption charges
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Prosecutors on Thursday charged former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, his wife and a former finance minister with more corruption charges in the investigation of graft at state-run oil company Petrobras.
China says no country can be exception to ‘one China’ principle
BEIJING (Reuters) – The “one China” principle is the basis for developing ties with China and no country can be an exception to this rule, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his French counterpart.
EU agrees on approach to Brexit talks, PM May left out in cold
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders agreed their plan for Brexit negotiations on Thursday, pledging to move swiftly and stick together to ensure Britain does not cherry pick a sweet deal that might inspire others to unstitch the bloc.
Some poor Venezuelan parents give away children amid deep crisis
PUNTO FIJO, Venezuela (Reuters) – Struggling to feed herself and her seven children, Venezuelan mother Zulay Pulgar asked a neighbor in October to take over care of her six-year-old daughter, a victim of a pummeling economic crisis.
EU agrees to extend Russia sanctions until mid-2017 in a signal to Trump
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to extend economic sanctions against Russia over the turmoil in Ukraine until mid-2017, though some wanted a longer timespan over fear U.S. President-elect Donald Trump would ease pressure …
Mexico braces for fresh flood of Central American asylum seekers
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico expects a sharp increase in people seeking asylum from Central America next year, fleeing gang warfare and poverty in their home countries, a senior official said on Thursday.
Traces of explosives found in Egyptair crash: investigators
CAIRO/PARIS (Reuters) – Egyptian investigators said on Thursday traces of explosives had been found on the remains of victims of an Egyptair flight that crashed en route from Paris to Cairo, but French officials warned against drawing conclusions on th…
Colombia’s president, opposition rival to meet with Pope Francis
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos and right-wing opposition leader Alvaro Uribe will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Friday, in a bid to build consensus on a peace deal with the Andean country’s Marxist FARC rebels, th…
