Brazil’s JBS and BRF launch PR campaign after rotten meat raids
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Meat companies JBS SA and BRF SA took out full-page advertisements in Brazilian newspapers on Saturday in efforts to burnish their image a day after police conducted a series of raids investigating bribes at meatpacking facil…
East Libyan army takes rivals’ final holdout in southwest Benghazi
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – East Libyan forces said they captured the final holdout of Islamist-led rivals in the southwest of Benghazi on Saturday, ending weeks of resistance by fighters camped in a cluster of apartment blocks.
German spy agency chief says does not believe Gulen behind Turkey coup attempt
BERLIN (Reuters) – The Turkish government has failed to convince Germany’s BND foreign intelligence agency that U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen was behind last summer’s failed coup in Turkey, the BND head told a German magazine.
Kurdish supporters in Frankfurt protest against Erdogan
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Around 30,000 Kurdish supporters demonstrated in the German city of Frankfurt on Saturday against Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and an April referendum that would give him sweeping new powers.
G20 financial leaders acquiesce to U.S., drop free trade pledge
BADEN BADEN, Germany (Reuters) – Financial leaders of the world’s biggest economies dropped a pledge to keep global trade free and open, acquiescing to an increasingly protectionist United States after a two-day meeting failed to yield a compromise.
Pope’s Egypt visit offers chance to improve Catholic-Muslim ties
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis will make a trip to Egypt next month, the Vatican said on Saturday, giving the pontiff another opportunity to promote better relations between Catholics and Muslims.
Germany’s Merkel calls for standardized European rules on using data
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Saturday for Europe to set about standardizing rules on using data in Europe, ahead of a visit to the CeBIT technology fair in Hanover where digitalization is expected to be in focus.
German Foreign Minister says Turkey further away from EU membership than ever
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said in an interview with news magazine Der Spiegel published on Saturday that Turkey has never been less likely to join the European Union than now, as relations between Ankara and Berlin hit a…
Eleven candidates qualified for first round of French election
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s Constitutional Council validated on Saturday eleven candidates to run in the first round of the French presidential elections on April 23.
Russian parliament backs investigation into U.S. media
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian lower house of parliament, the State Duma, has approved a proposal to launch an investigation into U.S. media organizations that operate in Russia, it said in a statement posted on its web site late on Friday.
