France’s Macron seen defeating Le Pen, Hamon losing support: BVA poll
PARIS (Reuters) – French Socialist candidate Benoit Hamon continued to lose support in an opinion poll on Saturday that showed centrist Emmanuel Macron likely to win the presidential election.
South Korea prosecutors to question SK Group chief in corruption probe
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean prosecutors questioned the chairman of the SK Group on Saturday in connection with an influence-peddling scandal that brought down President Park Geun-hye, the latest corporate leader to come under suspicion.
Exclusive: Canadian border authorities detaining record number of Mexicans
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s border authorities detained more Mexicans in the first 67 days of 2017 than they did annually in any of the three previous years, according to statistics obtained by Reuters.
Scotland’s Sturgeon to urge UK’s May to think again on independence vote
ABERDEEN, Scotland (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May, about to trigger Brexit should think again about her refusal to discuss a new Scottish independence referendum, Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon will tell her Scottish National Party on …
U.S., China soften tone, say to work together on North Korea
BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States and China will work together to get nuclear-armed North Korea take “a different course”, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Saturday, softening previous criticism of Beijing after talks with his Chinese …
Abnormal El Nino in Peru unleashes deadly downpours; more flooding seen
LIMA (Reuters) – A sudden and abnormal warming of Pacific waters off Peru has unleashed the deadliest downpours in decades, with landslides and raging rivers sweeping away people, clogging highways and destroying crops in a potential sign of a global E…
Iran challenges need to ship out excess material under nuclear deal
VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran has challenged the need for it to ship sensitive material abroad if its stock exceeds a limit set by its nuclear deal with major powers.
Israeli troops kill youth in clash: Palestinian officials
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank opened fire at Palestinian protesters throwing stones at them on Friday, killing a 16-year-old, the Palestinian health ministry said.
Little new damage found as east Libyan forces push to secure oil ports
RAS LANUF, Libya (Reuters) – A broken down truck and a tank lie by the side of the road in the sand, and overturned boxes are strewn across the floor of a firefighting station.
German minister says Europe, U.S. should stick to Russia sanctions
BERLIN (Reuters) – Europe and the United States should keep sanctions in place against Russia until there is progress in implementing the 2015 Minsk accords aimed at ending the violence in eastern Ukraine, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said.
