France’s Macron targets political sleaze ahead of manifesto release
PARIS (Reuters) – French presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he would ban lawmakers from employing family members and from carrying out consulting activities, seizing on his conservative rival’s legal troubles to project a clean i…
Exclusive: Trump administration has found only $20 million in existing funds for wall – document
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s promise to use existing funds to begin immediate construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border has hit a financial roadblock, according to a document seen by Reuters.
Trump touts support for NATO, but expansion languishes in Senate
WASHINGTON(Reuters) – In his first major speech to Congress on Tuesday, President Donald Trump assured U.S. allies that he is committed to NATO, but some of his fellow Republicans have been blocking a Senate vote to expand the alliance for months.
Sudan’s Bashir names long-time ally and general prime minister
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir named his first vice president and long-time ally Hassan Saleh to the newly created post of prime minister on Wednesday, the clearest sign yet that he intends for him to one day take over.
Greeks protest as government, lenders discuss new austerity
ATHENS (Reuters) – Thousands of people protested in central Athens on Wednesday against new austerity measures that the Greek government and its lenders have been discussing in an effort to conclude a drawn-out bailout review and unlock funds for the c…
Phones cut in eastern Ukraine as rebels seize firms
KIEV/DONETSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – A fifth of a million phone users in Ukraine’s rebel-controlled eastern city of Donetsk were cut off from the rest of the country on Wednesday after armed men took over the offices and equipment of the main fixed-line t…
UK PM May’s Brexit plan suffers setback in parliament
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s upper house of parliament defeated Prime Minister Theresa May’s government on Wednesday, voting in favor of a change to her Brexit plan that says she can only trigger exit talks if she promises to protect the rights of EU c…
Two British medics who joined Islamic State killed in Iraq: BBC
LONDON (Reuters) – Two British medics who abandoned studies in Sudan to join Islamic State with a group of other students have been killed in fighting in Iraq, the BBC reported on Wednesday.
Detained journalist says Turkish prison better than police cell
BERLIN (Reuters) – A German-Turkish journalist whose arrest in Turkey has badly jolted relations between Ankara and Berlin was quoted on Wednesday as saying the conditions of his detention had improved markedly since his transfer to prison from a polic…
Canada, U.S. join forces on tackling border asylum-seekers
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian and U.S. officials are working on a plan to tackle asylum seekers crossing into Canada illegally, with American officials keen to discover how they entered the United States in the first place, said a source familiar with th…
