Romanian government urges calm after graft U-turn, protests persist
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s ruling Social Democrats appealed for calm on Monday after withdrawing a decree widely condemned as reversing the country’s anti-corruption drive, but protesters again took to the streets to demand the government’s resign…
German coalition parties agree to tighten security after truck attack
BERLIN (Reuters) – The leaders of Germany’s “grand coalition” have agreed to tighten security measures after the deadly truck attack on a Berlin Christmas market, including tougher steps to deport migrants seen as security risks, officials said on Mond…
Worried about Trump, asylum seekers walk cold road to Canada
WINNIPEG, Manitoba/BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) – Refugees in the United States fearing a worsening climate of xenophobia in the wake of a divisive U.S. presidential campaign are flocking to Canada in growing numbers.
Albanian rescuers working to reach trapped Chinese miners
TIRANA (Reuters) – Albanian rescue teams were still working on Monday to reach three Chinese mining engineers trapped since Saturday afternoon in a chrome mine at Bulqize after an explosion.
Frontline town in Ukraine gets breathing space after worst shelling in months
AVDIYIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) – A week-long surge in violence in and around the government-held town of Avdiyivka in eastern Ukraine appeared to be winding down on Monday, as schools reopened and power and water supplies resumed following the worst clas…
Place your French election bets – Hollande for a comeback?
LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) – France’s presidential elections has become so unpredictable that gamblers are betting on a second term for the sitting president, even though he bowed out of the contest last year and his party has since picked another candidat…
Israel’s Netanyahu urges Britain to join Iran sanctions
LONDON (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged “responsible nations” to join new sanctions against Iran on Monday during a visit to London, but Britain defended a nuclear deal sealed between major powers and Tehran.
Completing Brexit in two years will take a ‘little miracle’: Katainen
BERLIN (Reuters) – It will require “a little miracle” for Britain and the European Union to complete negotiations on Britain’s exit from the bloc in the two-year timeframe allotted, EU Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen said on Monday.
EU’s Juncker says fun is over as he heads to meet Azerbaijan’s Aliyev
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Jean-Claude Juncker, the gaffe-prone head of the European Commission, on Monday highlighted the difficulty the EU has in dealing with the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan with a joke at its president’s expense.
Iraqi forces wage psychological war with jihadist corpses
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – The flyblown corpses of Islamic State militants have been rotting along a main street in north Mosul for two weeks, a health risk for passersby. Suicide bombers’ belts beside the fighters can still explode, killing anyone nearby…
