Macron launches French presidential bid as polls show tight race
PARIS (Reuters) – Former economy minister Emmanuel Macron launched his bid for the French presidency on Wednesday, a move likely to take votes from mainstream candidates in a tight race that promises a strong turnout for far-right leader Marine Le Pen….
Exclusive: Central America to seek Mexico’s support after Trump win
GUATEMALA CITY/SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador have agreed to join forces and seek support from Mexico to forge a joint strategy in response to Donald Trump winning the U.S. presidency, El Salvador’s foreign minister told R…
Merkel expected to say on Sunday if she’ll run for office in 2017: report
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to announce on Sunday whether she will run for a fourth term in next year’s federal election, the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland media group said on Wednesday.
After abuse as a girl, U.N. albinism expert aims to end ritual murders
NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Ikponwosa Ero was five years old, she couldn’t walk down the street in Nigeria without being abused for having albinism — a lack of pigmentation in the skin, hair and eyes.
Rio de Janeiro tense amid demonstrations, ex-governor’s arrest
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Police on Wednesday arrested a controversial former governor in Rio de Janeiro as part of an ongoing investigation into voter fraud during recent municipal elections.
Le Pen says ‘world peace’ would gain from a Trump-Putin-Le Pen trio
PARIS (Reuters) – French far-right party leader Marine Le Pen said on Wednesday that her election as president next year would form a trio of world leaders with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin that “would be good for world…
More than 240 migrants feared dead in Mediterranean this week
CATANIA, Italy (Reuters) – More than 240 migrants died or went missing in the Mediterranean this week, humanitarian groups said on Wednesday, as another 580 people were pulled from overcrowded boats.
Mexico boosts support for its migrants in the U.S. after Trump win
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s foreign ministry announced fresh steps on Wednesday to provide support to Mexican citizens living in the United States following the victory in last week’s U.S. presidential election by Donald Trump, who has promised to…
Death toll at 32 in renewed air strikes on rebel-held east of Aleppo: monitor
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Air strikes pounded neighborhoods around a children’s hospital and a blood bank in rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Wednesday in a second day of renewed bombing that has killed at least 32 people, a war monitor, medics and emergency work…
LafargeHolcim rejects allegations of financing IS in Syria
ZURICH (Reuters) – Cement group LafargeHolcim on Wednesday rejected suggestions that Syrian operations in 2013-2014 may have contributed to financing Islamic State militants.
