Britain needs to boost trade negotiating resources, says Hammond
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will need to boost its trade negotiating resources following its decision to leave the European Union but it is unrealistic to believe the government will have a huge budget to do so, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on …
Migrants put Sweden’s cozy Nordic Model under pressure
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedes rarely use cash, but building firm owner Piotr can’t get enough of the stuff. Every week, he spends hours racing from ATM to ATM using four credit cards to withdraw up to 80,000 Swedish crowns ($9,400). He needs the cash, he says, to pay the undocumented immigrant workers he employs.
UK PM candidate Leadsom’s City credentials under scrutiny
LONDON (Reuters) – Andrea Leadsom, a candidate to be Britain’s next prime minister, has put her 25 years’ experience working in financial services at the center of her campaign to become leader.
Germany approves tough ‘no means no’ sex crime laws
BERLIN (Reuters) – The German parliament on Thursday unanimously approved tougher laws making any form of non-consensual sexual contact a crime, seeking to reassure a public shaken by mass attacks on women on New Year’s Eve that were largely blamed on …
Italy recovers 217 bodies from hull of 2015 migrant shipwreck
ROME (Reuters) – Italian emergency workers have recovered 217 bodies from the wreck of a boat that sank in the Mediterranean in April 2015, killing some 500 migrants, the Navy said on Thursday.
Hungary minister says Austrian border checks unjustified
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Border checks by Austria that have caused long queues on the Hungarian side of the frontier in recent days are unjustified, Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Thursday.
Turkish jets hit Kurdish militant targets in southeast Turkey: sources
DIYARBAKIR (Reuters) – Turkish fighter jets pounded Kurdish militant targets in rural areas of the southeastern province of Sirnak on Thursday, security sources said.
U.S.’s Kerry to discuss separatist conflict, reforms, with Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was due to visit Kiev on Thursday to discuss Ukraine’s reforms and a fragile ceasefire in eastern Ukraine where Russian-backed separatists are fighting government forces.
Britain’s May ahead as lawmakers vote for last two PM hopefuls
LONDON (Reuters) – Interior minister Theresa May led the field on Thursday before a vote to narrow the race to become Britain’s prime minister to two candidates, a decision that will help determine the course of divorce talks with the European Union.
Beijing warns U.S. on sovereignty ahead of South China Sea ruling
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States should do nothing to harm China’s sovereignty and security in the South China Sea, China’s foreign minister told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, ahead of a key court ruling on China’s claims in the d…
