Storm-struck St. Lucia’s PM says islands need more to tackle warming
CASTRIES, St. Lucia (Reuters) – Small island states need financial help to help cope with extreme weather linked to climate change, St. Lucian Prime Minister Allen Chastanet said, as his Caribbean country recovers from flooding and landslides triggere…
Pope says gender theory part of ‘global war’ on marriage, family
TBILISI (Reuters) – Pope Francis warned on Saturday of a “global war” against traditional marriage and the family, saying both were under attack from gender theory and divorce.
At least 77 hurt after gas cylinder explodes in southern Spain
MADRID (Reuters) – At least 77 people have been injured, five of them seriously, after a gas cylinder exploded on Saturday in a restaurant in the Spanish town of Velez-Malaga on the southern coast, a spokesman for the Andalucia region’s emergency unit …
PM vows to make Britain ‘sovereign’ in first Brexit detail
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May will promise to make Britain “a sovereign and independent country” by repealing the act that took it into what is now the European Union next year, she told the Sunday Times newspaper.
Six policemen killed in Sinai
CAIRO (Reuters) – Gunmen killed five policemen in the restive northern Sinai on Saturday, the Egyptian interior ministry said on Facebook.
Spain’s Socialist leader quits and opens door to end of deadlock
MADRID (Reuters) – The leader of Spain’s Socialists resigned on Saturday after losing a vote triggered by a party revolt, a step which could pave the way for the formation of a new government and end a nine-month political deadlock.
Colombia’s FARC rebels say will forfeit assets for victim reparations
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s FARC rebels will forfeit all their assets to fund victims reparations, the group said on Saturday, one day before the Colombian people are set to vote on a peace deal between the insurgency and the government.
U.N. atomic agency chief says Iran sticking to nuclear deal
PARIS (Reuters) – Iran has kept to a nuclear deal it agreed with six world powers last year limiting its stockpiles of substances that could be used to make atomic weapons, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told French daily Le …
Saudi-led forces rescue passengers from vessel off Yemen: SPA
DOHA (Reuters) – A Saudi-led force in Yemen said it rescued passengers on Saturday from a vessel being used by the United Arab Emirates military that was attacked by Houthi fighters in a strategic Red Sea shipping lane.
Ecuador ruling party chooses Correa ally as presidential candidate
QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador’s ruling party tapped a former vice president and ally of leftist President Rafael Correa as its candidate for president on Saturday in an election to be held in February.
