Man charged with trespassing into grounds of UK’s Buckingham Palace
LONDON (Reuters) – A man was due in court on Friday charged with scaling a perimeter wall to get into the grounds of Buckingham Palace, the home of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, London police said.
EU to make it easier to suspend visa-free travel amid immigration worries
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union interior ministers will back plans on Friday to make it easier and faster to suspend visa-free travel with any third country, officials said, amid deepening public concern about the scale of immigration into the bloc…
Mongolia’s new election rules handicap smaller parties, clear way for two-horse race
ULAANBAATAR (Reuters) – Democratic values that flourished in Mongolia in the quarter century since communism crumbled have been eroded, according to small parties that have been marginalized by changes to election rules ahead of next month’s parliament…
Lacking new ideas, G7 to agree on ‘go-your-own-way’ approach
SENDAI, Japan (Reuters) – A rift on fiscal policy and currencies is likely to set the stage for G7 advanced economies to agree on a “go-your-own-way” response to address risks hindering global economic growth at their finance leaders’ gathering on Frid…
Australian police raid opposition Labor in tight election campaign
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s election campaign was hijacked on Friday by police raids on the Labor opposition, over a suspected leak of documents citing cost blow-outs in a multi-billion dollar broadband upgrade, sparking concerns about abuse of powe…
Obama grapples with Vietnam arms ban, human rights on eve of trip
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is still grappling with a historic decision on whether to lift the U.S. arms embargo on Vietnam just days before he travels there, the White House said on Thursday, signaling that human rights concerns coul…
‘Yes, I’m mad as a goat!’ Maduro responds to Uruguay’s Mujica
CARACAS (Reuters) – Called “mad as a goat” by Uruguay’s Jose Mujica this week, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro retorted laughingly on Thursday that the former president was right – but he was only crazy with love for his country.
China demands end to U.S. surveillance after aircraft intercept
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing demanded an end to U.S. surveillance near China on Thursday after two of its fighter jets carried out what the Pentagon said was an “unsafe” intercept of a U.S. military reconnaissance aircraft over the South Chin…
U.S., Europeans promise to clarify doing business with Iran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and European powers will work to clear up any confusion companies may have about doing business with Iran following Tehran’s acceptance of a deal to curb its nuclear program, the countries said in a statement on…
Second ‘Chibok girl’ rescued, says Nigerian army
ABUJA (Reuters) – A second girl who was among more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in a raid on their school in the northeastern Nigerian town of Chibok more than two years ago has been rescued, a spokesman for the Nigerian army said on Th…
